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ICC ball diamonds re-named for Jim Thome
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The baseball and softball diamonds at Illinois Central College are now officially the Thome Fields. Our news partner 25 News reports Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Thome was back...
Sep 23, 2021
U.S. aerospace and defense CEOs unite behind COVID vaccine mandate -statement
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the largest United States aerospace and defense companies are united in their effort to comply with the Biden administration's coronavirus vaccine manda...
Sep 23, 2021
U.S. social audio app Clubhouse launches ‘wave’ feature for private chats
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - U.S. social audio app Clubhouse launched a feature on Thursday to let users virtually wave at friends inside its audio-only chat app to show they are open to a private chat,...
Sep 23, 2021
Linda Evangelista files $50 million lawsuit over disfiguring cosmetic treatment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former supermodel Linda Evangelista has filed a $50 million lawsuit over cosmetic procedures that she says left her "brutally disfigured" and turned her into a recluse. The Can...
Sep 23, 2021
Russia’s Navalny criticises Apple, Google over app removal, social media posts say
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Google and Apple showed "cowardice" and acted as accomplices of Russian President Vladimir Putin by removing a voting app before this month...
Sep 23, 2021
Soccer-Mexican Federation, 17 clubs handed fines over female salaries, team moves
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's antitrust authority on Thursday fined more than a dozen soccer clubs and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) in a historic move over salary caps for female players a...
Sep 23, 2021
PPS to receive state money to help at-risk youth get into job training programs
CHICAGO, Ill. – Peoria Public Schools will receive some money thanks to what Governor JB Pritzker calls an investment in workforce training for job seekers and at-risk youth. The Governor Thursd...
Sep 23, 2021
U.S. House approves $1 billion for Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile-defense system
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to give $1 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome missile-defense system, two days after obje...
Sep 23, 2021
Good friends and fresh blood: the social life of a vampire bat
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When one thinks of vampire bats, friendship and cooperation may not be among the qualities that come to mind for these blood-feasting creatures of the night. But ...
Sep 23, 2021
Jagger calls Watts the rock that held the Rolling Stones together
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones get back on the road this weekend without drummer Charlie Watts, whom frontman Mick Jagger called the rock that held the band together. In interviews with Ro...
Sep 23, 2021
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