Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A wedding with flare: 2 men fined over Coast Guard search
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two Rhode Island men authorities say touched off a needless and expensive ocean search-and-rescue effort when they fired maritime distress flares to celebrate a friend's weddin...
Oct 05, 2021
Trial over major pharmacy chains' opioid sales begins
(NewsNation Now) - Attorneys for four major pharmacy chains are in back federal court Tuesday in the first trial in their potential role in the nation's opioid epidemic. Retail pharmacy chains contrib...
Oct 05, 2021
Vaccines are here. School's open. Some parents still agonize
PHOENIX (AP) - Eight days into the school year, all five of Amber Cessac's daughters, ages 4 to 10, had tested positive for COVID-19. Having them all sick at once and worrying about long-term repercus...
Oct 05, 2021
EU unveils strategy to tackle rising antisemitism in Europe
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union unveiled Tuesday a new strategy to combat growing antisemitism in Europe with plans to better tackle hate speech, raise awareness about Jewish life, protect places o...
Oct 05, 2021
World Teachers' Day 2021: School encourages kindness in learning
CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) - Almost every person has a favorite teacher, someone who went above and beyond to encourage you because they could see your potential. Oct. 5 marks World Teachers' Day, ...
Oct 05, 2021
Florida is only state not to submit school COVID-19 relief funding plan, US Education Department says
(NewsNation Now) - Florida is the only state to not submit a plan for COVID-19 relief funding, according to the U.S. Education Department. The department sent a letter to Florida Education Commis...
Oct 05, 2021
Blinken rallies developed world to confront inequality
PARIS (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Tuesday on the world's most developed countries to take on and counter widening gaps between the rich and poor. He told the Organization for ...
Oct 05, 2021
NIH director Francis Collins to step down by end of year
WASHINGTON (AP) - The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he is stepping down by the end of the year, having led the research center for 12 years and become a p...
Oct 05, 2021
Supply chain woes lead to early holiday gift deals
CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) - Thanks to supply chain chaos caused by the pandemic, everything from furnace filters to Furbies, lightbulbs to Legos are in danger of being in short supply this holiday seas...
Oct 05, 2021
Biden heads to Michigan to push benefits of spending plan
(NewsNation Now) - President Joe Biden heads to Michigan Tuesday to promote his infrastructure bill as well as his ambitious social spending plan. Set to visit a union training center in Howell, Michi...
Oct 05, 2021