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U.S. CDC advisers back COVID-19 booster shots for those 65 and older, not for high-risk workers
By Michael Erman and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Thursday recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 va...
Sep 23, 2021
Biden to nominate big-bank critic Omarova to head OCC -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Cornell University law professor Saule Omarova, who has criticized cryptocurrencies and advocated for the government to have a much bi...
Sep 23, 2021
Regulators issue standards to prevent another Texas grid freeze
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and North American energy regulators on Thursday issued recommendations and mandatory electric reliability standards for utilities they hope will prevent...
Sep 23, 2021
Chile ‘therapy’ dogs offer tummy rubs to soothe patients, medics
By Jorge Vega SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Pepe, a Chilean "therapist" with long blonde fur, and Chimu, his feisty black-and-white female canine companion, stroll the hallways of a pediatric hospital in the c...
Sep 23, 2021
ICC ball diamonds re-named for Jim Thome
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The baseball and softball diamonds at Illinois Central College are now officially the Thome Fields. Our news partner 25 News reports Baseball Hall-of-Famer Jim Thome was back...
Sep 23, 2021
U.S. social audio app Clubhouse launches ‘wave’ feature for private chats
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - U.S. social audio app Clubhouse launched a feature on Thursday to let users virtually wave at friends inside its audio-only chat app to show they are open to a private chat,...
Sep 23, 2021
Linda Evangelista files $50 million lawsuit over disfiguring cosmetic treatment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former supermodel Linda Evangelista has filed a $50 million lawsuit over cosmetic procedures that she says left her "brutally disfigured" and turned her into a recluse. The Can...
Sep 23, 2021
Russia’s Navalny criticises Apple, Google over app removal, social media posts say
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Google and Apple showed "cowardice" and acted as accomplices of Russian President Vladimir Putin by removing a voting app before this month...
Sep 23, 2021
PPS to receive state money to help at-risk youth get into job training programs
CHICAGO, Ill. – Peoria Public Schools will receive some money thanks to what Governor JB Pritzker calls an investment in workforce training for job seekers and at-risk youth. The Governor Thursd...
Sep 23, 2021
U.S. House approves $1 billion for Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile-defense system
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to give $1 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome missile-defense system, two days after obje...
Sep 23, 2021
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