Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ireland's Green Party set to ratify coalition deal: Irish Times
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's Green Party is expected to ratify a coalition deal already approved by their two prospective partners, the Irish Times reported on Friday, citing unofficial tallies of the...
Jun 26, 2020
House approves bill to make Washington, D.C. 51st U.S. state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state of the United States in a historic vote of 232 to 180. The Senate is ...
Jun 26, 2020
Antibody test accuracy unclear; COVID-19 risks higher for pregnant women
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caus...
Jun 26, 2020
DHS asks U.S. tech CEOs to ensure online platforms are not used to spur violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies asking them to ensure social media platforms are not used to incite viole...
Jun 26, 2020
Georgia governor signs state hate crimes bill into law
(Reuters) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Friday signed a hate crimes bill into law, adding penalties to criminals motivated by race, color, gender or sexual orientation. "We must do our part to make...
Jun 26, 2020
Factbox: African-Americans whose deaths inspired wave of protests
(Reuters) - The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last month has spawned a wave of protests and national soul-searching over systemic racism in the United States, while focusing ...
Jun 26, 2020
NBA, players sign off on final terms for restarted season
By: Tim Reynolds The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized terms of the deal that will allow the league to restart the season at the Disney World campus near Orlando, Flor...
Jun 26, 2020
U.S. CDC reports 2,414,870 coronavirus cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 2,414,870 cases of new coronavirus, an increase of 40,588 cases from its previous count, and said the number of...
Jun 26, 2020
Golf: Gordon takes Connecticut lead as another player tests positive
(Reuters) - Will Gordon made the most of his sponsor's exemption as he grabbed the early second-round clubhouse lead at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut on Friday as a third PGA Tou...
Jun 26, 2020
Formula One distances itself from Ecclestone racism comments
(Reuters) - Formula One on Friday distanced itself from comments by the sport's former CEO Bernie Ecclestone that Black people were often more racist than white people. "In lots of cases, Black people...
Jun 26, 2020
