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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes offshore Northern California region – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck the offshore Northern California on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake, which stuck offshore Northe...
May 21, 2023
Jennifer Lawrence-produced Afghan documentary premieres at Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - While the world watched Kabul fall and the Taliban surge back to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, actor Jennifer Lawrence and producer Justine Ciarrocchi were ...
May 21, 2023
‘May December’ director: women pay higher price than men for breaking rules
By Mindy Burrows CANNES (Reuters) - Todd Haynes' new romantic drama "May December" shines a critical spotlight on the way women who break society's rules are held to much stricter standards than badly...
May 21, 2023
Fed’s Kashkari open to holding rates steady in June, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said that he could support holding interest rates steady at the central bank's next meeting in June to give officials more time to assess the effect...
May 21, 2023
‘Killers of Flower Moon’ star says Native Americans need allies like Scorsese
CANNES (Reuters) - Lily Gladstone, who grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and stars in Martin Scorsese's study of white society's treachery, said the director was a powerful ally in telling t...
May 21, 2023
Explainer-Could Biden use the 14th Amendment to raise the US debt ceiling?
By Andy Sullivan and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Sunday said he believes he has the legal right to invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to raise the ...
May 21, 2023
Victims of ‘deepfake porn’ and ‘doxing’ could have right to sue under pair of bills
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Victims of "deepfake porn" and "doxing" would have a legal pathway to sue their perpetrators in Illinois under a pair of digital privacy measures that have ...
May 21, 2023
Yellen says June 1 is ‘hard deadline’ for raising debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said June 1 remains a "hard deadline" for raising the federal debt limit, with the odds quite low that the government will collect...
May 21, 2023
UPDATE: Sheriff says Juveniles cause problems at Peoria Speedway
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. – We’re learning more about what caused a stretch of Farmington Road near the Peoria Speedway to be closed for several hours Saturday night. Peoria County Sheriff Chris...
May 21, 2023
One injured after crash following hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. – One person was injured after a hit-and-run crash Saturday night. It’s not clear where the crash happened, but a Peoria Police spokesperson says the driver hit another driver...
May 21, 2023
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