Category Archives: Syndicated
Pandemic-hit Arizona, Texas counties order coolers, refrigerated trucks for bodies
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Arizona and Texas counties hit hard by COVID-19 are ordering coolers and refrigerated trailers to store bodies as their morgues fill up, authorities said on Thursday. Arizona...
Jul 16, 2020
Before hack tore through Twitter, online forum offered accounts for sale
By Raphael Satter and Joseph Menn (Reuters) - Before a hacking campaign tore through Twitter and compromised some of its most high-profile users, an ad went up on a gray market site that facilitates t...
Jul 16, 2020
European students exempt from U.S. coronavirus travel ban: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foreign students coming from Europe are exempt from a travel ban the United States imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The...
Jul 16, 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, says he hopes U.S. president is reelected
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said he hopes Republican U.S. President Donald Trump will be reelected in November, although he said the commercial relatio...
Jul 16, 2020
Edmonton to drop Eskimos as name – report
The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League have decided they will drop their nickname, Ryan Rishaug of TSN reported on Thursday. According to the report, an announcement will likely be made ...
Jul 16, 2020
Queen to knight 100-year-old UK fundraiser Captain Tom on Friday
LONDON (Reuters) - Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old who became a national hero in Britain by raising millions of pounds for health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, will become "Sir Tom" on Fri...
Jul 16, 2020
TUI to offer free coronavirus insurance to lure travellers: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Travel company TUI will offer travellers free coronavirus insurance starting this weekend, a German media group reported on Friday. The head of TUI in Germany, Marek Andryszak, t...
Jul 16, 2020
Firefighters put out flames aboard U.S. Navy ship in San Diego; vessel’s future unknown
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crews have extinguished all known fires aboard a U.S. Navy warship that burned for four days at its mooring in San Diego, a top admiral said on Thursday, but it...
Jul 16, 2020
Rangers placed LHP Martin (COVID-19) on injured list
The Texas Rangers on Thursday placed left-hander Brett Martin on the injured list due to his positive test for COVID-19, according to reports. Martin tested positive approximately two weeks ago and wa...
Jul 16, 2020
Fauci implores young people to stay vigilant on coronavirus risk
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - The leading U.S. expert on infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Thursday implored younger people to continue social distancing and other measures to curtail spread o...
Jul 16, 2020
