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Peoria County Sheriff: I’m not running again
UPDATED 5:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell says after one full term ending next year, and the completion of another, he won’t seek reelection. Asbell told the deci...
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U.S. judge asks if owners of opioid maker Purdue abused bankruptcy to shield assets
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday questioned whether members of the Sackler family that owned Purdue Pharma abused the bankruptcy system, as she considers whether to overturn a ru...
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New York accuses Amazon of backsliding over worker safety, seeks monitor
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's attorney general on Tuesday asked a state judge to appoint a monitor to oversee worker safety at an Amazon.com Inc fulfillment center in New Y...
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Sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases in Tri-Counties; boosters urged
PEORIA, Ill. – The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County region keeps going sharply higher. Authorities say the area now averages more than 1,000 new cases per week — whi...
Will Stevenson Nov 30, 2021
Twitch launches tool to catch channel ban evaders
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's live-streaming site, Twitch, is launching a tool to detect users who try to access channels where they have been banned, it said on Tuesday. The new...
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Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz jumps into Pennsylvania U.S. Senate contest
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday said he would mount a Republican bid for a U.S. Senate seat for Pennsylvania, shaking up what could be one of the...
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U.S. judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for contractors in three states
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the U.S. government from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate on government contractors in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, the second legal...
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Jack Dorsey chases crypto, fintech dream post Twitter
By Krystal Hu and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - At a packed Miami conference in June, Jack Dorsey, mused in front of thousands of attendees about where his real passion lay: "If I weren't at Square or Twitt...
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Microsoft shareholders back proposal that seeks report on its sexual harassment policies
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday its shareholders had approved a proposal by Arjuna Capital, which sought a report from the software firm on its policies to battle sexual harassment at workp...
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GlobalFoundries posts 56% rise in quarterly sales on booming chip demand
(Reuters) - GlobalFoundries posted a 56% rise in revenue on Tuesday, in its first earnings update after going public in October, as the global semiconductor shortage drives companies to secure supplie...
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