Category Archives:

New Illinois law prevents hair discrimination in schools
CHICAGO — A new Illinois law signed Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker prevents hair discrimination in school dress codes. The bill prohibits school uniform and dress code policies from restricting hair...
Dalton Kemper Aug 13, 2021
Booster shot aids transplant patients; one in 10 UK patients caught COVID in hospital
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Here is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
On Lithuania’s border, a former Afghan soldier is caught between war and politics
By Gabriela Baczynska KAZITISKIS, Lithuania (Reuters) - As Taliban fighters seized a series of provincial cities across Afghanistan, thousands of kilometres away in a makeshift refugee camp in eastern...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
Intel discloses small stake in crypto exchange Coinbase
(Reuters) - Intel Corp on Friday disclosed a stake worth less than a million dollars in U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. The chipmaker held about 3,014 shares of Coinbase's Class A co...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
Mexican president asks indigenous for forgiveness over Spanish conquest
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday asked the country's indigenous Mexica peoples for forgiveness for the abuses inflicted on them during the bloody 1521 S...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
U.S. Homeland Security warns fresh COVID-19 restrictions could spark violent attacks
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a new terrorism warning bulletin, said violent extremists could view the reimposition of COVID-19-related restricti...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
Colombian businessman Carlos Ardila Lulle dies age 91
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Carlos Ardila Lulle, one of Colombia's richest businessmen and owner of a conglomerate including sugar mills, broadcasters and a soccer team, died on Friday of natural causes aged 9...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
Cuba dips toe in market economy with legalization of small businesses
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Thousands of small and medium-sized Cuban businesses will be allowed to incorporate in the coming months, in one of the most important economic reforms taken by the is...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
U.S. FDA declines to approve Sesen Bio’s bladder cancer treatment, shares plunge
(Reuters) -The U.S. drug regulator has declined to approve Sesen Bio Inc's lead therapy candidate for a type of bladder cancer, the company said on Friday, sending its shares down more than 80%. The U...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
New York Assembly suspends Cuomo impeachment investigation
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Lawmakers in the New York Assembly have suspended their impeachment investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo in light of his promise to step down from office over s...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
60 °F Clear




