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Facebook removes dozens of vaccine misinformation ‘superspreaders’
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said it removed over three dozen pages spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, after the White House called on social media firms to tighten controls on pandemic-rel...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Drop in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Delta seen in U.S. nursing homes
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines for people in American nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where residents are often elderly and frail, has dropped since the...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Canada’s hot inflation takes center stage in election campaign
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) -At the gas pumps and in the grocery store, on their utility bills and especially when looking for housing, Canadians are feeling the pinch of red-hot inflation and th...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Afghan film director recounts escape from Kabul
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko KYIV (Reuters) - Sahraa Karimi had been waiting in line for nearly three hours to withdraw money from a bank in Kabul on Sunday when the bank manager came over and urged...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Sugar rally could help India to export 6 million tonnes without subsidy
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India could export 6 million tonnes of sugar in the new season starting in October even without government subsidies, with global pr...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
TD Bank motion to dismiss U.S. credit card class action rejected by judge
(In fourth paragraph corrects to unsecured from secured) TORONTO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected a request by Toronto-Dominion Bank to dismiss a class action lawsuit brought in December...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Exclusive-Chipmaker GlobalFoundries files confidentially for U.S. IPO -sources
By Anirban Sen and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - GlobalFoundries Inc has filed confidentially with U.S regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) in New York that could value the chipmaker at around $25...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
U.S. regulator moving to restore federal oil and gas leasing program – official
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. offshore regulator on Wednesday said efforts to resume a federal oil and gas leasing program are underway following a court decision reversing the Biden administration's sus...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Facebook says it would not automatically allow Taliban if U.S. changed designation
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook may not lift its ban on the Taliban even if the United States stops imposing sanctions on the group, which has rapidly taken control of Afghanistan, the soc...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021

ISBE hears opinions on masks in schools during monthly meeting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Wednesday heard from officials and parents regarding the school mask mandate that requires everyone to wear a mask indoors, regar...
Dalton Kemper Aug 18, 2021
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