Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Unique 2020 NFL Draft drives record betting handle
The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft shattered viewing records and saw sports-starved bettors flock to get in on Thursday's action. While the telecast of the event conducted remotely due to the coron...
Apr 24, 2020
Unions denounce Las Vegas mayor's call to re-open casinos
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - The powerful United Auto Workers union on Friday criticized Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman's call to re-open casinos despite the continued risk of coronavirus, the lat...
Apr 24, 2020
Protesters demand Wisconsin governor to reopen state as coronavirus cases rise
By Shannon Stapleton MADISON, Wisc. (Reuters) - A rally outside Wisconsin's capitol building in Madison on Friday drew hundreds of protesters who demanded Democratic Governor Tony Evers reopen the sta...
Apr 24, 2020
Exclusive: China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea’s Kim, sources say
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The ...
Apr 24, 2020
Report: Kobe hired camera crew to document final season
A camera crew followed Kobe Bryant in his final season with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2015-16, filming him and teammates in locker rooms on the road and at home, in the training room, at practice and ...
Apr 24, 2020
Packers' Bakhtiari on Love pick: Rodgers 'about to be on fire'
Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari said he believes the team's selection of quarterback Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft is going to ignite a spark in Aaron Rodgers. In ...
Apr 24, 2020
First night of NFL draft draws record 15.6 million viewers
The first night of the NFL draft averaged a record 15.6 million viewers on television, easily shattering the record set six years ago. Thursday night's first round was aired on ABC, ESPN, the NFL Netw...
Apr 24, 2020
Before becoming frozen wasteland, Antarctica was home to frogs
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When paleontologist Thomas Mrs was peering into a microscope while sorting through tiny 40 million-year-old fossils unearthed on Seymour Island near the tip of th...
Apr 24, 2020
IMF approves $309 million in emergency financing to Mozambique to address coronavirus hit
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday it has approved a disbursement of $309 million to help Mozambique meet urgent balance of payment and fiscal needs stemming...
Apr 24, 2020
Australia, New Zealand honor military personnel from home as coronavirus scuppers parades
By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands of people across Australia and New Zealand on Saturday honored their country's military personnel in private ceremonies held in driveways and on balconies...
Apr 24, 2020
