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One killed in petroleum plant explosion in Chicago area
LEMONT, Ill. – An explosion at a petroleum plant Tuesday morning in the Chicago area has left at least one person dead. Another person was taken to a hospital in Joliet after the explosion at Se...
Apr 25, 2023
NASA chief sees Russians and Americans together on space station through 2030
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, but said in Ottawa that he expected Russians and America...
Apr 25, 2023
US lawyer pleads guilty to dealing with Russian oligarch under sanctions
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to making $3.8 million in payments to maintain properties that were beneficially owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian bil...
Apr 25, 2023
First Republic Bank short positions turn profitable for month – S3 Partners
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short interest in shares of beleaguered First Republic Bank rose by $389.8 million to $945.5 million in the past 30 days, and the bearish positions turned profitable for the month...
Apr 25, 2023
Peoria man pleads guilty during trial to shooting, sent to prison
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man’s trial was supposed to continue Tuesday after a shooting last September. Instead, court records indicate, Jay’vion Lee, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of...
Apr 25, 2023
UPDATE: Academy Sports + Outdoors coming to Peoria
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. – A new sporting goods store will be expanding north into Peoria this summer. Academy Sports + Outdoors will occupy the former Gordman’s location at Grand Pr...
Apr 25, 2023
Nvidia releases software tools to help chatbots watch their language
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp, a major supplier of chips and computing systems for artificial intelligence, on Tuesday released a set of software tools aimed at helping chatbots watch thei...
Apr 25, 2023
Ed Sheeran appears in US court for copyright trial over Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’
By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ed Sheeran appeared in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday as a copyright trial began which alleges the British pop star ripped off the classic Marvin Gaye tune "Let'...
Apr 25, 2023
Pandemic accelerated occupation shift trends, US Labor Department data shows
(Reuters) - Many of the fastest-growing occupations held by U.S. workers in the run-up to the pandemic, such as management, finance and transportation, gained even more ground in the first two years o...
Apr 25, 2023
First British evacuees from Sudan arrive in Cyprus
NICOSIA (Reuters) - The first British civilians evacuated from Sudan arrived on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday, Cyprus's foreign ministry said, airlifted out by Britain after warring factions agreed ...
Apr 25, 2023
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