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Baseball-Blue Jays stun Ohtani, Dodgers in World Series opener
TORONTO (Reuters) -The Toronto Blue Jays were made to wait longer than most teams to return to the World Series but made up for lost time with an 11-4 rout of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodger...
Oct 25, 2025 Oct 24, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) and Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) greet eachother at first base in the ninth inning during game one of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images
Rivian manufacturing team in Normal spared from latest round of layoffs
NORMAL, Ill. (25 News) - Electric vehicle-maker Rivian is reducing its workforce by about 4.5 percent as it prepares to launch a more economical R2 SUV next year. 25 News reports Rivian's manufacturin...
Oct 25, 2025 Charles / CC
Rivian agrees to pay $250 million to settle IPO fraud lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Rivian has agreed to settle a 2022 class-action lawsuit by paying $250 million to some shareholders who had alleged the electric vehicle maker defrauded investors over vehicle...
Oct 25, 2025 A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Pekin food pantry asks for donations as shelves go bare during government shutdown
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - Organizers of a Pekin food pantry weren't prepared for what they saw earlier this week. A surge of people in need came suddenly, as a Facebook post showed a large line out the ...
Oct 25, 2025 (Hope Cupboard/Hope Chest Facebook page)
Natural gas rate increases likely for Ameren, Nicor customers next year
Article Summary Nicor Gas and Ameren Illinois customers will likely see a rate increase on their bills next year, pending a final decision from state regulators in the coming weeks. An administrative ...
Oct 24, 2025 The Michael A. Bilandic Building, pictured in spring 2024, houses the offices of the Illinois Commerce Commission. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Wall Street notches record closing highs on cool inflation, solid earnings
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Cooler-than-expected inflation data and upbeat corporate earnings lifted all three major U.S. stock indexes to record closing highs on Friday, setting the stage for next week's ear...
Oct 24, 2025 Futures-options traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange's NYSE American in New York City, U.S., October 22, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
US expects more flight delays as controllers soon to miss paychecks
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday said he expects more flights to be delayed, with air traffic controllers set to miss their first paycheck as a federal govern...
Oct 24, 2025 National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) President Nick Daniels speaks during a press conference to discuss the impact of the government shutdown on air safety workers and travel at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski
Carney ready to resume US-Canada trade talks halted by Trump over Reagan ad
TORONTO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday that Canada stands ready to resume trade talks with the United States that President Donald Trump halted over an anti-tariff adv...
Oct 24, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Trump's troop deployments to Portland and D.C. face tests in court
(Reuters) -Federal judges in Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C. held hearings on Friday in legal battles over the deployment of National Guard troops to the U.S. cities, as President Donald Trump s...
Oct 24, 2025 A protestor holds a sign at a rally at Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, as protestors anticipate a ruling by Federal District Court Judge Karin Immergut regarding President Donald Trump's plan to deploy National Guard members in Portland, in Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/John Rudoff/File Photo
NY Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump adversary, pleads not guilty to mortgage-related charges
NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) -New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Friday to charges related to allegedly lying o...
Oct 24, 2025 New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to reporters, after she attended a hearing and pleaded not guilty to charges that she defrauded her mortgage lender, outside the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
