Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use -NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday, the New York Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the ...
Dec 11, 2020
Volunteer sleuths crack ‘Zodiac’ serial killer’s coded message
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A team of volunteer codebreakers has cracked a mysterious cipher sent more than 50 years ago to a newspaper by the San Francisco serial killer who ca...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. court dismisses lawsuit that had challenged social media executive order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday brought by a tech group that had asked the federal court to declare invalid a presidential executive order aimed at weakening a law th...
Dec 11, 2020
Mexico approves emergency use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico has become the fourth country to approve emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, following authorization from health regulator Cofepris, a health official said on Fri...
Dec 11, 2020
Mexico’s senior Catholic leader backs civil unions for gay couples
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Catholic Church's highest-ranking bishop agrees with recent comments by Pope Francis in support of legal protections offered by civil unions f...
Dec 11, 2020
Rapper Lil Wayne pleads guilty to federal gun charge
(Reuters) - Rapper Lil Wayne pled guilty in federal court to illegally possessing a firearm, prosecutors said on Friday, and he faces up to 10 years in prison. Wayne, 38, was found last December with ...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. attorney general slams Mexican bill targeting foreign agents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr on Friday said he opposed legislation under consideration in Mexico that would put tough restrictions on foreign agents operating in the country,...
Dec 11, 2020
South Korea reports 950 new coronavirus cases, highest daily rise
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 950 new coronavirus cases as of Friday midnight, the highest daily count since the peak of 909 cases reported on Feb. 29, the Korea Disease Control and Preventio...
Dec 11, 2020
Brazil tariff-free ethanol imports to expire as U.S talks break down – source
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's tariff-free ethanol import quota with the United States will end on Monday as talks between the two countries on opening up their ethanol and sugar markets have bro...
Dec 11, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court takes up Goldman securities class action appeal
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear Goldman Sachs Group Inc's appeal in a securities fraud case that could redefine the ability of shareholders to pursue cla...
Dec 11, 2020
