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Taylor Swift, Obama lead tributes in star-studded Rock Hall of Fame ceremony
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Taylor Swift serenaded Carole King, former U.S. President Barack Obama praised rapper JAY-Z, and Paul McCartney paid tribute to the Foo Fighters on Saturday at a Rock &...
Oct 31, 2021 REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
CDC says unvaccinated young foreign travelers do not need to quarantine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Saturday that unvaccinated foreign nationals under the age of 18 traveling to the United States by air do not have to...
Oct 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
American Airlines cancels flights due to staff shortages, bad weather
(Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc said on Saturday it has canceled hundreds of scheduled flights over the weekend due to staff shortages and unfavorable weather conditions. The airline said it h...
Oct 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Deere, UAW agree on new 6-year contract subject to union vote
(Reuters) - U.S. tractor maker Deere & Co agreed on a new six-year contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union that would be subject to a vote by the company's striking workers, the company ...
Oct 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Scott Morgan
Alec Baldwin calls movie shooting death 'one in a trillion episode'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin on Saturday described the fatal shooting on the set of his movie as a "one in a trillion episode" and said he support limits on the use of real guns in films and t...
Oct 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Third suspect in death of Manual High student arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a third suspect in the shooting death of a Manual High School Student has turned herself in. Police are only saying it's a juvenile female they are not identifying. Sh...
Oct 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Free meals "sprinkle" love in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman says in a time when the city is experiencing so much violence, you can always spread a little love. That's just what our news partner 25 News says Tina Foley was doing Fr...
Oct 30, 2021
Climate, COVID and the economy top G20 agenda at Rome summit
ROME (Reuters) -The heads of the world's 20 biggest economies kicked off two days of talks on Saturday where they were set to acknowledge the existential threat of climate change, but stop short of ra...
Oct 30, 2021 World leaders gather for the official family photograph on day one of the G20 leaders summit at the convention center of La Nuvola, in Rome, October 30, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
State, local police step up patrols this weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill - State and local police are boosting their enforcement efforts over this Halloween weekend. More than 1,000 people have died on Illinois roads this year, and Illinois Department of T...
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U.S. spy agencies say origins of COVID-19 may never be known
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence agencies said on Friday they may never be able to identify the origins of COVID-19, as they released a new, more detailed version of their review of whether the...
Oct 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
