Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pfizer-BioNTech ask EU agency to OK vaccine for kids 5-11
BERLIN (AP) - Pharmaceutical company Pfizer and biotechnology company BioNTech said Friday they have requested to have their coronavirus vaccine licensed for children ages 5 to 11 across the European ...
Oct 15, 2021
Chicago Police union leader barred from speaking about vaccine mandate until next court date
CHICAGO (WGN) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday filed a complaint against Chicago's police union as the deadline for City of Chicago workers to submit their vaccination status approaches. In co...
Oct 15, 2021
Russia says it pushed US destroyer from area near its waters
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry said a Russian warship on Friday prevented a U.S. Navy destroyer from what it described as an attempt to intrude into Russia's territorial waters in the Sea of ...
Oct 15, 2021
New Midwest rail plan expands services
CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) - Chicago is already known as being a city big on trains, but the federal government's new Midwest Rail Plan could make other cities in the region love the rails just as much....
Oct 15, 2021
UK Lawmaker stabbed while meeting constituents dies, suspect arrested
LONDON (AP) - British Conservative lawmaker David Amess has died after being stabbed Friday during a meeting with constituents at a church in eastern England. A 25-year-old man has been arrested. The ...
Oct 15, 2021
Former nurse pleads guilty over torture videos, faces life sentence
(NEXSTAR) - A Vermont man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he commissioned a Venezuelan woman to make videos of the torture of a boy and the torture and killing of a man, prosecutors sa...
Oct 15, 2021
Salmonella outbreak from unknown food source sickens people in 36 states as cases climb
(NEXSTAR) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has yet to identify the source of a multistate outbreak of salmonella infections as confirmed cases continue to climb across the countr...
Oct 15, 2021
FDA panel takes up tough questions on J&J COVID-19 boosters
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health advisers on Friday tackled who should get boosters of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine and when - and whether using a competing brand for the second d...
Oct 15, 2021
Jan. 6 House panel moves to recommend charges if subpoenas not followed
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) - The House committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol will move criminal contempt charges against those who do not comply with its subpoenas. The c...
Oct 15, 2021
US lifts travel restrictions on November 8 for vaccinated foreign travelers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House lifted travel restrictions Friday for fully vaccinated foreign nationals effective Nov. 8, at land borders and for air travel, a White House ...
Oct 15, 2021