Category Archives:
Palestinian shot by Israeli forces after stabbing attempt – military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli security forces shot a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Thursday as he tried to stab a policeman, the Israeli military said. Palestinian officials said the ma...
Apr 27, 2023
UPDATE: Woman sentenced to prison for 2022 fatal DUI
UPDATED 1:50 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. – The former Bradley University student responsible for the deaths of two pedestrians because she struck them while driving drunk learned her fate today. Stephanie ...
Apr 27, 2023
Mastercard reports U.S. antitrust probe of debit card program
(Reuters) - Mastercard Inc on Thursday said the U.S. Justice Department was conducting an antitrust investigation of its U.S. debit program and competition with other payment networks. The company in ...
Apr 27, 2023
Factbox-What are the U.S. Green Guides and can they stamp out ‘greenwashing’?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will weigh major changes for the first time in a decade to its Green Guides, a set of standards for companies making environmental claims...
Apr 27, 2023
South Korea leader tells US Congress necessary to speed cooperation with Japan on North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on Thursday that it was necessary to speed up trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United Sta...
Apr 27, 2023
US to dedicate specially trained asylum officers to centers in Guatemala, Colombia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will dedicate specially trained asylum officers to new refugee centers in Guatemala and Colombia, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ...
Apr 27, 2023
Lyft to lay off over thousand workers
(Reuters) - Ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc on Thursday said it will lay off 1,072 employees, representing 26% of the company's workforce, as part of a previously announced retrenchment plan. (Reporting by...
Apr 27, 2023
Britain has airlifted around 900 from Sudan to Cyprus
By Yiannis Kourtoglou and Michele Kambas LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) - Britain had evacuated around 900 of its citizens from Sudan through Cyprus as of early afternoon Thursday and urged those remaining...
Apr 27, 2023
Spanish Navy ship sent to draw up maps loses its way
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish Navy ship tasked with updating nautical charts to make navigation safer got stranded on Thursday near the island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean, the Navy said. The vessel M...
Apr 27, 2023
Court revives charges over COVID-19 outbreak at Massachusetts veterans’ home
By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top court on Thursday revived the indictments against two former leaders of a veterans' home charged with criminal neglect for their role...
Apr 27, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
45 °F Overcast
