Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Statue of civil rights pioneer Barbara Johns to replace Confederacy's Lee in U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A statue of Black civil rights activist Barbara Johns, who played a key role in the desegregation of the public school system, will be installed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, off...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. consumers struggled to access credit, handle emergency costs in 2020, study shows
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - U.S. consumers struggled to access credit this year and felt less prepared to meet unexpected costs, with applications for credit cards plunging the most, according to a ...
Dec 21, 2020
Italy reports 10,872 new coronavirus cases on Monday, 415 deaths
ROME (Reuters) - Italy reported 415 coronavirus-related deaths on Monday against 352 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections decreased to 10,872 from 15,104, ...
Dec 21, 2020
Kremlin foe Navalny says he pranked secret agent, learns of underwear murder plot
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclosing details of the botched plot to kill him and had been told that poison had been pla...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. charges Libyan man in 1988 Pam Am Flight 103 bombing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday unsealed criminal charges against another suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 270 people, most of t...
Dec 21, 2020
Brits rush to supermarkets ahead of Christmas as borders close
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons rushed to supermarkets on Monday to stock up for Christmas after stricter pandemic rules meant last-minute changes to their plans and as countries closed borders to Britain,...
Dec 21, 2020
Patriots QB Newton hopes to start, not retire
Cam Newton might be headed toward free agency, but the New England Patriots' quarterback is not thinking about retirement. "No, I'm not there," he said Monday on the Greg Hill Show. "I still have a lo...
Dec 21, 2020
Factbox-What's in the U.S. COVID-19 bill? Unemployment, $600 checks, 'three martini lunch' deduction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional leaders said on Sunday they had reached agreement on a $900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hammered by the novel coronavi...
Dec 21, 2020
U.S. House panel subpoenas health chief, CDC head over COVID-19 response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a U.S. House Oversight Committee panel on COVID-19 on Monday issued subpoenas to two top Trump administration health officials over accusations of political interfer...
Dec 21, 2020
Yandex warns against limiting foreign ownership in Russian online streaming services
By Nadezhda Tsydenova and Anna Rzhevkina (Reuters) - A draft law proposing to limit foreign shareholdings in Russian companies that offer online video streaming services to 20% could worsen the invest...
Dec 21, 2020
