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US lawmakers to press automakers to cut reliance on China over supply chains- Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers will travel to Detroit on Tuesday to press the heads of automakers Ford Motor and General Motors to slash reliance on China over supply chai...
Jun 19, 2023 The GM logo is seen on the China Headquarters in Shanghai, China, August 29, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
CityLink honors Juneteenth with special bus wrap
PEORIA, Ill. - Juneteenth-inspired artwork now adorns a CityLink bus that largely serves the African-American community. It's a first time initiative for CityLink. Bus 2245 now has a city scene design...
Jun 19, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Loans available to cover agricultural damage from spring storms
PEORIA, Ill. - Farmers in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties are eligible to apply for loans to cover damage incurred from spring storms. The three are part of 49 contiguous counties eligible for...
Jun 19, 2023 (United States Department of Agriculture)
UPDATE: Titanic tourist submersible missing for third day with five aboard
UPDATED 6/20 4:45 A.M. (Reuters) - A submersible taking wealthy tourists to visit the site of the Titanic wreckage in deep waters off the coast of Canada was missing for a third day on Tuesday, as U.S...
Jun 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The port bow railing of the Titanic lies in 12,600 feet of water about 400 miles east of Nova Scotia as photographed earlier this month as part of a joint scientific and recovery expedition sponsored by the Discovery Channel and RMS Titantic. Scientists plan to illuminate and then raise the hull section of this legendary ocean liner later this month. Reuters/File Photo
What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
(Reuters) - Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans. U.S. President Joe Biden signed the bill creating the holiday in 2021. Juneteenth, l...
Jun 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Trumpeter Crystal Howard marches down the street while playing with her band during a block party to mark Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, over two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the U.S., in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., June 17, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
US judge orders Trump lawyers not to release evidence in documents probe
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge in Florida on Monday ordered defense lawyers for former President Donald Trump not to release evidence in the classified documents case to the media or the public, according to...
Jun 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts on stage following his arraignment on classified document charges, at Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
Deadly violence in Chicago over the weekend
CHICAGO, Ill. (Fox News) -- It was another weekend of deadly gun violence in the Windy City, with at least 40 people shot and 5 killed in shootings across the city. At least 3 teenagers were among tho...
Jun 19, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
Biden will announce $600 million in climate investments during California trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will visit Palo Alto, California on Monday and announce over $600 million in climate investments to help coastal communities around the country fight climate...
Jun 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on tackling climate change prior to signing executive actions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Abortion rights supporters and opponents mark one year without Roe v. Wade
(Reuters) - Abortion rights advocates and opponents are set to mark this week's one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had lega...
Jun 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Xi hails 'progress' as he meets Blinken during rare China trip
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Xi Jinping hailed "progress" at the start of talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on Monday, the final engagement of a rare trip aimed at ensuring di...
Jun 19, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, June 18, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool
