Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Simone Biles, others seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar
DETROIT (AP) - Former Olympic gymnasts, including gold medalist Simone Biles, are among dozens of assault victims who are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop sports doctor La...
Jun 08, 2022
Report: Iran turns off 2 of UN nuclear watchdog’s cameras
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran turned off two surveillance cameras of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog that monitored one of its atomic sites, state television reported Wednesday. The report did n...
Jun 08, 2022
1 dead, 8 injured after car hits pedestrians in Berlin
BERLIN (AP) - A vehicle drove into pedestrians in Berlin on Wednesday, killing at at least one person and injuring eight others, rescue services said. Berlin fire service spokesman Stefan Salzwedel, w...
Jun 08, 2022
Carbon offset markets, more Russian sanctions : In The News for June 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 8 … What we are watching in C...
Jun 08, 2022
Consultants to Russian oil, including PR and advertising, targeted in fresh sanctions
OTTAWA - Advertising and public-relations agencies have been banned for working for Russian oil and gas firms as part of a new wave of sanctions designed to increase pressure on the Putin regime. The ...
Jun 08, 2022
First carbon offset market coming to help big industry cut emissions at a lower cost
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is creating Canada’s first carbon offset market to help big industry in its quest to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon offset credits will ...
Jun 08, 2022
Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 17, injures 50
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said. The report said ...
Jun 08, 2022
Civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still ‘fearless’
ATLANTA (AP) - A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the 1960s says she's deeply saddened by the hate crimes seeking to terrorize people across ...
Jun 07, 2022
Congresswoman, billionaire to faceoff in LA mayor’s race
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso breezed past a large field of rivals looking to be the next mayor of Los Angeles and advanced Tuesday to a runo...
Jun 07, 2022
San Francisco ousts liberal DA Chesa Boudin in heated recall
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco on Tuesday has voted to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a heated campaign that bitterly divided Democrats over crime, policing and public safety...
Jun 07, 2022