Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Facebook extends ban on donations to lawmakers who voted against Biden win
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it will resume making donations to U.S. lawmakers through its political action committee, but will not support 147 lawmakers who voted against Pres...
May 27, 2021
‘No shame’: Biden knocks Republicans touting COVID relief law they voted against
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday chided Republican lawmakers who voted against his $1.9 trillion economic stimulus and COVID-19 relief bill before lauding its benefits in their po...
May 27, 2021
U.S. outraged by violence against Iraqi demonstrators -State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is outraged that peaceful Iraqi demonstrators demanding reform were met with threats and "brutal violence," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a stat...
May 27, 2021
Mexico authorizes J&J vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency use
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's health regulator COFEPRIS has granted emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson's vaccine against COVID-19, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Thu...
May 27, 2021
Decisive hit by Jackie Bradley Jr. lift Brewers over Padres
Jackie Bradley Jr. lined a walk-off single off the right-field fence with two out in the bottom of the 10th inning on Thursday afternoon to score runner Omar Narvaez from third and give the Milwaukee ...
May 27, 2021
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates explore changes to charitable foundation – WSJ
(Reuters) - Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are discussing changes to the structure of their foundation to add more governance and independence, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citin...
May 27, 2021
Soccer-Venezia return to Serie A after 20-year absence
(Reuters) - Venezia will play in Serie A for the first time in 20 years next season after a stoppage-time equaliser earned them a 1-1 draw with Cittadella in the Serie B playoff final on Thursday to s...
May 27, 2021
Explainer: What we know about the origins of COVID-19
By Deborah J. Nelson (Reuters) - Scientists are revisiting a central mystery of COVID-19: Where, when and how did the virus that causes the disease originate? The two prevailing competing theories are...
May 27, 2021
U.S. FDA approves Bristol Myers’ bowel disease treatment
Bristol Myers Squibb said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its oral drug Zeposia to treat adults with ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Bristol Myers ...
May 27, 2021
Three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in 2020 death of Black man
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Two Tacoma, Washington, policemen were charged with murder and a third with manslaughter on Thursday in the death of a Black man who was shot with a stun-gun, beaten and re...
May 27, 2021
