Category Archives: Top Stories
Amazon deepens tech-sector gloom with another 9,000 layoffs
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Monday said it would axe another 9,000 roles, piling on to a wave of layoffs that has swept the technology sector as an uncertain economy forces companies to get leaner. ...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Amazon.com logo and stock price information is seen on screens at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, New York, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
US House Republicans launch investigation of Manhattan DA in Trump probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Republicans went on the offensive on Monday against a possible criminal indictment against Donald Trump, launching an investigation into the New Yor...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen in the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's offices as he continues his investigation into former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Gas prices increase in Peoria-area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria-area are trickling upward. GasBuddy says the average price of a gallon of unleaded is around $3.62, a 5.6 cent increase from a week ago. The average is 6.5 cent...
Mar 20, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Lawmakers advance measure to regulate ride-shares as 'common carriers'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers are considering a bill that would treat ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft as "common carriers," opening them up to the same level of liab...
Mar 20, 2023 Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine
Uncertainty reigns as Fed considers interest rate hike
(Reuters) - Traders and economists remain split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark policy rate on Wednesday, as more actions by the world's major central banks to stem banking str...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the Federal Reserve Bank in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FDIC to break up SVB, seeks separate sale of private unit
(Reuters) -The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday decided to break up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and hold two separate auctions for its traditional deposits unit and its private bank after...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A security guard stands outside of the entrance of the Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small/File Photo
U.S. Senate Democrat Durbin tests positive for COVID, will quarantine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, said on Sunday that he will quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, adding to a number of lawmakers from both par...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin takes part in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Joe Biden's judicial nominees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Donald Trump could be charged any day - what happens next?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, nearly seven yea...
Mar 20, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump greets fans as he arrives before the finals of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. March 18, 2023. Brett Rojo/USA TODAY Sports via REUTERS
Peoria crash sends four people to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria crews responded to a two-vehicle accident with entrapment just after 6 p.m. Sunday in the area of N. Orange Prairie Road and W. Flagstone Drive. Crews used hydraulic cutters and...
Mar 20, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Teen injured in Saturday night shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was injured after Peoria Police say he was shot at Saturday night. Police officials released details of the incident more than twelve hours after they say a ShotSpotter alert...
Mar 19, 2023 Midwest Communications
