Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Polish church urges help for migrants amid border crisis
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's influential Catholic Church appealed Monday for humanitarian assistance for migrants from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere who have been seeking to reach Europe by crossing fro...
Oct 04, 2021
UK eases travel rules but upsets nations not on list
LONDON (AP) - Simplified international travel rules took effect Monday in the U.K., easing quarantine and testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers from more than 50 countries, and the Conse...
Oct 04, 2021
High court rejects lawsuit over cancelled Pentagon contract
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not get involved in a lawsuit over a disputed Pentagon cloud computing contract, a decision that follows the contract's cancellation earlier...
Oct 04, 2021
Big pharmacy chains to face first trial over opioid crisis
CLEVELAND (NewsNation Now) - Four big pharmacy chains are headed to court Monday over whether they can be held liable for the opioid crisis across America. Two small counties in Ohio are taking on Wal...
Oct 04, 2021
UK blames 'heavy-handed' EU for Brexit deal problems
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Britain's Brexit minister threatened Monday to trigger a contentious break clause in the U.K.'s divorce deal with the European Union - a move that would send the U.K.'s alre...
Oct 04, 2021
1 in 8 say loved ones with opposing COVID views won’t get holiday gifts
(StudyFinds.org) - If you disagree with mom or dad on COVID-19 vaccines, maybe don't expect much in your stocking this year. A new survey commissioned by CoinStar finds one in eight Americans pla...
Oct 04, 2021
Jailed US journalist in Myanmar slapped with new charge
BANGKOK (AP) - A U.S. journalist who has spent more than four months in pretrial detention in military-ruled Myanmar has been charged with a second criminal offense, his lawyer said Monday, while auth...
Oct 04, 2021
First Nobel Prize of the year honors discovery of temperature, touch receptors
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize in the field of physiology or medicine has been awarded to U.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. They were cited for their discovery of receptors for tem...
Oct 04, 2021
New Zealand admits it can't get rid of COVID, plans to ease lockdown
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand's government acknowledged Monday what most other countries did long ago: It can no longer completely get rid of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Jacinda Arder...
Oct 04, 2021
Italy's northwest Liguria area hit by floods, mudslides
ROME (AP) - Heavy rain battered Liguria, the northwest region of Italy bordering France, causing flooding and mudslides on Monday in several places. No casualties were reported. The hardest-hit city w...
Oct 04, 2021