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Concern grows after multiple drug overdoses in Peoria on Christmas Day
PEORIA, Ill. – Local officials are once again sounding an alarm after first responders went to reports of overdoses in Peoria five times on Christmas Day. This, after there were four overdose de...
Dec 28, 2023
How history, race and politics divide Tennessee on gun legislation
By Donna Bryson (Reuters) - Photographs can say a lot without words. After a school shooting in Tennessee, they recorded the frustrations of parents and state legislators whose cries for gun control w...
Dec 28, 2023
Turkey’s minimum wage hike seen fuelling prices, hitting inflation outlook
By Ceyda Caglayan and Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's larger-than-expected minimum wage hike, which impacts some 7 million workers, is expected to push already elevated inflation even higher i...
Dec 28, 2023
River Danube bursts its banks in Budapest, water highest since 2013
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The River Danube burst its banks in Budapest on Thursday, with water levels at their highest in a decade as heavy rain and snow followed by mild weather triggered unusually early ...
Dec 28, 2023
EV maker VinFast launches first dealership in the US
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast has launched its first partnership with a U.S.-based dealer, North Carolina-based Leith Automotive Group, its latest effort to ramp up ...
Dec 28, 2023
Powerball jackpot goes up again, Mega Millions also increasing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The lottery jackpots are getting big again. The multi-state Powerball drawing rolled over one more time Wednesday night after no one matched all five numbers and the red Powe...
Dec 28, 2023
Depardieu row exposes divide in France over thinking on sexism
By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - An open letter penned by dozens of actresses and other artists in defense of Gerard Depardieu, the cinema giant accused of sexual harassment, has laid bare divisions...
Dec 28, 2023
Futures mixed as year end approaches; rate cuts in focus
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Thursday, in light trading on the penultimate trading day of 2023, even as benchmark S&P 500 hovers around its all-time high on hopes of early intere...
Dec 28, 2023
Maersk to send almost all ships via Suez, schedule shows
By Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Maersk will sail almost all container vessels travelling between Asia and Europe through the Suez Canal from now on while diverting only a handful ...
Dec 28, 2023
Morgan Stanley’s straight-talking new CEO Ted Pick taking charge
By Tatiana Bautzer and Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Ted Pick takes over as the new CEO of Morgan Stanley next week, the three-decade bank veteran's frank manner and steady hand will help hi...
Dec 28, 2023
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