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$100 million added to state’s Rainy Day Fund
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The State of Illinois’ Rainy Day Fund — once all but completely ignored by lawmakers from both parties alike — is now about to hit $1 billion. Comptroller S...
Jul 13, 2022
Soccer-Morocco, Zambia claim first two African places at Women’s World Cup
CASABLANCA (Reuters) - Morocco and Zambia both qualified for a first ever Women's World Cup on Wednesday after winning their respective quarter-final matches at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations. The ...
Jul 13, 2022
Tesla’s AI director leaving company after 4-month sabbatical
San Francisco (Reuters) - Andrej Karpathy, director of artificial intelligence at Tesla Inc who has been on a four-month sabbatical, said on Wednesday that he is leaving the company. "It's been a grea...
Jul 13, 2022
Groundbreaking judge will oversee Twitter’s lawsuit against Musk
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - The first female chief judge on Delaware's nationally known business court will oversee Twitter Inc's lawsuit that seeks to hold Elon Musk to his agreement to ...
Jul 13, 2022
Webb space telescope opens door to discoveries still unimagined
By Joey Roulette GREENBELT, Md. (Reuters) - The powerful James Webb Space Telescope's inaugural batch of images has opened a new chapter of cosmic exploration, but astronomers say the observatory's mo...
Jul 13, 2022
Anderson, Weaver also campaign at Bailey Peoria event
PEORIA, Ill. – State Senator and Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey wasn’t the only candidate in November’s election at a Peoria event Tuesday. Travis Weaver was there, too, after...
Jul 13, 2022
Bank of Canada’s jumbo rate hike set to slow lenders’ earnings growth
(Corrects second byline) By Saeed Azhar and Sinad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of Canada's surprise full percentage point interest rate hike on Wednesday could put the brakes on the country's once-f...
Jul 13, 2022
U.S. FDA authorizes Novavax COVID vaccine for adults
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, clearing the way for a shot whose more traditional technology has raised hopes of wi...
Jul 13, 2022
Ohio man charged with raping 10-year-old who was forced to cross state lines for abortion
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who was then forced to travel to neighboring Indiana to get an abortion, a case that President Joe Biden highlighte...
Jul 13, 2022
GET INSIDE! New York City ad on surviving a nuclear attack raises eyebrows
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's emergency management office on Wednesday defended its decision to produce a public service announcement advising residents how to survive a nuclear attack after so...
Jul 13, 2022
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