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How a Burmese immigrant profited by flipping cheap oil leases from Trump auctions
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) - A Myanmar-born U.S. perfume entrepreneur became a curiosity last year when she became the nation's top buyer of oil-and-gas leases at the Trump administration's federal au...
Syndicated Content Mar 22, 2021
Republican donations surge despite corporate boycott after Capitol riots
By James Oliphant, Jason Lange, Julia Harte and Tim Reid (Reuters) - Right after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, dozens of U.S. companies announced they would halt political donations to ...
Syndicated Content Mar 09, 2021
Exclusive: Most U.S. firms hit with COVID-19 safety fines aren't paying up
By Chris Kirkham (Reuters) - U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put workers at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. But...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Special Report: How a coronavirus variant tore through an English island and onto the world stage
By Andrew MacAskill and Andrew R.C. Marshall ISLE OF SHEPPEY, England (Reuters) - Warm weather brings tourists to the Isle of Sheppey, a flat, marshy island near the mouth of the River Thames. Each su...
Syndicated Content Mar 26, 2021
Major League Baseball roundup: Smoak lifts Jays over Tigers
Justin Smoak led off the bottom of the ninth inning with his 11th homer of the season to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 4-3 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon. Randal Grichuk...
Ken Delaney Jul 01, 2018
Major League Baseball roundup: Rays' Eovaldi dazzles in return
Nathan Eovaldi threw six no-hit innings in his first start since 2016, and Rob Refsnyder belted a three-run home run Wednesday, lifting the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to a third win in three days over th...
Ken Delaney May 31, 2018
2020 NFL Draft: Run on SEC talent, WRs highlights Day 2
Wide receivers and Southeastern Conference talent dominated the second day of the 2020 NFL Draft on Friday. Teams continued to dip into a deep receiver class on Friday, with the Cincinnati Bengals kic...
Ken Delaney Apr 25, 2020
Unequal education: Pandemic widens race, class gaps in U.S. schools
By Nathan Layne YORK, Pa. (Reuters) - Natalie Cruz, 12, missed math and language arts instruction one recent morning because the school's virtual interface would not load. Carlos, her 8-year-old broth...
Syndicated Content Sep 29, 2020
In Beirut port, all of Lebanon's ills are laid bare
By Samia Nakhoul, Ellen Francis and Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) - The first of many warnings about a deadly cargo in Beirut's port came in February 2014, about three months after its arrival. It w...
Syndicated Content Oct 28, 2020
Biden wins U.S. presidency, calls for healing in appeal to Trump voters
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden declared it was "time to heal" a deeply divided America in his first speec...
Syndicated Content Nov 08, 2020
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