Author Archives: Syndicated Content
FBI chief says U.S. 'Antifa' demonstrators are targets of multiple probes
By Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) - The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation told Congress on Thursday that anarchist and extremist "Antifa" demonstrators who engaged in recent...
Sep 24, 2020
Facebook suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of U.S. election hack-and-leak threat
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Thursday said it had dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by Russia's intelligence services to leak hacked documents as part of efforts to ...
Sep 24, 2020
Criminal trial resumes in Arkema chemical fire as judge rejects dismissal
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A criminal case against the U.S. arm of a French chemical maker accused of releasing pollution that injured 21 people resumed on Thursday under a cloud as a judge ruled out a motio...
Sep 24, 2020
French billionaire Arnault builds up Lagardere holding
By Sarah White and Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - France's richest man Bernard Arnault ratcheted up a tug-of-war over Paris Match publisher Lagardere on Thursday, revealing he had built up a direc...
Sep 24, 2020
France sets new record for daily new COVID-19 cases, at more than 16,000
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities reported 16,096 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday, blowing away the previous record of 13,498 and setting a fourth all-time high of daily addition...
Sep 24, 2020
Florida prosecutors drop solicitation charges against owner of NFL's Patriots
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, that he sought to pay for sex at a...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. Senate advances stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to advance a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating through Dec. 11, paving the way for final passage before a deadline ...
Sep 24, 2020
Cuomo says New York to review any COVID-19 vaccine authorized by federal government
(Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said the state will carry out its own review of coronavirus vaccines approved by the federal government due to concerns of politicization of the ...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. to execute first Black man since resumption of federal death penalty
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans on Thursday to execute Christopher Vialva, a convicted murderer and the first Black man to face the federal death penalty since the punishment w...
Sep 24, 2020
U.S. to provide additional $720 million for Syria crisis response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it would provide more than $720 million in humanitarian assistance for the response to the crisis in Syria. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen ...
Sep 24, 2020
