Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Virus concerns prompt Democrats to hold largely virtual nominating convention
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will hold a largely virtual convention in August to nominate Joe Biden as their presidential candidate, the party said on Wednesday, with Biden givin...
Jun 24, 2020
NHL: Jarome Iginla headlines 2020 Hall of Fame class
(Reuters) - Jarome Iginla, Marian Hossa, Kevin Lowe and Doug Wilson will be among those inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November, the organization said on Wednesday. Kim St-Pierre of the Cana...
Jun 24, 2020
Canada’s WestJet to cut 3,300 jobs as pandemic hurts demand for air travel
(Reuters) - Canadian carrier WestJet said on Wednesday it would layoff about 3,300 employees, as it looks to save costs amid the economic turmoil stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severel...
Jun 24, 2020
Strong quake shakes New Zealand’s Milford Sound
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake rattled Milford Sound, in the tourist hotspot of Fiordland in New Zealand's South Island on Thursday, government seismic monitor Geonet said. Thousand...
Jun 24, 2020
World Bank staff object to Brazilian nominee over racial comments
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The association representing staff at the World Bank on Wednesday asked that Brazil's nomination of Abraham Weintraub to be executive director be reviewed over his past racial com...
Jun 24, 2020
Peru threatens temporary takeover of private clinics over coronavirus fees
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Martn Vizcarra threatened on Wednesday to temporarily take over the country's private healthcare clinics if they failed to strike a deal with the government in 48 hou...
Jun 24, 2020
No mask, no gambling at Caesars casinos
(Reuters) - Caesars Entertainment Corp said on Wednesday it would require all guests at its casinos and other properties across the United States to wear face masks to help counter the spread of the n...
Jun 24, 2020
Sino-U.S. tech race turbo-charges China chip investment, triggering bubble fear
By Josh Horwitz and Samuel Shen SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. curbs on Chinese tech firms amid the intensifying Sino-U.S. battle for tech supremacy are feeding an investment boom across China's semiconduc...
Jun 24, 2020
‘Don’t look!’: Mexican town shudders as quake strikes again
By Julia Love MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When a major earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, panic swept through the coastal city of Juchitan as residents feared that much of what they had struggled to reb...
Jun 24, 2020
Three men indicted with murder of Black jogger in Georgia
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - Three white men arrested last month in the slaying of a Black man who was gunned down as he jogged through a suburban neighborhood in Georgia four months ago were ind...
Jun 24, 2020
On Air Now
Sun Aug 16
Sheboygan, WI, USA
79°FFeels Like: 80°F
Wind/Dir: 33 MPH-NW
Humidity: 61%
