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Broadway’s ‘Music Man’ is latest COVID victim as Jackman tests positive
(Reuters) - Broadway's revival of "The Music Man," the hottest ticket in town, on Tuesday canceled performances for five days after star Hugh Jackman tested positive for COVID. In the latest New York ...
Dec 28, 2021
Factbox-Who will get the Fed regulation job? Here are some of the contenders
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While President Joe Biden said last month that he would renominate U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, he left Washington guessing as ...
Dec 28, 2021
Exclusive-Activist Jana Partners pushes Encompass Health on potential merger
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investment firm Jana Partners wants Encompass Health to re-engage with interested third parties on a potential merger for its home health and hospice...
Dec 28, 2021
Bond set in July homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man arrested last week for a July murder has had bond set in the case at $1 million. Court records indicate Marvin Alexander, 20, will be back in court January 20th. He w...
Dec 28, 2021
Delta Air Lines to cancel over 250 flights
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines expects to cancel more than 250 of 4,133 scheduled mainline and Delta connection flights on Tuesday due to adverse weather conditions and rising cases of the Omicron varian...
Dec 28, 2021
Exclusive-From Kentucky to Arkansas, America’s least-vaccinated states led in-store holiday shopping
By Richa Naidu and Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) - American shoppers flocked to brick-and-mortar stores this holiday season, with especially strong sales in several states where the rate of full vacci...
Dec 28, 2021
Proud Boys members must face Jan 6 charges, U.S. judge rules
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday allowed a criminal case relating to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack to move forward, declining to dismiss charges against four members of the far-righ...
Dec 28, 2021
Explainer-Hefty to-do list awaits Fed’s next regulatory chief
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the race for the Federal Reserve's next top regulatory official heats up, one thing is certain: whoever gets the job will have a jam-packed agenda tackling ...
Dec 28, 2021
NYC to limit classroom closures, prioritize ramped-up testing for schools
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - New York City will eliminate its current policy of quarantining entire classrooms exposed to the coronavirus and will instead prioritize a ramped-up testing program so th...
Dec 28, 2021
Christmas Day fatal accident in rural Deer Creek
DEER CREEK, Ill. – A rural Havana woman died Christmas morning following a crash in rural Tazewell County. The Tazewell County Coroner says Ella McGlothlin, 37, died because of “multiple b...
Dec 28, 2021
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