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Local COVID roundup 5/26: No deaths for second straight day
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria City/County Health Department Wednesday reported no new COVID-19 deaths in the tri-county area for a second straight day. Overall, 31 new cases were reported throughout...
May 26, 2021
Fed’s Quarles signals open to talks on bond program
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official signaled Wednesday he was ready to open talks on when to begin reducing some of the central bank's emergency support for the economy, even if o...
May 26, 2021
Colombia orders WhatsApp to comply with data protection rules
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's top consumer protection watchdog on Wednesday ordered messaging application WhatsApp to take measures to protect users' personal data, saying it was violating more than h...
May 26, 2021
Soccer-FIFA launches consultation process to improve future of the game
(Reuters) - World soccer governing body FIFA said on Wednesday it is launching a consultation on the future of the sport with particular attention being given to aspects such as match calendars, impro...
May 26, 2021
Analysis: Amazon's Washington critics will feast on MGM deal
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon's move to buy the MGM movie and TV studio will provide fuel for the Seattle company's critics in the nation's capitol who complain it is already too big an...
May 26, 2021
Suspected Islamists kill 22 with knives, machetes in eastern Congo
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 22 civilians with knives and machetes in an overnight raid on villages near the town of Beni in eastern Demo...
May 26, 2021
PayPal to allow users to withdraw cryptocurrency to third party wallets
(Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it plans to allow users to withdraw cryptocurrency to third party wallets. The San Jose, California-based company, which opened its platform to digita...
May 26, 2021
Facebook to take action against users repeatedly sharing misinformation
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would take "stronger" action against people who repeatedly share misinformation on the platform. Facebook will reduce the distribution of all posts in its...
May 26, 2021
QAnon slogans disappearing from mainstream sites, say researchers
By Elizabeth Culliford NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many phrases associated with QAnon have largely disappeared from mainstream social media, mostly because of the platforms' "belated efforts" to crack down o...
May 26, 2021
Soccer-Swiss coach warns against unrealistic Euro 2020 expectations
(Reuters) - Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic has warned against unrealistic expectations at the European Championship, saying his side must be wary of their group stage opponents before setting lof...
May 26, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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