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EU countries should take in more Afghans in need, migration Commissioner says
(Reuters) - Migration from Afghanistan is likely to increase under Taliban rule, the European Union said on Wednesday, calling on member states to ramp up admission quotas for Afghans in need of prote...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Baseball-Oakland pitcher out of hospital after being hit by line drive
(Reuters) - Oakland Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt has been released from hospital but will require surgery on a broken bone in his face after a scary scene during a game where he was hit by a line d...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021

ISBE hears opinions on masks in schools during monthly meeting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Wednesday heard from officials and parents regarding the school mask mandate that requires everyone to wear a mask indoors, regar...
Dalton Kemper Aug 18, 2021
Soccer: Former Afghan women’s captain tells players to burn kits, delete photos
By Iain Axon (Reuters) - The former captain of the Afghan women's soccer team has urged players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety's sake now that the count...
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Taliban go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work
(Reuters) - Armed Taliban members knocked on doors in cities across Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, telling fearful residents to return to their jobs a day after the militants announced they...
Syndicated Content Aug 18, 2021
Athletics’ Chris Bassitt sustains fractured cheek from line drive
Oakland Athletics All-Star pitcher Chris Bassitt sustained a fractured right cheek that will require surgery after he was hit in the head by a line drive in Tuesday's game against the Chicago White So...
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Bullard: Misreading inflation could require “very disruptive” rate hikes – MarketWatch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the Federal Reserve misreads the strength of future inflation in order to delay tightening monetary policy now it could require "very disruptive" and swift changes in policy ...
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Mexico president backs cenbank hikes over inflation, but slams board member
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday backed the central bank's recent moves to raise interest rates, but took a swipe at a board member for criticizing hi...
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Peoria has tie to new official “State Microbe”
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – It may not seem like the most important piece of legislation to ever be signed in to law, but it’s one that has an important tie to Peoria history. During Agriculture D...
Will Stevenson Aug 18, 2021
Former Bolivian President Anez taken to hospital for third time in two weeks
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Former Bolivian President Jeanine Anez was briefly taken to a hospital from jail on Wednesday, her third hospital trip in two weeks. Doctors said she had a thorax exam and is suffer...
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