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UPDATE: 20-year-old woman identified as victim in fatal car vs. pedestrian crash in Tazewell County
UPDATED 12:50 P.M. TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 20-year-old woman is the victim of a fatal car versus pedestrian crash on Route 24 early Wednesday mornin...
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Home for young single mothers in central Illinois hosted by Dream Center Peoria opens its doors
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A home for young single mothers needing some assistance with life and their babies is now open in Washington. Dream Center Peoria's...
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UPDATE: CEFCU says debit card PIN issues fixed
UPDATED 4:09 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - CEFCU says debit card PIN transactions should be back to normal after issues earlier Wednesday. The credit union says...
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Thousands of youths at risk of losing access to after-school programs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Advocates for community-based after-school programs say as many as 40,000 youths statewide could lose acce...
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UPDATE: Strong storms to arrive this evening in central Illinois, but severe threat stays to the south
UPDATED 11:29 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Severe weather will appear to miss the Peoria area on Wednesday. The National Weather Service office in Lincoln pred...
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National News
Australia backs long-term gas drilling despite 2050 climate goals
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Labor government on Thursday laid out a strategy to bo...
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Meet the British wrestling collective with 'queer joy' at its core
LONDON (Reuters) - Think fishnet tights, silver hot pants and long false eyelashes, then add in bodi...
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Japan to start hunting fin whales after five years of commercial whaling
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, governm...
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National Sports
Tennis-Nadal happy to be playing third straight event after injury return
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he is encouraged by his steady progress after returning from injury last...
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MLB roundup: Chris Sale, Braves blank Red Sox
Chris Sale threw six shutout innings and Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs to lead the Atlanta Braves ...
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Fever add 11 TV markets for Caitlin Clark's rookie season
Former Iowa standout Caitlin Clark is getting the Indiana Fever some more screen time. Twelve televi...
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World News
Vietnam delays meeting with EU sanctions chief ahead of possible Putin visit, sources say
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry told the European Union ...
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Plane skids off runway at Senegal's main airport, flights suspended, says source
DAKAR (Reuters) -Flights have been suspended at Senegal's main airport near the capital Dakar after ...
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Ukraine's parliament dismisses agriculture minister suspected of corruption, lawmaker says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament has dismissed Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky who tendered ...
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Business
Nissan expects 5.5% rise in annual profit this year
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Nissan Motor expects operating profit to rise 5.5% this year on growing glo...
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Fed's communications style scores well with analysts but not public
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Through a tumultuous period of high inflation, aggressive...
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European shares pause after recent rally, BoE decision in focus
(Reuters) - European stocks were muted on Thursday, as investors took a breather after recent gains ...
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Politics
House quickly defeats Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesda...
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US Republicans target noncitizen voting, as Trump keeps up false voter fraud claims
By David Morgan and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled...
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Presidential candidate RFK Jr said he had a brain worm in 2012, New York Times reports
(Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a brain abnormality th...
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Health
Takeda profit slumps by half as Japanese drugmaker rebuilds pipeline
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said full-year earnings slumped by more than half as...
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UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports
(Reuters) - Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's pandemic accord because the ...
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Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted
(Reuters) - Hospital operator Ascension reported disruptions to its clinical operations on Wednesday...
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Science
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond o...
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SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to oper...
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Russia starts developing nuclear power unit for joint lunar station with China, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar s...
May 08, 2024
Technology
Exclusive-Huawei's new phone uses more China-made parts, memory chip
By David Kirton and Brenda Goh SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Huawei's latest high-end phone features...
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Factbox: What is in Huawei's new Pura 70 smartphones
(Reuters) - Huawei's new high-end Pura 70 smartphone series quickly sold out after it was launched l...
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Disney, Warner Bros to offer streaming bundle of Disney+, Hulu and Max
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney and Warner Bros Discovery will offer a bundle of the Disney+, Hul...
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Entertainment
Olympics-French rapper Jul lights Paris 2024 cauldron in Marseille
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Marseille-born French rapper Jul lit the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron a...
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Warner Bros Discovery plans new cost cuts, hike in Max price, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery is looking at additional opportunities for cost-cutting and raising...
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Russia's last Eurovision singer, now 'cancelled', still seeks to spread hope
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - The last singer to represent Russia at the Eurovision S...
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