Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ex-priest sentenced to 20 years in Costa Rica for 2003 child abuse
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A Costa Rican court sentenced a former priest to 20 years in prison Wednesday for sexual abuse of a minor, more than two years after the then-cleric was captured...
Mar 30, 2022
Groups urge Biden to reject potential WTO 'concept' on COVID-19 vaccine barriers
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors without Borders, Oxfam America, Amnesty International and other top civil society groups on Wednesday urged U.S. President Joe Biden to reject a potenti...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. looks to add more ethanol to gas to lower pump price -sources
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Biden administration is considering temporarily removing restrictions on summer sales of higher-ethanol gasoline as a way to lower fuel costs for U.S. consum...
Mar 30, 2022
U.S. FDA panel votes against Amylyx's ALS drug
(Corrects typo in first paragraph) (Reuters) -A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted against approving Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc's drug for amyotrophi...
Mar 30, 2022
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine slashes pediatric hospitalization risk -U.S. study
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Children ages 5 to 11 who received the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were 68% less likely to be hospitalized during the Omicron wave in the United States than ...
Mar 30, 2022
Factbox-Recession after fleeting yield curve inversion? It is complicated
By Karen Brettell (Reuters) - The closely watched two-year/10-year part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve briefly inverted on Tuesday, which in the past has indicated that a recession could start in on...
Mar 30, 2022
In win for Robinhood, Massachusetts judge declares 'fiduciary' rule invalid
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday dealt state securities regulators a major setback in their enforcement action against the online brokerage Robinhood by declaring the state's new ...
Mar 30, 2022
NDSU Golf: Bison Men Take Third At Golfweek/AGT Intercollegiate
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – The North Dakota State men’s golf team wrapped up the Golfweek/Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate with a third-place finish on Wednesday at the True Blue Golf Club. T...
Mar 30, 2022
California pension leader pushes for more women on boards, climate data
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - One of California's big pension funds said on Wednesday it will push companies to add more women to their boards and to disclose more about their carbon emissions, setting o...
Mar 30, 2022
Chinese agent targeted dissidents in United States, U.S. prosecutors say
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday accused a Chinese citizen of seeking to pressure critics of China's government living in the United States to travel to China, where the...
Mar 30, 2022
