Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UN raises alarm on Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalists
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The United Nations on Friday sounded the alarm over Taliban crackdowns on peaceful protests, many of them by women demanding equal rights, and journalists covering such event...
Sep 10, 2021
FDA may authorize COVID-19 vaccine for kids based on two months of safety data
(NewsNation Now) - The Food and Drug Administration said it's working "around the clock" to support approvals of COVID-19 vaccines for children under 12, but that it cannot offer a specific timeline f...
Sep 10, 2021
Biden's Afghan refugee request sparks conservative fears of 'unlimited green cards'
The Biden administration this week made a request for $6.4 billion in funding for Afghan refugee resettlement and language that would allow for the tens of thousands of Afghans being brought in to qui...
Sep 10, 2021
'This is where God has placed us': Baseball Hall of Famer's funeral home swamped with COVID deaths
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. (WGN) - Baseball Hall of Famer Andre Dawson moonlights in retirement as a funeral home owner in Florida. He says COVID-19 has never been this bad. Dawson turned in his Cubs uni...
Sep 10, 2021
Good hair day! Drew Brees debuts new 'do during Cowboys-Bucs game
NEW ORLEANS (NEXSTAR) - Something's different about Drew Brees. The Super Bowl champion made his debut Thursday with NBC Sports to cover the season opener between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay ...
Sep 10, 2021
Post-Ida recovery in New Orleans: Beer and beignets are back
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Supply trucks are once again delivering beer on Bourbon Street and the landmark Cafe Du Monde is serving beignets, fried pastries covered with white sugar, even though there aren't ...
Sep 10, 2021
'Schitt's Creek' super fans meticulously recreate TV show's motel room at vintage store
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (NEXSTAR) - There are "Schitt's Creek" fans and then there are "Schitt's Creek" super fans. It's safe to say the folks at The Lucky Rabbit vintage shop fall firmly in the latter cat...
Sep 10, 2021
Game of the Century Flashback: Bill Sloey
Interview with strongside linebacker for Nebraska in 1971 and 1972Bill Sloey was a linebacker on the 1971 and '72 Nebraska teams. This interview was done on June 23, 2004 by David Max. DM Where are yo...
Sep 10, 2021
Student mocked by adults at school board meeting while talking about grandmother who died of COVID-19
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (NewsNation Now) - A Tennessee high school student was heckled by adults while speaking about his dead grandmother at a board of education meeting on mask mandates. Grady Knox...
Sep 10, 2021
How do you start your career when everyone works remotely?
LONDON (AP) - Rebekah Ingram's remote internship has come with a series of unexpected challenges: She lacks a proper office set-up, her mother often calls for her while she works, and her dog barks du...
Sep 10, 2021