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Blinken: US looking at how to help Americans in Sudan, resume diplomatic presence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is looking at how to help U.S. citizens wishing to leave Sudan amid the ongoing violence, while exploring ways to resume a diplomatic presence in the country, U...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference at Karuizawa Prince Hotel West in Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture, Japan, 18 April 2023. ZHANG Xiaoyu/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: CNN host Don Lemon says television network fired him
UPDATED 1:42 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cable television network CNN has fired longtime host Don Lemon, the news anchor said in a post on Twitter on Monday, adding he was "stunned" by the step and th...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: CNN's Don Lemon during a televised townhall with Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on CNN dedicated to LGBTQ issues in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Arrests made in theft of IDOT-owned backhoe in Marshall County
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ill. - Two people from Kewanee have been arrested in connection with the theft of a backhoe owned by the state. The Marshall Count Sheriff's Department says 26-year-old Jace Alledredg...
Apr 24, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Fox News and Tucker Carlson part ways after Fox settles Dominion lawsuit
UPDATED 11:23 A.M. (Reuters) -Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said in a statement on Monday, less than a week after Fox News and parent company Fox Corp s...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Fox personality Tucker Carlson speaks at the 2017 Business Insider Ignition: Future of Media conference in New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
US says Proud Boys were 'thirsting for violence' as Jan. 6 trial wraps up
(Reuters) - A U.S. prosecutor on Monday said leaders of the Proud Boys were "thirsting for violence and organizing for action" ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, as the criminal tri...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Bed Bath & Beyond shares plunge 25% as retailer goes bankrupt
(Reuters) -Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc plunged about 25% on Monday after the home goods retailer's long fight to save its business ended in bankruptcy. The once high-flying company filed for b...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at a Bed Bath & Beyond store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Biden's domestic policy adviser Susan Rice departs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice is departing after two years, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement on Monday praising her efforts on healthcare and immigr...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice talks about government student loan forgiveness during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
'Dancing with the Stars' and 'Strictly' judge Len Goodman dies aged 78
LONDON (Reuters) - Len Goodman, the head judge on British television dancing competition "Strictly Come Dancing" and its U.S. version "Dancing with the Stars", has died aged 78, the BBC said on Monday...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Len Goodman, ballroom dancing expert and one of the judges on the television series "Dancing with the Stars", poses at the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End" at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, May 19, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Rivermen season ends with loss to Roanoke in the semi-finals
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Rivermen's season ended Sunday afternoon as the team lost Game Three of the semi-finals to the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 5-3. Peoria's season ends after a first-place finish i...
Apr 24, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)
US House to vote on Republican debt limit bill this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday the House would vote on his spending and debt bill this week, and invited President Joe Biden to di...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
