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Explainer-What to expect in the Dominion v. Fox defamation trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - One of the most closely watched U.S. media trials in decades kicks off in a Delaware court on Monday as Fox Corp and Fox News face a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Domini...
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Marking 25 years since Altman’s first space flight
PEORIA, Ill. – You might say it was 25 years ago Monday Scott Altman took his first “one small step for man.” The Pekin native and retired NASA astronaut went on his first flight int...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023
DeSantis backers launch first TV ad attacking Trump in 2024 White House race
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fundraising group supporting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's potential run for U.S. president on Sunday launched its first attacks of leading main rival, ...
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Moderna cancer vaccine with Merck’s Keytruda delays return of deadly skin cancer
By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman (Reuters) - An experimental mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna Inc combined with Merck & Co's blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda cut the risk of death or recurren...
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Four killed, multiple injuries in Alabama shooting
(Reuters) - Four people were killed and at least 20 more were injured in a shooting on Saturday night in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, a local TV station reported on Sunday, citing investigato...
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Amazon’s Alexa down for thousands of users – Downdetector
(Reuters) - Amazon.com's voice assistant Alexa was down for thousands of users in the United States on Sunday, according to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com. More than 9,000 users reported iss...
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Rivermen take care of Pensacola in Round 1 of SPHL playoffs
PEORIA, Ill. – Getting through the first round of the SPHL playoffs was easy for the Peoria Rivermen, while getting home to play the game that got them there wasn’t. A bus breakdown led th...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023
Hail, high wind gusts reported from Saturday severe weather
LINCOLN, Ill. – A Saturday night round of severe weather didn’t pack much of a punch across some parts of the Peoria area, but it did in others. According to storm damage reports from the ...
Will Stevenson Apr 16, 2023
China’s Xpeng aims to cut costs with new vehicle manufacturing platform
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng unveiled on Sunday a new platform it developed in-house for making vehicles, which it said will reduce the development and manufacturing ...
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US Supreme Court considers Christian mail carrier’s refusal to work Sundays
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An evangelical Christian former mail carrier's fight with the U.S. Postal Service over his refusal to work on Sundays gives the Supreme Court another chance to w...
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