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Mayor Ali to discuss high-speed rail for Peoria with former Rep. LaHood
PEORIA, Ill. – Mayor Rita Ali on Friday will speak with former Peoria-area Congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about including Peoria in high-speed passenger rail service. A...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. lawmaker says Facebook move to cut off researcher access is ‘deeply concerning’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Mark Warner said on Wednesday that Facebook Inc's move to disable the accounts of a group of New York University researchers who were studying political ads on its platf...
Aug 04, 2021
Republican Brooks seeks immunity for Jan. 6 speech, says he was not campaigning
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Mo Brooks asked a federal judge on Wednesday to grant him immunity from a civil lawsuit alleging a speech he delivered to then-P...
Aug 04, 2021
Rare bid to repeal war resolution advanced by U.S. Senate committee
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed legislation on Wednesday that would repeal congressional authorizations for past wars with Iraq, a signif...
Aug 04, 2021
Tech gains, strong earnings power European stocks to new highs
By Sruthi Shankar and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - European shares ended at fresh highs on Wednesday with technology stocks hitting a 20-year peak, while optimism over the second-quarter earnings season ...
Aug 04, 2021
Lawyers sanctioned over ‘fantastical’ suit alleging 2020 U.S. election was stolen
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday sanctioned two lawyers who brought a lawsuit alleging the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump and his supporters, calling their c...
Aug 04, 2021
Group backed by Uber, Lyft pushes Massachusetts gig worker ballot measure
By Nate Raymond and Tina Bellon BOSTON (Reuters) - A coalition of app-based companies, including Uber Technologies Inc, Lyft Inc and DoorDash Inc, on Wednesday took the first step to put a measure bef...
Aug 04, 2021
LinkedIn must face narrowed U.S. lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge dismissed much but not all of a lawsuit accusing Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn of inflating the number of people who watch video ads on the networking platform...
Aug 04, 2021
Michigan man pleads guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charge, sentenced
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Michigan man who urged his social media followers to "take back our country" before the assault on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to time served...
Aug 04, 2021
Russia blocks online art community DeviantArt for not deleting content
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has blocked DeviantArt, an online community for artists and designers that is popular with Russians, over its failure to remove prohibited content, state communications regula...
Aug 04, 2021
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