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Greater Peoria EDC helping ‘get back to business’
PEORIA, Ill. — The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council (GPEDC) is out in the community trying to help businesses with new grant money available from the State of Illinois. Illinois launc...
Aug 24, 2021
U.S. near deal for Nvidia supercomputer as it waits for delayed Intel machine -sources
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy is nearing a deal to purchase a supercomputer made with chips from Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc as a key lab waits for a large...
Aug 24, 2021
Michael Avenatti trial abruptly ends after judge faults prosecutors
By Jan Wolfe and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the government's embezzlement case against celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti, a spokesman for...
Aug 24, 2021
More than 4,000 U.S. passport holders plus families evacuated from Afghanistan -State Dept official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has evacuated more than 4,000 American passport holders plus their families from Afghanistan in the ongoing airlift from Kabul, a senior State Department offic...
Aug 24, 2021
UPS mandates COVID-19 vaccination for employees in some U.S. locations
(Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc said on Tuesday it would require employees in certain U.S. locations to be vaccinated when they return to the office, as COVID-19 cases rise across the United Sta...
Aug 24, 2021
Plea talks held for accused U.S. Capitol rioter who wore George Washington costume
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors have opened discussions about a possible plea deal with a Missouri locksmith who entered the U.S. Capitol during the deadly Jan. 6 riot wearing a c...
Aug 24, 2021
Peru’s Castillo mulls cabinet reshuffle under pressure from opposition
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's leftist President Pedro Castillo is mulling a cabinet reshuffle, a source told Reuters on Tuesday, less than a month after taking office a...
Aug 24, 2021
Moscow to request flights for Afghan students permitted to study in Russia -embassy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government will request flights out of Afghanistan in September for Afghan students who are planning to study in Russia, the embassy said in a statement on Tuesday. The ...
Aug 24, 2021
Reactions to the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts
(Reuters) - Rock stars and other fans across the globe reacted on Tuesday to the death of Charlie Watts, widely regarded as one of the coolest men in rock during his nearly 60 years as a drummer with ...
Aug 24, 2021
Tim Hortons China to create local unit to address data crackdown
(Reuters) - Tim Hortons China will create a separate entity of the coffee and fast-food chain to safeguard customer data, the blank check firm, through which it aims to list in the United States, said...
Aug 24, 2021
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