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Sign of the times: Peoria health dept. ceasing regular COVID briefings
PEORIA, Ill. — A mere 59 residents of the Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford tri-county over the past week tested positive for COVID-19, while four new deaths occurred. The rolling seven-day average...
Jeremy Scott Jun 17, 2021
St. Louis couple who brandished guns at protesters plead guilty
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A St. Louis, Missouri, couple who drew international attention for brandishing guns at racial justice protesters last year pleaded guilty on Thursday to misdemeanor char...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Bristol-Myers and Eisai to jointly develop, market cancer drug
(Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Eisai Co on Thursday entered into an agreement to jointly develop and market an experimental cancer drug. Bristol Myers will pay $650 million to Eisai and up to...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
N.Korea’s Kim says country should prepare for ‘both dialogue and confrontation’ with U.S. -KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the North should prepare for both dialogue and confrontation with the United States, particularly confrontation, after a "detailed analysis" of t...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
JPMorgan, UBS to allow U.S. employees take day off for Juneteenth
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co will give its U.S. employees one floating day off for the newly implemented Juneteenth federal holiday, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. While the holiday...
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Golf-Wise word helps agitated Armitage make tidy Open start
By Andrew Both SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - A wise word of advice from old friend Tommy Fleetwood helped an agitated Marcus Armitage calm down and shoot a tidy even-par 71 in the opening round at the...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
New Maine law marks U.S. first on fossil fuel divestment
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - With their governor's signature making it law, Maine legislators have become the first in the United States to order state officials to sell fossil fuel assets. Other...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Peru’s electoral board says it is working at top speed to resolve election questions
By Marco Aquino and Stefanie Eschenbacher LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's electoral board said on Thursday it was working at top speed to check contested votes from the June 6 presidential election to be able...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Olympics-Tokyo 2020 president considering cap of 10,000 spectators -paper
TOKYO (Reuters) - The president of Tokyo 2020 organising committee, Seiko Hashimoto, said in an interview she was considering adopting a cap of 10,000 spectators for Tokyo Olympic stadiums, the Sankei...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Brazil registers 74,042 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, 2,311 deaths
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil has reported 74,042 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and 2,311 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The South American country has now ...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
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