Author Archives: Syndicated Content
League suspends marijuana tests for 2020-21 season, cites pandemic challenges
(Reuters) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its NBPA players' association have agreed to suspend random testing for marijuana during the 2020-21 season, a league spokesman said on Friday...
Dec 04, 2020
Trump campaign spent more than $2 million on election lawyers, including Jenna Ellis
By Aram Roston and Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign paid nearly $9 million in its so-far unsuccessful bid to overturn the results of the presidential election, ...
Dec 04, 2020
South Africa’s second largest crude refinery shutdown after blast
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's second largest crude oil refinery, the 120,000 barrel per day plant operated by Engen, was shutdown on Friday for investigators to determine the cause of the early...
Dec 04, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 275,386 deaths from coronavirus
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 14,041,436 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 219,187 cases from its previous count, and said that th...
Dec 04, 2020
Dish Network reaches $210 million telemarketing settlement
(Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has reached a $210 million settlement to resolve a long-running lawsuit by the U.S. government and four states accusing it of making millions of illegal telemarketing cal...
Dec 04, 2020
World championship battle down to three as Neuville crashes
MILAN (Reuters) - Hyundai's Thierry Neuville crashed out of world rally championship contention on Friday, leaving Toyota's Elfyn Evans and Sebastien Ogier as front-runners in a three-way title tussle...
Dec 04, 2020
New coronavirus infections in France remain on downward trend
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities on Friday reported 11,221 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 12,696 on Thursday and 12,459 last Friday. The total number of infect...
Dec 04, 2020
U.S. House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, but the legislation is not expected to advance further as lo...
Dec 04, 2020
Shields ready to fight in the ring, in the cage and for a cause
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - Claressa Shields has scaled the Olympic peak, ruled over women's boxing but is looking for new mountains to climb by conquering the world of mixed martial arts, becoming t...
Dec 04, 2020
Italy to discuss on Monday plans to use resources from EU’s Recovery Fund
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's cabinet will meet on Dec. 7 to discuss the country's national recovery plan, a statement from the Prime Minister's office said on Friday. Rome is expected to receive more than...
Dec 04, 2020
