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Rivian sticks to annual production forecast, posts wider quarterly loss
(Reuters) -Electric-vehicle maker Rivian on Tuesday reiterated its 2024 production forecast, keeping it well below analysts' expectations, as it focuses on restarting production after a shutdown last ...
TJ Carson May 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Survey asks Peoria residents what splash pad at Lakeview Park should look like
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Park District wants your thoughts on a future splash pad to be installed at Lakeview Park. The park district is asking for opinions through a survey, now open through May 16t...
TJ Carson May 07, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least one person, injure five
(Reuters) - A swarm of tornadoes touched down overnight in Oklahoma, according to local media reports, killing at least one person and injuring at least five as they flattened homes and ripped down tr...
TJ Carson May 07, 2024 An aerial view of a flooded area, in Brooks Crossing, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2024, in this still image obtained from a handout video. GW Aerial Photography/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump seeks records about evidence handling in latest bid to delay documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump demanded that federal prosecutors reveal details about how they handled boxes seized during a search of his Florida home in 2022 as he seeks to delay the case accus...
TJ Carson May 07, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan Supreme Court amid his hush money trial, in New York, U.S., May 7, 2024. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS

TikTok, ByteDance sue to block US law seeking sale or ban of app
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said on Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the d...
TJ Carson May 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the office of TikTok in Culver City, California, March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

UPDATE: Biden condemns antisemitism at Holocaust remembrance
UPDATED 11:35 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that the threat of antisemitism is growing, in remarks honoring the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, as his s...
TJ Carson May 07, 2024 Stuart Eizenstat, chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. President Joe Biden shake hands on the day Biden addresses rising levels of antisemitism at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony, at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

UPDATE: Judge denies mistrial request from Trump lawyer over Stormy Daniels testimony
UPDATED 1:41 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal trial denied on Tuesday a mistrial request by Trump's lawyer, who argued the day's testimony by porn star Stormy Dani...
Julia Bradley May 07, 2024 Stormy Daniels is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger before Justice Juan Merchan during former U.S. President Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. May 7, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

Collins: A chance of severe storms remains through Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - Storms we've seen in Central Illinois Tuesday morning will move out of the area, but we could see an isolated storm or two Tuesday afternoon. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chu...
Julia Bradley May 07, 2024 (Midwest Communications)

UPDATE: Russia detains two US nationals, including a serving soldier
UPDATE 7:39 A.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian authorities said on Tuesday they had detained two U.S. nationals, including a serving U.S. soldier, in separate criminal cases. The soldier, detained on Mond...
Julia Bradley May 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The Kremlin is seen next to the partially frozen Moskva river in Moscow, Russia January 26, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Payments in focus as prosecutors make their case in Trump hush money trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal trial are expected to call more witnesses on Tuesday as they build out their argument that he was responsible for illegally covering up a hu...
Julia Bradley May 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to his attorney Todd Blanche, as he leaves New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, USA, 06 May 2024. Trump is on trial for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. Peter Foley/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo


