Author Archives: Syndicated Content
'Baffled' and 'scared,' U.S. felons face hurdles after regaining right to vote
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Nine years after completing a prison sentence for a gang-related shooting, Angel Sanchez cast his first ballot in a U.S. presidential election on Saturday, one of a growing num...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
Trump or Biden's big economic challenge: millions of struggling Americans
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The winner of the race for the White House will face a generation of low-to-middle income Americans struggling to get back to work because of a health crisis not seen in ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
Victorian hologram keeps music in touch with lockdown audience
LONDON (Reuters) - Musicians are using an interactive hologram based on Victorian technology to reach fans in the locked down world of the coronavirus pandemic. Musion 3D teamed up with Faroe Islands ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
Staggering early vote turnout boosts hopes for Biden in Texas
By Joseph Ax and Brad Brooks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Less than a week before Election Day, Joe Biden is tantalizingly close to a prize that has eluded generations of Democratic presidential candidates: Te...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
Tesla Autopilot 'a distant second' to GM's Super Cruise in hands-free test: Consumer Reports
By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co's Super Cruise once again edged Tesla's Autopilot in an evaluation of 17 vehicles equipped with active driving assistance systems (ADAS) by Consum...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
U.S. businesses splurge on insurance to protect against post-election chaos
By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) - Retailers, pharmacies, liquor stores and other merchants across the United States are gobbling up insurance that protects buildings from damage caused by societal unrest,...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
Too hard to vote? Fired-up Black voters are doing it anyway
By Joseph Tanfani and Michael Martina (Reuters) - In the historically black neighborhoods of Waco, Texas, the usual get-out-the-vote activities in this presidential election year were upended by the p...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
UK says COVID-19 vaccine roll out could start before Christmas
LONDON (Reuters) - A COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out in Britain for some people before Christmas but an early 2021 launch is more likely, the woman responsible for procuring possible jabs in Brit...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs will defend law protecting tech platforms before U.S. Senate panel
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of three large tech companies will defend a law protecting internet companies before a Senate panel on Wednesday - a topic that has split U....
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
Russia approves bill allowing national law to trump international treaties
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament approved a bill on Wednesday that would give national legislation precedence over international treaties and rulings from international bodies in cases when they...
Thomson Reuters Oct 28, 2020
