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Tri-County COVID Update: Continued concern over where new cases come from, and answering questions about vaccines for kids
PEORIA, Ill. – The head of the Peoria City/County Health Department says the good news is that the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in the area continues to trend downward. Public Health ...
Oct 28, 2021
Oklahoma carries out first execution in six years
(Reuters) - Oklahoma on Thursday put John Grant, 60, to death by lethal injection, the first execution in the state in six years, his lawyer said. (Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Chris Rees...
Oct 28, 2021
Evergrande makes coupon payment ahead of deadline -NYT
(Reuters) - China Evergrande Group, which faces a final deadline on Friday for a payment that had been due Sept. 29, has made a payment on that bond, the New York Times reported, citing a bondholder. ...
Oct 28, 2021
Ecuador indigenous group to weigh government offer of talks
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's largest indigenous group will temporarily suspended protests against fuel price rises, it said on Thursday, after conservative President Guillermo Las...
Oct 28, 2021
Expectations of more aggressive Fed crush U.S. yield curve
By Karen Pierog and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss (Reuters) - Investors are gauging what a furious flattening of the U.S. yield curve suggests about expectations for growth and how aggressively the Federal...
Oct 28, 2021
Software services firm Zendesk to buy SurveyMonkey-parent for nearly $4 billion
(Reuters) - Software services company Zendesk Inc said on Thursday it would buy Momentive Global Inc and its SurveyMonkey platform for nearly $4 billion. (Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru...
Oct 28, 2021
Treasury Secretary says spending packages will change U.S. economy for the better
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that President Joe Biden's social spending and infrastructure packages would change the shape of the U.S. economy for the b...
Oct 28, 2021
Western Union suspended Sudan operations following coup -statement
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Western Union Co said on Thursday it suspended its services in Sudan as of Oct. 26 "due to the military coup." At least 11 people have died in confrontations between soldiers and ...
Oct 28, 2021
Cuba approves laws granting greater rights as criticism of protesters’ arrests heats up
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's National Assembly on Thursday approved a raft of laws broadening citizens' legal rights even as the Communist-run country comes under fire at home and abroad fo...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. lawmaker to issue subpoenas to oil firms for documents on climate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney said on Thursday she intends to issue subpoenas to four major oil companies for documents on what their internal scientists have said about c...
Oct 28, 2021
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Peoria, IL, USA
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