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UPDATE: 23-year-old dies after reportedly being shot at South Peoria gas station
UPDATED 10:48 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 23-year-old man has died after reportedly being shot at a South Peoria gas station Wednesday night. Peoria Police says officers responded to the Phillips 66 on West...
Julia Bradley Apr 16, 2026
TPG invests $100 million in student mobility company Zum
By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - Private equity firm TPG has made a $100 million investment in Zum, in a deal that values the student transportation company at around $1.7 billion...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Russia looks for a way out of its sharpest economic contraction in three years
By Guy Faulconbridge, Dmitry Antonov and Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) - Russia's top officials have outlined numerous proposals to President Vladimir Putin on how to kick-start the war...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
US senators reassure Taiwan on weapons approvals in coming weeks
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - The United States will likely approve pending weapons sales to Taiwan in coming weeks, a bipartisan group of senators assured Taiwanese lawmakers in...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Mercedes investors warn luxury focus could hamper China recovery
By Rachel More and Ilona Wissenbach April 16 (Reuters) - Investors pressed Mercedes-Benz on its recovery plans for China on Thursday, warning that a luxury-focused strategy could hurt the German brand...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Switch off and read, France's Macron tells teenagers
By Michaela Cabrera and Daria Sito-Sucic VILLERS-COTTERETS, France, April 16 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron urged high school pupils on Thursday to switch off their phones and read, push...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
PPD: Teens arrested on gun and vehicle theft charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Two 17-year-old boys were taken into custody Tuesday evening after a brief chase with Peoria Police. The incident happened around 6 p.m. in the area of Spring and Glendale. Officers wer...
Julia Bradley Apr 16, 2026
ECB wary of premature hike at March meeting, accounts show
FRANKFURT, April 16 (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers were wary of raising interest rates prematurely when they met last month amid growing fears of a new energy-driven surge in euro zone...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
US weekly jobless claims fall; manufacturing production retreats in March
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting labor market conditions remained stable, though employe...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
Explainer-Iran war exposes weakened state of Britain's armed forces
By Sarah Young and Andrew MacAskill LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - The Iran war has left Britain's armed forces exposed, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act on his promises to invest ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 16, 2026
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