Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Vice President Harris says she will go to Guatemala, Mexico June 7-8
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday she will travel to Guatemala and Mexico on June 7-8, as she spearheads the Biden administration's efforts to deal with an inc...
May 05, 2021
Free booze, baseball tickets offered as U.S. demand for COVID-19 vaccine drops
By Sharon Bernstein and Michael Erman (Reuters) - Robert Day walked up to a house in northwest Detroit, eager to talk about nearby COVID-19 vaccination sites and pitch a local program that pays $50 to...
May 05, 2021
Fed’s Clarida says not time to talk taper, doesn’t see economy overheating
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said on Wednesday that the U.S. central bank is providing important support to the economy, and that despite "gangbuster" growth in the first qua...
May 05, 2021
UPDATE: Former Jackson County police officer sentenced in public integrity case
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A former Blackman-Leoni Township public safety officer who pleaded guilty to lying to a peace officer has been sentenced, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednes...
May 05, 2021
Exxon expects $200 million in charges this year for job cuts
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Wednesday said it estimates $200 million in charges this year related to job cuts, according to a regulatory filing. Total cash outflows would be between $400 million a...
May 05, 2021
Britain criticises France’s threat to cut power to Jersey
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain criticised France's threat to cut power supplies to the British Channel Island of Jersey after a row over post-Brexit fishing rights and will send two offshore patrol vessel...
May 05, 2021
Sturgis man charged with 11 counts including murder in Branch County bike hit and run
COLDWATER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – 42-year-old Daniel Gerard Silich of Sturgis was formally charged with 11 counts including a charge of second degree murder during an arraignment on Wednesday in Branc...
May 05, 2021
Britain set to stockpile metals for electric cars to beat Chinese threat – The Telegraph
(Reuters) - Britain is exploring the creation of a national stockpile of so-called rare earth metals amid rising fears that country's efforts to adopt electric cars are at risk from a Chinese strangle...
May 05, 2021
Biden says he plans to back WTO waiver for vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he plans to back a World Trade Organization waiver for vaccine intellectual property and would talk about it later in the day. "Yes, I'm goi...
May 05, 2021
Foreign envoys surprised after El Salvador’s Bukele puts ‘private’ meeting on TV
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Foreign diplomats in El Salvador have criticised President Nayib Bukele for broadcasting on national television their purportedly private meeting with him, ...
May 05, 2021
