Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. state attorneys general ask Congress for funding for antitrust work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of state attorneys general wrote to U.S. lawmakers on Monday to urge Congress to fund their antitrust probes, which have resulted in big lawsuits filed against Alphabet I...
May 10, 2021
U.S. says rocket attacks into Israel are ‘unacceptable escalation’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday that rocket attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip into Israel were an "unacceptable escalation", after viol...
May 10, 2021
Horse racing-Baffert defiant after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit fails drug test
(Reuters) - A defiant Bob Baffert declared his innocence during a Fox News segment on Monday, after his Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a drug test and Churchill Downs suspended him from en...
May 10, 2021
U.S. welcomes Taliban’s announcement of three-day ceasefire -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday that Washington welcomed the Taliban's announcement of a three-day ceasefire. The United States was still looking into w...
May 10, 2021
Biden says unemployed Americans offered a job must take it or lose benefits
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday defended himself against critics who say expanded unemployment benefits offered in the COVID relief bill passed in March are k...
May 10, 2021
New U.S. COVID weekly cases fall to lowest since September
(Reuters) - New cases of COVID-19 in the United States fell for a fourth week in a row, dropping 17% last week to just under 290,000, the lowest weekly total since September, according to a Reuters an...
May 10, 2021
Soccer-Premier League targets full stadiums next season
(Reuters) - The Premier League has welcomed the British government's announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic and Chief Executive Richard Masters said on Monday i...
May 10, 2021
U.S. administers 261.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
The United States has administered 261,599,381 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Monday morning, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. The figure is up from...
May 10, 2021
No evidence Russia involved in Colonial Pipeline hack -Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday there was no evidence so far that Russia was involved in the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. "I'm going to be meeting with President...
May 10, 2021
Golf-Kerr accepts special exemption to play in U.S. Women’s Open
(Reuters) - Cristie Kerr's decades-long streak of competing in the U.S. Women's Open will stretch to a 24th year next month in San Francisco as the former champion accepted a special exemption to play...
May 10, 2021
