Category Archives: Syndicated
COVID-19 Pandemic Driving Increase in Mental Health Problems, Drug Overdoses
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) — The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic go deeper than case totals, hospitalization numbers, and death counts. Anxiety and stress from social distancing and fears stemming...
Jul 23, 2020
Trump says Florida convention event canceled after coronavirus spike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would no longer be holding a large gathering in Florida in August to accept the Republican Party's nomination, after a spike in corona...
Jul 23, 2020
Trump: Hot spot virus states may need to delay school openings by a few weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday states that are currently coronavirus hot spots may need to delay re-opening schools by a "few weeks" while he pushed otherwise for ...
Jul 23, 2020
Fed’s Main Street lending inches up as balance sheet holds above $7 trillion
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve facilitated another $2 million in emergency loans this week to U.S. businesses struggling to survive the coronavirus-fueled recession, while its overall asset port...
Jul 23, 2020
Turkish parliament gives Erdogan authority to extend layoff ban for a year
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament on Thursday approved a law allowing President Tayyip Erdogan to extend a layoff ban imposed to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic until Jul...
Jul 23, 2020
Croatia parliament approves new center-right government
ZAGREB (Reuters) - The Croatian parliament on Thursday approved the new centre-right cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic whose Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the most parliamentary sea...
Jul 23, 2020
Pompeo calls for more assertive response to ‘Frankenstein’ China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China in a speech on Thursday and said U.S. allies must use "more creative and assertive ways" to press the Chinese Communi...
Jul 23, 2020
‘Bait and switch’: New Mexico Democrats distrust Trump’s ‘surge’ against crime
By Andrew Hay and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Even as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she would accept U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to send a "surge" of federal agents to fight violent crime in D...
Jul 23, 2020
Taro Pharmaceuticals to pay more than $200 million to settle U.S. price-fixing probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taro Pharmaceutical agreed to pay more than $200 million to settle allegations that it conspired to fix the prices of generic drugs, the Justice Department said on Thursday. The...
Jul 23, 2020
U.S. clears way for drugmakers to share COVID antibody capacity
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it will not stand in the way of efforts by companies, including Eli Lilly and Co and Amgen Inc, to share information to hel...
Jul 23, 2020
