Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A Chicago dad wanted revenge after his son was shot. An outreach worker talked him down
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO - On a warm evening last spring, Bo Deal got word that a teenager had been shot at a street corner in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. He raced to the scene and quickly pieced...
Oct 28, 2020
Amazon’s prep for holiday sales rush, pandemic in focus
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Thursday will announce its latest financial results, and Wall Street wants to know if it can keep up with shoppers' heightened demand during the coronav...
Oct 28, 2020
Azerbaijan says 14 people killed by shelling in Barda: RIA
BAKU (Reuters) - Fourteen civilians were killed on Wednesday and more than 40 wounded when Armenian armed forces shelled the Azeri town of Barda, RIA news agency citied Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General...
Oct 28, 2020
U.S. signs deal with Lilly for supply of potential COVID-19 antibody drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Government has awarded an initial $375 million contract to drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co to secure 300,000 doses of its potential experimental COVID-19 antibody treatment, a drug tha...
Oct 28, 2020
Pope says ‘lady’ COVID must be obeyed, forgoes mask
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday described the COVID-19 pandemic as a tough "lady" taskmaster who must be obeyed, but he and most close aides did not wear masks at...
Oct 28, 2020
GE reports smaller loss as business recovers from pandemic lows
(Reuters) - General Electric Co reported a smaller quarterly loss and positive cash flow on Wednesday, as the company cut costs in its aviation unit and saw improvement in revenue in its power busines...
Oct 28, 2020
Britain’s Heathrow Airport loses European crown during pandemic
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - London's Heathrow is no longer Europe's busiest airport, ceding its long-held crown to Paris during the pandemic and blaming government inaction for its passenger num...
Oct 28, 2020
Best of times, or the worst? A voter’s guide to U.S. GDP
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - When accountants at the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis release the latest U.S. gross domestic product report on Thursday, it may be the most fought-...
Oct 28, 2020
UK’s Sunak to announce one-year spending plan on Nov. 25
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday he would announce a one-year plan for government spending on Nov. 25, which would focus on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Oct 28, 2020
Under-pressure German COVID-19 lab produces run of false positive tests
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's government defended the accuracy of its coronavirus testing procedures on Wednesday, after a Bavarian laboratory delivered a run of false positives that it blamed on press...
Oct 28, 2020
