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Teen pleads not guilty in murder of another teen
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man has pleaded not guilty to murder charges stemming from a shooting more than a month ago near Quest Charter Middle School. Erick Jackson, 18, made the plea in Peoria C...
Dec 15, 2022
FTX gets official creditors’ committee in its bankruptcy case
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog on Thursday appointed a committee to represent FTX accountholders and other junior creditors in the collapsed crypto...
Dec 15, 2022
Ford hikes price of cheapest F-150 electric truck variant to nearly $56,000
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co has raised the price of the cheapest variant of its F-150 Lightning electric truck by 9% to $55,974, the company's website showed on Thursday. The automaker has raised prices...
Dec 15, 2022
Bank of Mexico hikes interest rate to 10.50%, signal another increase coming
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Bank of Mexico raised its key interest rate by an expected 50 basis points to a record 10.50% on Thursday, tempering its monetary tightening pace amid a slowdown in inflati...
Dec 15, 2022
State: unemployment inches up slightly, jobs also go up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state’s jobless average went up last month, but so did job growth. Using federal data, the state says the state ...
Dec 15, 2022
EU leaders seek proposals by end of January on preserving industry
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders called on the European Commission on Thursday to present proposals by the end of January to preserve European industry that is under threat from higher energy prices an...
Dec 15, 2022
U.S. Parkinson’s disease incidence far higher than earlier estimates -study
By Shawana Alleyne-Morris and Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The annual number of new Parkinson's disease diagnoses in the United States is likely 50% higher than estimated, based on a broad analysis of insu...
Dec 15, 2022
JPMorgan lifts ECB ‘terminal’ rate forecast to 3.25% from 2.50%
LONDON (Reuters) - Investment bank JPMorgan ramped up its forecast on Thursday for how high euro zone interest rates will go to 3.25% from 2.50%, after the European Central Bank vowed to keep raising ...
Dec 15, 2022
One arrested, one injured following shooting
PEORIA, Ill. – One person is believed to be in custody after late-morning shooting in Central Peoria. Peoria Police say the shooting was reported around 11:30 Thursday morning on West Joan Court...
Dec 15, 2022
Brazil’s Guedes predicts monetary easing by mid 2023, GDP rising 3%
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes projected on Thursday interest rates would start to fall by mid-2023 and the economy would expand by 3% again. Speaking at an event hosted b...
Dec 15, 2022
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