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Explainer-What are these spam bots that Musk has vowed to defeat or die trying?
By Chavi Mehta and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday put on hold his $44 billion-takeover plan for Twitter Inc, as he waited for details on the microblogging platform's claim t...
May 13, 2022
U.S. House to weigh formula shortage bills next week, Pelosi says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to take up an emergency funding bill next week to address ongoing infant formula shortages and move to empower a federal nutrition progra...
May 13, 2022
Woman pleads guilty to lying about gun purchases
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria woman admits to lying about gun purchases made for her partner. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Keena Faunterloy, 28, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single count of ...
May 13, 2022
Pritzker signs crackdown on organized retail theft, sites links to violent crime
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Governor J.B. Pritzker is signing a new law to crack down on organized retail theft in Illinois. Attorney General Kwame Raoul helped draft the legislation and says we’r...
May 13, 2022
Former Reagan national security adviser McFarlane dies -Washington Post
(Reuters) - Robert McFarlane, a White House adviser who tapped Saudi royals to fund a covert war in Nicaragua and flew on a secret mission to sell arms to Iran in the scandal that shook Ronald Reagan'...
May 13, 2022
Mesa Airlines says it lost nearly 5% of its pilots in April
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mesa Air Group Chairman and Chief Executive Jonathan Ornstein told a U.S. Senate panel on Friday that the airline lost nearly 5% of its pilots in April as larger carrier...
May 13, 2022
Texas authorities hunt for convicted murderer who hijacked prison bus and fled
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - Texas authorities on Friday were on the hunt for an inmate serving a life sentence who escaped from a prison bus after stabbing a corrections officer, hijacking the vehic...
May 13, 2022
Central African bank regulator reminds states of crypto ban
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -Central Africa's regional banking regulator sent out a reminder on Friday about its ban on cryptocurrencies, weeks after the Central African Republic, a member state, made bitcoin...
May 13, 2022
Character actor Fred Ward, known for role in ‘The Right Stuff,’ dead at age 79
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Veteran film and television actor Fred Ward, 79, best known for playing gruff, tough-guy roles in movies such as "Tremors," "Escape from Alcatraz," and "The Right Stuff," die...
May 13, 2022
Peoria man who represented himself acquitted of murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. – The second attempt by Peoria County prosecutors to try a local man for one of the first homicides of 2021 has been unsuccessful. Court records indicate a jury Thursday found Marvi...
May 13, 2022
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