Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Major police operation underway near Montreal downtown
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Police cordoned off an area near downtown Montreal on Friday amid media reports of a hostage situation and asked people to stay away. "There is an ongoing polic...
Nov 13, 2020
Trump administration pushes to sell Alaska oil leases pre-Biden inauguration
By Yereth Rosen (Reuters) - The Trump Administration will take key steps to finalize a sale of oil drilling leases in the sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska just before Democra...
Nov 13, 2020
First openly gay Afro-Latino U.S. congressman: ‘Never in my wildest dreams’
By Angela Moore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growing up in the Bronx poor, Afro-Latino and gay, Ritchie Torres said he never imagined that he would one day be elected to the United States House of Representat...
Nov 13, 2020
Trump mulls a future outside the White House as 2020 options fade
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With his long-shot efforts to hang on for a second term dwindling, U.S. President Donald Trump is discussing with advisers several media ventures and appearance...
Nov 13, 2020
Haslem to return to Heat for 18th season
Udonis Haslem said Friday that he will return for his 18th season with the Miami Heat -- the only team he's played with since entering the NBA in 2003. He will become just the sixth player in NBA hist...
Nov 13, 2020
U.S. states race to buy ultra cold vaccine freezers, fueling supply worries
By Lisa Baertlein and Carl O'Donnell LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. states, cities, and hospitals are scrambling to buy ultra-cold freezers that can safely store Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine, ...
Nov 13, 2020
Boston Dynamics dog robot ‘Spot’ learns new tricks on BP oil rig
(Reuters) - Boston Dynamics' dog-like robot 'Spot' is learning new tricks. Working on an oil rig operated by BP Plc nearly 190 miles (305 km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, the company is programming...
Nov 13, 2020
French finance minister says compromise can be reached over U.S.-EU trade sanctions
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday he thinks a compromise can be reached over sanctions that the United States and the European Union have imposed on each other ov...
Nov 13, 2020
Packers legend Hornung dies at 84
Green Bay Packers legend, Pro Football Hall of Fame member and Heisman Trophy winner Paul Hornung died Thursday in his hometown of Louisville, Ky., after a long battle with dementia. He was 84. His pa...
Nov 13, 2020
Fed moves closer to joining global peers in climate-change fight
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is moving closer to joining an international group of central bankers working to understand and reduce climate change risk, paving the way for the world's most influent...
Nov 13, 2020
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