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Wanted: Expired and unwanted prescription medications
PEORIA, Ill. – Saturday is “National Prescription Drug Takeback Day.” It’s a day, according to the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, where people are encouraged to dispose of un...
Apr 22, 2023
Fewer IL counties have elevated COVID-19 spread levels -State
CHICAGO, Ill. – The COVID-19 situation in Illinois continues to improve. That’s according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, which says as of Friday, only two counties have eleva...
Apr 22, 2023
Factbox-Industry targets of U.S. Republicans’ anti-ESG efforts
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Republican federal and state lawmakers, governors, and attorneys general are pushing back on growing efforts by investors and executives to include environmental, social and...
Apr 22, 2023
Barry Humphries, creator of Dame Edna, dies at 89 – Sydney Morning Herald
By Byron Kaye (Reuters) -Barry Humphries, the comedian best known for his character Dame Edna Everage who blossomed from an Australian suburban housewife into a self-described gigastar, died on Saturd...
Apr 22, 2023
Business fights back as Republican state lawmakers push anti-ESG agenda
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - U.S. political battles over corporate sustainability are turning hotter this spring as aggressive Republican statehouse efforts face increasing pushback from businesses and ...
Apr 22, 2023
How the U.S. Clean Air Act lets closed coal plants keep polluting for years
By Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) - Hatfield's Ferry Power Station, a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, stopped producing electricity in 2013. Its closure came in a wave of coal-plant shutdowns triggered...
Apr 22, 2023
Sale of Italy’s MPS should help create several big banks, says Meloni
MILAN (Reuters) - The privatisation of Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena should foster the creation of several large banking groups in the country, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was quoted as t...
Apr 22, 2023
Republican hopefuls to court evangelical vote in Iowa
By Nathan Layne CLIVE, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopefuls will make their pitch to evangelical voters in Iowa on Saturday, the first major event for candidates to court the key conserva...
Apr 22, 2023
Russian billionaires see wealth rise to over half a trillion dollars -Forbes
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's richest people added $152 billion to their wealth over the past year, buoyed by high prices for natural resources and rebounding from the huge loss of ...
Apr 22, 2023
Under Lisbon’s streets, ancient Roman galleries tell story of the past
LISBON (Reuters) - Twice a year, a hatch in a busy Lisbon street opens to reveal steps leading to one of the Portuguese capital's most ancient sites: a 2,000-year-old Roman structure that still holds ...
Apr 22, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
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