Author Archives: Syndicated Content
California wildfires prompt evacuations as heat wave bakes U.S. West
(Reuters) - More than 200 people were airlifted to safety overnight after a fast-moving wildfire cut off the only road out of the Mammoth Pool Reservoir, a popular recreational site in California's Si...
Sep 06, 2020
Three rockets hit perimeter of Baghdad international airport, no casualties
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three Katyusha rockets fell in the vicinity of Baghdad airport on Sunday but caused no casualties, Iraqi state news agency INA said. One of the rockets landed in the airport garage...
Sep 06, 2020
NFL notebook: Steelers bring back QB Dobbs, cut Hodges
The Pittsburgh Steelers are bringing back quarterback Joshua Dobbs, claiming him off waivers. Dobbs was one of more than 20 quarterbacks cut Saturday after NFL teams reduced their rosters to the 53-pl...
Sep 06, 2020
Catlin goes wire-to-wire to win Andalucia Masters
(Reuters) - American John Catlin won his maiden European Tour title at the Andalucia Masters on Sunday, holding off former world number one Martin Kaymer in a thrilling battle that went down to the fi...
Sep 06, 2020
Coronavirus rising in 22 U.S. states
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases are rising in 22 of the 50 U.S. states, according to a Reuters analysis, a worrisome trend on a Labor Day holiday weekend traditionally filled with famil...
Sep 06, 2020
Hungarian protestors demand academic freedom for top arts university
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Several thousand people protested on Sunday for the independence of Hungary's University of Theatre and Film Arts following the imposition of a government-appointed board, which t...
Sep 06, 2020
Up to a quarter of Brazilians may not take COVID-19 vaccine – newspaper
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Five percent of Brazilians would refuse under any circumstances to take a vaccine against coronavirus and a further 20% indicated they might not take it, according to a survey pub...
Sep 06, 2020
As protests rock U.S. cities on holiday weekend, Jacob Blake speaks out
(Reuters) - Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin last month, spoke out for the first time from his hospital bed as dueling demonstrations over rac...
Sep 06, 2020
Brady tames 2016 champion Kerber to reach first Grand Slam quarter-final
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jennifer Brady produced a fearless brand of tennis to topple 2016 champion Angelique Kerber 6-1 6-4 and reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time at the U.S. Ope...
Sep 06, 2020
Serbian leader fires back at Moscow after ‘Basic Instinct’ jibe
MOSCOW/BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's president accused Moscow on Sunday of stooping to "primitivism and vulgarity" in an attack on him, after Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman compared him to the ...
Sep 06, 2020
