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Steiner: ‘I was just a kid from New York hoping to become a broadcaster’
PEORIA, Ill. — At the young age of five years old, he announced Brooklyn Dodger games. It may have been from the basement of his home on Long Island, but that laid the foundation for Charley Ste...
Dalton Kemper Aug 27, 2021
Glass Lewis backs one of Starboard’s three nominees in Box proxy fight
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis on Friday recommended that investors in cloud storage vendor Box elect one of Starboard Value's three proposed nominees to t...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2021
U.S. labor force participation likely to rebound, but it will take time -research
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve faces a long slog if it hopes for the country's labor force participation rate to climb back to pre-pandemic levels according to new...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2021
Newlywed, medic among 13 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan attack
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -Details began to emerge on Friday about the 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul airport suicide bombing, including an expectant father from Wyoming, a medic from Ohio and...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2021
Exclusive-Congo reviewing $6 billion mining deal with Chinese investors -Finance Minister
By Aaron Ross and Karin Strohecker (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo's government is reviewing its $6 billion "infrastructure-for-minerals" deal with Chinese investors as part of a broader exami...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2021
NHC says Hurricane Ida has made landfall on Isle of Youth
(Reuters) - Hurricane Ida has made landfall on the Isle of Youth, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday. "Ida is forecast to make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf coast within t...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2021

ROE Head: Issues with mandatory COVID vaccines and testing for teachers
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria County Regional Superintendent of Schools says Governor JB Pritzker’s new mandate requiring all teachers to get tested or fully vaccinated against COVID-19 might ...
Will Stevenson Aug 27, 2021
Biden administration urges localities to block evictions after court ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has written to state and local officials urging that they block unnecessary residential evictions, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ended a feder...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2021
U.S. House committee seeks social media records related to Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday asked major social media companies including Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet In...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2021
Musicians take stage at Romanian classical music festival despite pandemic
By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - World-renowned orchestras return to Romanian capital Bucharest from Saturday for its George Enescu Festival, one of Europe's biggest classical music events, with or...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2021
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