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The Peoria City Council is working on changing the city’s ordinance regarding tobacco stores and ‘vape shops.’ Here’s what’s happening
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria City Council won’t issue any more tobacco shop licenses until it figures out some growing problems with those that sell vapes or e-cigarettes. The Council this we...
Jul 13, 2023
White House: Biden’s support for Labor nominee Su is ‘unwavering’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's support for his nominee for labor secretary, Julie Su, is "unwavering" and the White House hopes Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema "reconsider their ...
Jul 13, 2023
Stability AI is sued by co-founder who says he was duped in to selling stake for $100
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Stability AI co-founder on Thursday sued the artificial- intelligence startup and its chief executive, claiming they defrauded him into selling his 15% stake...
Jul 13, 2023
Trump son-in-law Kushner testified before grand jury probing ex-president – NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and multiple other witnesses have testified before a grand jury in recent weeks about the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020...
Jul 13, 2023
Coinbase leads crypto stock gains after Ripple Labs’ legal victory
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Coinbase Global Inc surged by nearly 25% on Thursday, ahead of other cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies, following a landmark legal victory...
Jul 13, 2023
US Senate vote gives Democrats control of workplace bias agency
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee to the agency that enforces workplace bias laws, giving Democrats a majority on the five-member panel th...
Jul 13, 2023
Peoria County Coroner: Man crushed to death at powder coating facility
MACKINAW, Ill. – A Creve Coeur man is dead after an accident at a powder coating facility. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Bradley Willis, Jr., 42, was pronounced dead at a Peoria hospi...
Jul 13, 2023
US resists calls by Trump to postpone trial in classified documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday urged the federal judge presiding over the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for his retention of classified records to de...
Jul 13, 2023
Twitter seeks termination of FTC order over data practices
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter asked a U.S. court on Thursday to terminate a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission that governed the social media company's data privacy protections, argu...
Jul 13, 2023
Nissan, Renault agree that Nissan will invest some 100 billion yen in EV unit Ampere -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) -Carmakers Nissan Motor Co and Renault have reached an agreement that Nissan will invest some 100 billion yen in Renault's EV unit Ampere, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said on Friday....
Jul 13, 2023
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