Author Archives: Syndicated Content
NASCAR to limit qualifying runs to eight races in ’21
NASCAR will run eight Cup Series races in 2021 with practice and qualifying, the circuit said Friday. That continues the trend from 2020 when only one race -- the Coca-Cola 600 -- had a qualifying run...
Jan 08, 2021
Man who sat at Nancy Pelosi’s desk faces charges; FBI probes officer’s death
By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A West Virginia state lawmaker and a man pictured sitting at U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk are among those facing ...
Jan 08, 2021
Colorado grand jury probe opened in Elijah McClain’s fatal police encounter
DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado's attorney general on Friday convened a grand jury probe into the death of Elijah McClain, a young unarmed black man placed in a chokehold and injected with the powerful se...
Jan 08, 2021
Trump Administration adds Pentagon ‘Space Force’ to U.S. spy agency group
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Space Force established in 2019 will become a full member of the U.S. intelligence community, the administration said on Friday. John ...
Jan 08, 2021
Republican Perdue concedes Georgia U.S. Senate race to Democrat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator David Perdue conceded his Georgia Senate race to Democratic rival Jon Ossoff on Friday after a pair of victories in runoff elections handed control of th...
Jan 08, 2021
Pompeo meets with Biden’s nominee for secretary of state -State Department official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met on Friday with President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of State Antony Blinken to "facilitate an orderly transition, and to ens...
Jan 08, 2021
Trump recorded conciliatory video under pressure from top aides -sources
By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's decision to call for calm in a video came at the urging of senior aides, some arguing he could face removal from of...
Jan 08, 2021
Biden says labor secretary will encourage unionization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said his labor secretary nominee, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, understands that unions built the American middle class and will encourage unionizatio...
Jan 08, 2021
Reporters walk out on Portuguese, French far-right leaders over COVID-19 fears
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - The election campaign launch by Portugal's far-right presidential candidate, Andre Ventura, got off to a shaky start on Friday when reporters walked out on his jo...
Jan 08, 2021
Biden says he will lay out groundwork for economic package next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said the U.S. jobs report issued on Friday shows Americans need more immediate relief now and that taking action now will help the economy even wi...
Jan 08, 2021
