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Court blocks curbs on US government contact with social media companies for now
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court order that had sharply limited certain Biden administration officials' and agencies' contacts with social media companies. T...
Jul 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House aboard Marine One ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
UPDATE: Jesse Jackson to retire as head of Rainbow PUSH civil rights coalition
UPDATED 9:00 P.M. (Reuters) - U.S. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is stepping down as head of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded, according to remarks he made during a recent broad...
Jul 14, 2023 Deeped Niclas Strandh / CC
David's Bridal avoids shutdown with no-cash bankruptcy sale
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bankrupt wedding gown retailer David's Bridal received court approval on Friday to sell its business to asset manager Cion Investment Corp in a no-cash transaction, reaching a dea...
Jul 14, 2023 hattiesburgmemory / CC
A man is dead several days after a crash in Bartonville
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A Farmington man is dead after his motorcycle crashed in Bartonville earlier this week. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Jordan Marinich, 34, was pronounced brain dead Wedn...
Jul 14, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
An arrest is made in connection with Peoria's 9th homicide of the year. Here's the latest
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they're still investigating what was the city's ninth homicide of the year last month, but say they've made an arrest in the case. Police say Markes Wilson, 28, was ar...
Jul 14, 2023 Markes Wilson (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Three-year-old dies after reported drowning in a pond in Eureka
EUREKA, Ill. - A toddler from Washington was declared brain dead after reportedly drowning in a pond in Eureka this week. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Eureka-Goodfield Fire and E-M-S were ...
Jul 14, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
UPDATE: US House passes defense bill authorizing record spending; Senate debate next
UPDATED 11:17 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of a sweeping bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Friday, but the "must-pass" bill's chan...
Jul 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/
No sign of Russian intent to change tack on Ukraine war, Blinken says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Russia shows no sign of changing direction in its war on Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, as foreign ministers from two dozen countries met in Indone...
Jul 14, 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) prepares prior to the start of the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, 14 July 2023. ADI WEDA/POOL/Pool via REUTERS
Biden forgives $39 billion in US student debt using program fix
President Joe Biden's administration will cancel $39 billion in student debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, the Education Department said on Friday, describing the relief as the result of a "fix" to...
Jul 14, 2023 A sign calling for student loan debt relief is seen in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/
Hollywood's striking actors, writers to join picket lines
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Striking Hollywood actors were due to join film and television writers on picket lines on Friday, the first day of a dual work stoppage that has forced U.S. productions to shutt...
Jul 14, 2023 SAG-AFTRA union President Fran Drescher, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, and union members gesture at SAG-AFTRA offices after negotiations ended with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the entity that represents major studios and streamers, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros Discovery, triggering an actors’ strike, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
