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Omicron in Peoria? ‘It’s here,’ says Health Department
PEORIA, Ill. – Last week, the Peoria City/County Health Department said it was not a matter of if the COVID-19 Omicron variant would show up here, but a matter of when. It’s now “whe...
Will Stevenson Dec 21, 2021
BlackBerry beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) - Canadian software giant BlackBerry Ltd beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, helped by strong demand for its cybersecurity services due to the pandemic-led shift...
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Employer must face worker’s lawsuit over husband’s COVID death -California court
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it to her husband, resulting in his death, a state appeals court...
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U.S. says moving quickly to permit renewables on public lands
(Reuters) - The Biden administration has approved two major solar projects in the California desert and is working on permit applications for 50 more clean energy facilities, it said on Tuesday as it ...
Syndicated Content Dec 21, 2021
Delta CEO asks CDC to cut quarantine time for breakthrough COVID cases
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian on Tuesday asked the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to shrink quarantine guidelines for fully vaccinated individual...
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Musk’s SpaceX hit by 132 COVID-19 cases
By Hyunjoo Jin San Francisco (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket company has reported 132 COVID-19 cases at its California headquarters, a fourth of the total number of cases in non-residential loca...
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Wall Street closes up strongly with boost from Nike, Micron, following Omicron slide
(Updates with close of U.S. market) By Lewis Krauskopf, Shreyashi Sanyal and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes ended sharply higher on Tuesday, with strength in travel and te...
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U.S. consumer bureau orders fintech firm LendUp to halt new loans, pay fine
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on Tuesday it ordered LendUp Loans to pay a $100,000 penalty, halt issuing new loans and stop collec...
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U.S. Justice Dept says inmates sent home due to COVID-19 will not be returned to prison
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday announced it would not force federal inmates who were sent home due to the coronavirus pandemic to return to prison once...
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Facebook will not attend CES in person over COVID-19 concerns
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook parent Meta Platforms inc said on Tuesday it will not attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month as concerns grow about the omicron ...
Syndicated Content Dec 21, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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