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Factbox-What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden signed https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-sign-juneteenth-bill-creating-holiday-marking-us-slaverys-end-2021-06-17 a bill into law on Thursday, making June 19 ...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Oil firms evacuating Gulf of Mexico facilities ahead of brewing storm
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp and Occidental Petroleum Corp said on Thursday they were withdrawing staff and implementing storm precautions at their U.S. Gulf of Mexico offshore facilities ahead of...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Motor racing-New sprint race should not decide F1 title, says Brawn
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Formula One will seek to avoid a scenario where a new points-paying Saturday sprint race format being trialled this season could decide the title, according to managing dir...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
COVID deals new blow to foreign carmakers’ Indian dream
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Foreign automakers' hopes of a booming Indian car market are fading fast as a brutal second wave of COVID-19 infections and limited government room for more stimulu...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Rick Carlisle resigns as Mavericks coach
Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle resigned on Thursday. Owner Mark Cuban said in a team statement Carlisle stepped down, which comes one day after Cuban fired president of basketball operations Don...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Japan Inc lag far behind women empowerment in management roles: Reuters poll
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Women make up less than 10% of the management in most Japanese companies, as the country's corporate sector finds it difficult to meet the business lobby's aim o...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
UK royal Kate sets up new centre to focus on importance of early years
LONDON (Reuters) - Kate, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, launches a new centre for early childhood on Friday with the aim of raising the importance of the first five years of children's lives and seek...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Soccer-Colombia draw 0-0 with Venezuela in Copa America clash
GOIANIA, Brazil (Reuters) - An understrength Venezuela shut out a vastly superior Colombia in a 0-0 draw in the Copa America on Thursday. Colombia had more than a dozen shots on goal but were thwarted...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021
Iran election set to hand presidency to hardline judge
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians choose a president on Friday in a contest likely to be won by a judge fiercely loyal to the religious establishment, although large numbers of people are ex...
Syndicated Content Jun 17, 2021

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




