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Metamora wins state championship in basketball
METAMORA, Ill. – For the first time in school history, Metamora is a state champion in basketball. The boys basketball team achieved that feat Saturday evening by defeating Chicago Simeon in the...
TJ Carson Mar 13, 2023
Argentina inflation seen passing 100% in February – Reuters Poll
By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's annual inflation rate is expected to surge past 100% in February, a Reuters poll on Monday showed, underscoring the challenge for the ruling Peroni...
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Bill aims to guarantee youth sentenced to life in prison a chance at parole after 40 years
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois lawmakers advanced a bill last week that would effectively abolish life sentences for any incarcerated individual who was under the age of 21 when ...
Will Stevenson Mar 13, 2023
Litigation funder Burford sues Sysco over $140 million antitrust investment
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - A dispute between Sysco Corp and the world's largest litigation funder is broadening, as Burford Capital Limited seeks a court order to bar the food distribution giant fr...
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Bank rule fight looms in Washington in aftermath of SVB collapse
By Hannah Lang, Chris Prentice and Pete Schroeder (Reuters) - Capitol Hill wasted no time in pointing fingers after U.S. officials swooped in to shore up confidence in the banking system after the fai...
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Jury weighing death penalty for NY bike path attacker tells judge it can’t reach unanimous decision
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The jury weighing the death penalty for Sayfullo Saipov, the man convicted of killing eight people in an attack on a Manhattan bike path in 2017, told the judge overse...
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Local gas prices higher than last week, lower than last year
PEORIA, Ill. – Gas prices in Peoria have gone up in the last week. That’s according to both AAA and GasBuddy.com. AAA’s Peoria-Pekin average currently sits at $3.57 for a gallon of u...
Will Stevenson Mar 13, 2023
Tennis-Ukraine’s Tsurenko says suffered panic attack after chat with WTA chief
(Reuters) - Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko withdrew from her third-round match at Indian Wells against Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka after suffering a panic attack following a chat with t...
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Silicon Valley Bank parent, CEO, CFO are sued by shareholders for fraud
(Reuters) -SVB Financial Group and two top executives were sued on Monday by shareholders who accused them of concealing how rising interest rates would leave its Silicon Valley Bank unit, which faile...
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Venezuela to ship fuel to Cuba on US-blacklisted supertanker
By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) - Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA on Monday was loading a supertanker with crude and fuel for Cuba, maritime documents showed, an unusually large volume to help i...
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