Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Ex-US Rep. Todd Akin, famous for ‘legitimate rape’ remark, dies at 74
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a conservative Missouri Republican whose comment that women's bodies have a way of avoiding pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape" sunk his bid for the ...
Associated Press Oct 04, 2021

State by state: Here's how much used car prices went up in August
Used car prices came down slightly in August since peaking in June, but they are still significantly higher than they were last year. As the microchip shortage-related plant shutdowns continue, and wi...
iSeeCars Oct 04, 2021

Milt Tenopir, Smash-Mouth Football, and Northwestern.
Run the damn ball. Read the first sentence again.In honor of Saturday's win against Northwestern and the clinic our running backs and Adrian Martinez put on, I decided to share this video from Mr. Pip...
Ryan Tweedy Oct 04, 2021

'Captain Kirk' is going to space: William Shatner, 90, will fly to space on Blue Origin
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (NewsNation Now) - It's not exactly "where no one has gone before," but the captain of the original "Star Trek" series, William Shatner, will be blasting off for orbit next week. ...
Nexstar Media Wire Oct 04, 2021

1st projections: Rome mayor may fall short of making runoff
ROME (AP) - Ballot counting began Monday in Italy after two days of voting for mayors in many cities, and exit polls on Italian state TV indicated that populist Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi failed to aut...
FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Oct 04, 2021

Panama burying more migrant victims of brutal Darien Gap
AGUA FRIA, Panama (AP) - In an isolated cemetery in Panama's Darien province, migrants who die crossing the most treacherous segment of their journey toward the United States are buried with a plastic...
JUAN ZAMORANO, Associated Press Oct 04, 2021

EU regulator OKs Pfizer vaccine booster for 18 and older
AMSTERDAM (AP) - The European Union's drug regulator gave its backing Monday to administering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 and older. The European Medicines Agen...
NewsNation Now Oct 04, 2021

Sweden seeks building explosion suspect, orders custody
STOCKHOLM (AP) - A tenant in a Swedish apartment building that was rocked by an explosion and fire last month that injured 16 people was formally remanded in custody Monday in his absence, suspected o...
NewsNation Now Oct 04, 2021

Henrietta Lacks' estate sues company over use of her cells
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 wit...
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Oct 04, 2021

Doubt lingers in Balkans after years of broken EU promises
BRUSSELS (AP) - Twenty years ago, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia had narrowly avoided a civil war and NATO was collecting weapons held by ethnic Albanian rebels under an internationally bac...
LORNE COOK, Associated Press Oct 04, 2021
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