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Special police detail nets 20 arrests, maybe more to come
PEORIA, Ill. – If you saw a lot of police activity in certain areas of Peoria Wednesday, Police Chief Eric Echevarria says it was by design. The chief, in a news release, says as part of his 202...
Jan 06, 2022
Local officials: We’re undergoing a COVID-19 ‘tsunami’
PEORIA, Ill. – Local health officials are saying that the wave of new COVID-19 cases are more than a wave — they are, in their words, a “tsunami.” The average daily number of n...
Jan 06, 2022
New York Times to acquire sports site the Athletic for $550 million
(Reuters) - The New York Times Co said on Thursday it has agreed to buy subscription-based sports site the Athletic for $550 million in cash, as the 170-year-old newspaper looks to bolster its digital...
Jan 06, 2022
GameStop to enter NFT, crypto markets as part of turnaround plan – WSJ
(Reuters) - GameStop Corp is launching a division to develop a marketplace for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and establish cryptocurrency partnerships, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, boosti...
Jan 06, 2022
U.S. hybrid electric car sales hit record highs
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Pure electric cars are making all the headlines, but their gasoline-electric hybrid rivals quietly achieved record sales in the United States last year, indust...
Jan 06, 2022
Alaska Airlines reduces January flight schedule by about 10%
(Reuters) - Alaska Airlines, a unit of Alaska Air Group, said on Thursday it will reduce its flight departures by about 10% through the end of January, due to a surge in Omicron infections and a rise ...
Jan 06, 2022
Wall St focused on payrolls with Fed’s ‘full employment’ brass ring within reach
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twenty months after a global health crisis hobbled the U.S. economy, recent data - along with a hawkish turn from the Federal Reserve - is implying the labor marke...
Jan 06, 2022
Lawyer for Maxwell juror has defended fake heiress, Alec Baldwin stalker
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A juror in the Ghislaine Maxwell case whose actions prompted the British socialite's lawyer to seek a new sexual abuse trial has turned to a criminal lawyer who defended an...
Jan 06, 2022
Analysis-U.S. Treasury yields risk breakout on hawkish Fed, corporate issuance deluge
By Karen Brettell and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries are facing a perfect storm that could send benchmark yields to their highest level in almost two years, as investors fret ove...
Jan 06, 2022
Orange’s board selects three candidates for new CEO – sources
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - The search for a new CEO at France's state-controlled telecoms firm Orange has boiled down to a shortlist of three people chosen by a dedicated selection committe...
Jan 06, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
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