Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Military veteran creates nonprofit to get Americans, allies out of Afghanistan
A retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldier has organized a nonprofit effort to get American citizens and Afghan allies safely out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan - and so far, he has had success eva...
Oct 01, 2021
Teachers turn to US Supreme Court over NYC vaccine mandate
NEW YORK (AP) - A group of teachers asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday for an emergency injunction blocking the implementation of New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public schools staf...
Oct 01, 2021
Erupting Spanish island volcano blows open new fissure
MADRID (AP) - An erupting volcano on a Spanish island off northwest Africa blew open another fissure on its hillside Friday as authorities recorded eight new earthquakes up to magnitude 3.5. The new f...
Oct 01, 2021
Nigeria’s president directs conditional end to Twitter ban
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he has directed the lifting of the ban on Twitter's operations in Nigeria but only if certain conditions are met including Twitter's "pos...
Oct 01, 2021
Passenger jumps onto wing of plane from emergency door in Miami
MIAMI (AP) - Police say a passenger on an American Airlines flight that landed at Miami International Airport opened an emergency door and walked on the wing as the plane reached the terminal. Flight ...
Oct 01, 2021
Australia to lift 18-month COVID-19 travel ban next month
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens traveling overseas from November. But no date has yet been set for welcoming international tou...
Oct 01, 2021
Merck COVID-19 pill cuts hospitalization by 50%, study says
WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) - Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it w...
Oct 01, 2021
Iran holds military exercises near tense Azerbaijan border
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's national army began exercises on Friday near its border with Azerbaijan, state TV reported, putting on a display of military capabilities near a neighbor it is increasingly ...
Oct 01, 2021
Fire in Romanian hospital kills at least 7 people
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A fire at a hospital in the Romanian port city of Constanta killed at least seven COVID-19 patients, authorities said Friday. All the victims were in the intensive care unit ...
Oct 01, 2021
Three candidates advance in Hungary's first national primary
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Three candidates aiming to unseat Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban in elections next spring have cleared the first round of a countrywide opposition primary co...
Oct 01, 2021