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Daimler Truck reaches deal with United Auto Workers, averts U.S. strike
(Reuters) -Daimler Truck agreed to a new labor contract on Friday with over 7,300 hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) at six facilities in the U.S. South, averting a strike at ...
Apr 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A sign showing the name of German truck maker Daimler is pictured at the IAA truck show in Hanover, September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
Biden administration delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes
(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Friday delayed its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a move that reflected the potential for a political backlash from Black voters in an election year. For decade...
Apr 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Newport and Camel cigarettes are stacked on a shelf inside a tobacco store in New York July 11, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Former Pere Marquette developers appeal sentences
PEORIA, Ill. - As expected, former Pere Marquette developers Gary Matthews and Monte Brannan have appealed their case after being convicted of fraud and money laundering. The pair were convicted of tr...
Apr 26, 2024 (25 News)
At Trump trial, Pecker says he killed story of affair even though it cost him
UPDATE - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified on Friday at Donald Trump's criminal trial that he suppressed a story about an alleged affair to help Trump's 20...
Apr 26, 2024 U.S.Former President Donald Trump, charged with falsifying 34 business records in an attempt to cover up a payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, sits in a courtroom before the start of the day's proceedings in Manhattan Criminal Court, in Lower Manhattan, U.S. April 26, 2024. Dave Sanders/Pool via REUTERS
PIA celebrates 20-year relationship with Allegiant
PEORIA, Ill. - Allegiant Airlines began service at Peoria's General Wayne A. Downing International Airport in March 2004, with five flights a week to Las Vegas, Nevada. 20 years later, PIA is celebrat...
Apr 26, 2024 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Easterseals to honor long-time volunteers at Tribute Dinner next fall
PEORIA, Ill. - Each year, Easterseals of Central Illinois honors individuals who've had an indelible impact on the community with their annual Tribute Dinner. "We celebrate Easterseals, kids and famil...
Apr 26, 2024 Easterseals of Central Illinois announced on WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show" Friday morning, they'll honor Mark and Jodi Scott at the 33rd Trubute Dinner next fall. (1470/100.3 WMBD-Caleb Kelch)
UPDATE: U.S. bird flu spreads to Colorado dairy herd as lawmakers call for action
(Reuters) -Colorado became the ninth U.S. state to report a dairy herd infected with bird flu on Friday as federal lawmakers urged the Biden administration to further contain the virus' spread and tes...
Apr 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Various types of milk are seen at the Safeway store in Wheaton, Maryland February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo
UPDATED: Biden says he plans to debate Trump
UPDATED: 11:43 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would participate in a debate with Donald Trump, his Republican opponent in November's election. "I am, somewher...
Apr 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their second 2020 presidential campaign debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
US inflation rises in line with expectations in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. inflation rose moderately in March, but that is unlikely to change financial markets' expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold off cutting interest rates until Septe...
Apr 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man waits for customers next to his makeshift tent around Times Square, in New York, U.S., December 25, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
In Beijing, Blinken meets Xi and raises US concerns about China's support for Russia
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised concerns on Friday about China's support for Russia's military, one of the many issues threatening to sour the recent improvement in r...
Apr 26, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
