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Cathay Pacific fires 3 pilots infected with COVID-19 on layover – SCMP
(Reuters) - Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd has fired three cargo pilots who were infected with COVID-19 during a layover in Frankfurt, over an unspecified "serious breach" of crew rules while ...
Nov 18, 2021
Fed’s Bostic: could start normalizing interest rates next summer
(Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic on Thursday said he believes the Fed could start raising interest rates in the middle of next year, when the U.S. economy will have regaine...
Nov 18, 2021
Former Peoria man gets prison time for child porn possession
PEORIA, Ill. – A former Peoria resident is going to federal prison for more than seven years after pleading guilty in September to Possession of Child Pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Offi...
Nov 18, 2021
Spanish court rules in favour of Telefonica in 800 million euro tax dispute
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court on Thursday ruled partially in favour of Telefonica in a long-running tax dispute with the Spanish government, meaning Madrid may have to refund some 800 million ...
Nov 18, 2021
Florida bans strict vaccine mandates in schools and businesses
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Florida on Thursday banned schools and businesses from requiring vaccination against COVID-19 and set the stage for a possible withdrawal from the federal agency aimed ...
Nov 18, 2021
Health Department: Change in weather means sharp increase in COVID-19 cases
PEORIA, Ill. – She says she knew it would happen, but the administrator of the Peoria City/County Health Department says she didn’t think it would happen so soon. Monica Hendrickson says t...
Nov 18, 2021
Starbucks faces expansion of labor union drive beyond New York
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Employees at a Starbucks Corp cafe in Mesa, Arizona, have said they want to join a union, marking an expansion of efforts by organized labor to target more of the c...
Nov 18, 2021
South Korea October producer prices mark fastest growth in 13 years
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's producer prices index (PPI) in October posted its sharpest growth in 13 years, central bank data showed on Friday, underlining oil-led inflationary pressure and support...
Nov 18, 2021
3rd suspect in Manual High student’s death makes court appearance
PEORIA, Ill. – The third suspect in the shooting death of a Manual High School student is now 18, and has made a court appearance in the case. News partner 25 News reports Tryanique White (pictu...
Nov 18, 2021
Defendants rest case in Georgia trial for killing of Ahmaud Arbery
(Reuters) - The three defendants on trial for murdering Ahmaud Arbery after he ran through their neighborhood in Georgia last year rested their cases on Thursday, and prosecutors said they would not c...
Nov 18, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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