Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Astros take role of villain into MLB’s 2020 season
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The Houston Astros will enter the 2020 MLB season as baseball's newest villain after they were exposed as cheats for stealing pitch signs from opposing team's catchers duri...
Jul 21, 2020
Major League Baseball ready for season unlike any other
(Reuters) - When Major League Baseball opens its coronavirus-delayed 2020 season on Thursday, things will look a lot different than fans of America's favorite pastime are used to seeing as COVID-19 ha...
Jul 21, 2020
Brazil seeking COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna, AstraZeneca
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is in talks with U.S. biotech firm Moderna Inc to possibly get priority in purchasing a potential COVID-19 vaccine that the company is developing, the country's interim Hea...
Jul 21, 2020
Portman, Serena lead group bringing NWSL team to LA
Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman and a consortium consisting primarily of women were awarded the rights to a Los Angeles-based franchise in the National Women's Soccer League on Tuesday. ...
Jul 21, 2020
S&P 500 turns positive for 2020, but most stocks are missing the party
By April Joyner NEW YORK (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 U.S. stock index is now positive for the year, yet most of its components have sat out the rally. After a steep, months-long climb, the index...
Jul 21, 2020
U.S. Homeland Security confirms three units sent paramilitary officers to Portland
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection arm confirmed on Tuesday it has deployed officers from three paramilitary-style units ...
Jul 21, 2020
Cancel culture takes the fun out of life, says comedian John Cleese
By Rollo Ross (Reuters) - John Cleese does not have much time for political correctness or cancel culture, and as for the state of the world? It's completely hopeless, the former "Monty Python" star s...
Jul 21, 2020
Trump threatens defense bill veto over Confederate names, Afghan policy
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to veto this year's National Defense Authorization Act, objecting to plans to strip Confederate names from mili...
Jul 21, 2020
Santander Chairman says EU aid agreement paves way for cross-border mergers
By Jess Aguado and Rachel Armstrong MADRID (Reuters) - The European leaders' agreement on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus battered economies should help kick-start cross-border consolida...
Jul 21, 2020
Trudeau ethics probe to draw more scrutiny to Canada’s COVID-19 spending
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's third ethics probe in as many years will bring greater parliamentary scrutiny to his government's COVID-19 spending, analys...
Jul 21, 2020
