Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spanish carnival troupe apologizes over Holocaust-themed parade
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish carnival troupe whose Holocaust-themed parade outraged Jewish human rights groups and Israel's embassy in Madrid has canceled its remaining shows, organizers said on Wedne...
Feb 26, 2020
Toll Brothers says home sales in California impacted by coronavirus
(Reuters) - Home builder Toll Brothers Inc said on Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak in China had led to shortages of lighting fixtures and small appliances, forcing it to delay sales of some ho...
Feb 26, 2020
Court rules Trump can withhold funds from 'sanctuary' jurisdictions
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from states and cities that refuse to cooperate with federal ...
Feb 26, 2020
Fund investors retreat from U.S. stocks as coronavirus fears weigh
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors pulled nearly $3.3 billion out of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that hold U.S. stocks last week, snapping the longest streak of asset gains sin...
Feb 26, 2020
U.S. consumer watchdog agrees to implement minority-lending protections after lawsuit
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has agreed to enforce data-collection requirements that aim to guard against discriminatory lending pract...
Feb 26, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court dismisses 'D.C. Sniper' Malvo case after change in law
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday formally dismissed a case in which Lee Boyd Malvo, who was 17 when he took part in the deadly 2002 "D.C. Sniper" shooting ...
Feb 26, 2020
For Syrians fleeing Idlib, Turkish border wall becomes symbol of their plight
By Khalil Ashawi ATMEH, Syria (Reuters) - When Hassan Mighlaj's family ran from the bombs battering their village in northwest Syria, they came up against a wall: an imposing gray concrete wall, crown...
Feb 26, 2020
Phones of South Africa's state security minister, other officials, found to be cloned
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mobile phones belonging to South Africa's state security minister Ayanda Dlodlo, her deputy and several officials from the State Security Agency (SSA) were found this week to ...
Feb 26, 2020
Cycling: Denmark set team pursuit world record as Australia and Britain trail
By Martyn Herman BERLIN (Reuters) - Reigning champions Australia and Britain were given a rude awakening at the UCI track world championships as Denmark left them trailing in the men's team pursuit qu...
Feb 26, 2020
Morgan Stanley conference-goers asked to self-report coronavirus exposure
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is asking anyone who is attending its technology, media and telecom conference in California next week to report if they have visited se...
Feb 26, 2020
