Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cardinals bring back Adam Wainwright for 16th season
Adam Wainwright signed a one-year deal to remain with the St. Louis Cardinals. The 39-year-old right-hander is back for a 16th season with the franchise. The team didn't announce the terms, but multip...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden says action on COVID-19 stimulus needed “now”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Friday that Congress needs to take immediate action on his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal, adding that economists overwhelmingly believe addi...
Jan 29, 2021
Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood asked by licensing body to undergo mental health evaluation
By Jan Wolfe and David Thomas (Reuters) - An attorney licensing body on Friday said it has asked L. Lin Wood, a lawyer who played a key role in Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his election defeat,...
Jan 29, 2021
Rio may throw out hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine shots after power outage
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Power outages in Rio de Janeiro may have spoiled hundreds of doses of COVID-19 vaccines, city health officials told Reuters on Friday, in a fresh setba...
Jan 29, 2021
WHO hopes to have emergency use listing of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine within two weeks
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization hopes to give emergency use listing for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine within two weeks, Soumya Swaminathan, WHO's chief scientist said on Friday. "W...
Jan 29, 2021
State Dept. grants permits for Mackinac Straits tunnel; move criticized by state environmental group
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) – The State Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has issued permits to Enbridge regarding the company's proposed construction of a tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac...
Jan 29, 2021
Detry grabs halfway lead at Dubai Desert Classic
(Reuters) - Belgium's Thomas Detry, eyeing a maiden European Tour title, surged to the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. Detry, who started three shots...
Jan 29, 2021
Italy opposition right calls for elections to solve political crisis
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's rightist opposition parties called for early elections on Friday as the way to solve the country's political crisis, following the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte...
Jan 29, 2021
Biden renews deportation relief for Syrians in the United States
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of President Joe Biden on Friday extended deportation relief for several thousand Syrian immigrants living in the United States, an early move t...
Jan 29, 2021
UK trading app Freetrade disables orders to buy U.S. stocks
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Commission-free trading app Freetrade said on Friday it had disabled buy orders for U.S. stocks amid a market frenzy that has seen shares of heavily shorted stocks li...
Jan 29, 2021
