Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Twitter lays off staff as Musk blames activists for 'massive' ad revenue drop
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending amid concern...
Nov 05, 2022 Owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc. Elon Musk arrives at the 29th Annual Baron Investment Conference in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Darren Bailey shakes off recent death threat, says Gov. Pritzker has "ignored" it
PEORIA, Ill. -- Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey doesn't appear too shaken by a recent death threat received via voicemail from a young man in Chicago. Multiple media outlets, including ...
Nov 04, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
New tax levies in East Peoria for road work and water service expansion
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria City Commissioners have approved a series of new property tax levies to cover the cost of new road work as well as an expansion of the city water system. City Commissi...
Nov 04, 2022 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump considering launching fresh White House bid after midterm elections-advisers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump is considering launching a third bid for the White House this month, three Trump advisers said on Thursday, while Trump himself teased a strong poss...
Nov 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Robstown, Texas, U.S., October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband released from hospital after hammer attack
UPDATED 5:44 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has been released from the San Francisco hospital where he underwent surgery for injuries suffered when attacked by a ...
Nov 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, poses for photographers as they arrive for the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner at the U.S. State Department, in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Theiler/File Photo
Biden promotes student loan forgiveness as midterms close in
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to the western United States on Thursday as part of his final major campaign swing ahead of midterm elections that the White House seeks t...
Nov 03, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One upon departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., to campaign in New Mexico and California, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
North Korea fires suspected ICBM, warns U.S. against 'dangerous' choices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea agreed on Thursday to seek new measures to demonstrate the alliance's "determination and capabilities" following repeated North Korean provocat...
Nov 03, 2022 Men walk past a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a ballistic missile off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/ Heo Ran
Powerball jackpot surpasses $1B, but what's the lump sum prize?
ATLANTA(Reuters) -Americans lined up at newstands and gas stations around the country this week to buy Powerball lottery tickets, dreaming of defying astronomically long odds to win a jackpot that has...
Nov 03, 2022
Biden warns election deniers pose threat, blames Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that threats by some Republican candidates to refuse to accept results from the Nov. 8 elections if they lose is a threat to democracy and ...
Nov 02, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally for the Democratic Party's senatorial candidate Val Demings and gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, in Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S. November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Pritzker: New jobs coming to central Illinois chocolate plant
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- There will be roughly 200 new jobs coming to central Illinois now that a high end chocolate maker is buliding a new factory in nearby Bloomington. Ferrero has announced plans to b...
Nov 02, 2022 (25 News)
