Author Archives: Syndicated Content
REPORT: XFL suspends operations, lays off employees
The XFL season was cut short due to COVID-19 and the league has now come to a close. NEWS: on a call today with COO Jeffery Pollock, XFL employees were just informed that the league is suspending oper...
Apr 10, 2020
Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases decline slightly
ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 570 on Friday, down from 610 the day before, and the number of new cases also slowed modestly to 3,951 from a previous 4,204. The la...
Apr 10, 2020
WHO warns about dangers of premature lifting of COVID-19 restrictions
GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned countries on Friday to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. The WHO would l...
Apr 10, 2020
New York sees first slight drop in intensive care unit patients in a day: governor
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units across the state dropped in the last day, offering a glimm...
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. mortgage industry braces for more strain as support talks stall
By Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. residential mortgage finance market faces severe stress after the industry failed this week to convince regulators to launch an emergency liquidity facil...
Apr 10, 2020
Congo reports first Ebola case in 6 weeks; was about to declare outbreak over
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A case of Ebola has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, more than six weeks after the last case, the government said in a statement. The Central African country...
Apr 10, 2020
NATO mission in Kosovo reports first COVID-19 case
PRISTINA (Reuters) - A member of the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo has tested positive with the new coronavirus, the mission said in a statement on Friday, adding that it would not have any ...
Apr 10, 2020
He smiled to comfort his COVID-19 patient - then he realized his mask was leaking
(Editors note: Attention to expletives in 4th and 9th paragraphs that some may find offensive.) By Nick Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam remembers the moment he realized he could no longer smile at pati...
Apr 10, 2020
Soccer: 1982 Brazil team reunite to help fight COVID-19
(Reuters) - Members of Brazil's 1982 World Cup squad have reunited to ask their compatriots to work together and donate money to help the country's overcrowded favelas avoid the worst ravages of the c...
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. railroad Amtrak receives $1 billion in emergency funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said Friday it released $1 billion in emergency funding for U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak, which has been devastated by t...
Apr 10, 2020
