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Teen enters plea in connection with suspected murder-for-hire plot
PEKIN, Ill. – A Mackinaw teen being charged as an adult after allegedly hiring other teens to kill her parents is pleading not guilty. Dahlia Bolin, 16, has pleaded not guilty in Tazewell County...
Apr 28, 2023
California moves to phase-out diesel-powered trucks, cut locomotive pollution
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - California regulators on Friday approved new rules requiring all medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state in 2036 be zero-emission, a day after the California ...
Apr 28, 2023
US FDA panel backs AstraZeneca’s prostrate cancer drug
(Reuters) - A panel of U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers on Friday voted for the expanded use of British drugmaker AztraZeneca Plc's experimental treatment, jointly developed with Merck & Co,...
Apr 28, 2023
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong says U.S.-South Korea agreement will worsen insecurity -KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said the agreement from the United States-South Korea summit this week will make insecurity worse, according to s...
Apr 28, 2023
Biden reduces sentences for 31 convicted of nonviolent drug crimes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday reduced the prison sentences of 31 people convicted of drug-related crimes, using the powers of the presidency to ease punishment for non-viol...
Apr 28, 2023
Screen to shield sacred moment of King Charles’ coronation unveiled
LONDON (Reuters) - A new screen will provide "absolute privacy" during the most sacred part of next week's coronation service for King Charles, ensuring the eyes of the world will not see the monarch ...
Apr 28, 2023
Southern Illinois judge temporarily blocks assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge in East St. Louis issued an order Friday blocking enforcement of Illinois' ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines until a lawsui...
Apr 28, 2023
Man sentenced to prison for methamphetamine distribution
PEORIA, Ill. – An East Peoria man will go to federal prison for ten years after he tried to sell methamphetamine. A federal judge Thursday sentenced George Guynn, 61, to ten years in prison afte...
Apr 28, 2023
Argentina secures initial irrigation funding after withering drought
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's government announced the approval of a $394 million loan for irrigation projects, officials said in a statement on Friday, following steep farm losses from a histo...
Apr 28, 2023
U.S. bank deposits dip in latest week
(Reuters) - Deposits at commercial U.S. banks dipped in the week ended April 19, signaling no fresh worries about bank safety of the kind that drove sharp outflows in the week immediately following th...
Apr 28, 2023
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