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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
Applied Materials misses Q1 revenue forecast
(Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc forecast first-quarter sales below market estimates on Thursday, as the pandemic disrupts supply chains and keeps the company from meeting client orders. The company,...
Nov 18, 2021
Panicked shoppers clear out grocery stores in flood-hit British Columbia
By Nia Williams and Rod Nickel (Reuters) - Shoppers in Canada's flood-hit province of British Columbia have emptied grocery shelves following catastrophic flooding, although the shortages are as much ...
Nov 18, 2021
U.S. SEC levies $3.9 billion in fines in fiscal 2021
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday said it assessed $3.9 billion in fines related to enforcement actions in fiscal 2021, down from a ...
Nov 18, 2021
California approves Verizon deal to acquire TracFone Wireless
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The California Public Utilities Commission said Thursday it has approved Verizon Communications' more than $6 billion proposed acquisition of TracFone Wireless after the compani...
Nov 18, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
43 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Light Rain, Mist
