Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Republican senators ask EPA not to boost refinery biofuel obligations in 2021
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Republican senators asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to consider a general waiver that would prevent an increase in biofue...
Oct 21, 2020
Streaming service Quibi to wind down operations six months after launch
(Reuters) - Streaming service Quibi said on Wednesday it intends to wind down its operations and start a process to sell its assets, just six months after its launch. The announcement highlights the d...
Oct 21, 2020
Republicans to push ahead with U.S. Supreme Court pick despite Democrats’ boycott
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans pledged to go ahead with a vote on Thursday on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, despite Judiciary Comm...
Oct 21, 2020
Brazil reports 24,818 new coronavirus cases, 566 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil recorded 24,818 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 566 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Brazil ...
Oct 21, 2020
Fed’s Bullard says U.S. can wait on fiscal aid, businesses adapting
(Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard on Wednesday repeated his view that U.S. businesses are largely adapting to life amid COVID-19 and the U.S. economy is on track to be...
Oct 21, 2020
U.S. likely to have enough COVID-19 vaccines for all vulnerable Americans by year end – official
By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - The United States is likely to have enough safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines available to inoculate the most vulnerable Americans by the end of 2020, Health and Human ...
Oct 21, 2020
Parents not found for 545 children separated at U.S.-Mexico border: filing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers and non-profit organizations seeking to reunite immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration have not been able to locate the parents...
Oct 21, 2020
Pelosi, Mnuchin closer to COVID-19 relief agreement: Pelosi spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and Democratic lawmakers are closer to an agreement on coronavirus relief legislation after talks on Wednesday between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Se...
Oct 21, 2020
Democrats seize on U.S. Supreme Court election deadlock in Barrett fight
By Jan Wolfe and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court's deadlock this week in a key election case illustrates the power President Donald Trump's nominee Amy Coney Barrett could wie...
Oct 21, 2020
Former Top 10 player Goerges retires
Former Top 10 singles player Julia Goerges announced her retirement on Wednesday. Goerges won seven career singles titles and was ranked No. 9 in the world as recently as August of 2018. She is curren...
Oct 21, 2020
