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Bitcoin rises 5 percent to $49,106
(Reuters) - Bitcoin rose 5.01 % to $49,106.4 at 22:04 GMT on Friday, adding $2,342.1 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 77.4% from the year's low ...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
Trump ally in Pennsylvania pulled from overseeing election audit
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - The Pennsylvania lawmaker and ally of former President Donald Trump who has been pushing for a "forensic investigation" into the 2020 election has been stripped of his role...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
Factbox-Major U.S. companies making masks, vaccines mandatory
(Reuters) - The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States due to the Delta variant and the new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires fully vacci...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021

New state laws protect domestic violence survivors
CHICAGO, Ill. – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed seven pieces of legislation to address domestic violence and remove some of the obstacles survivors face. The laws include protections for ...
Ed Hammond Aug 20, 2021
InfoWars host charged with breaching U.S. Capitol grounds in riot
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have charged a Texas man who hosts a talk show tied to the conspiracy-theory website InfoWars with unlawfully breaching the U.S. Capitol grounds du...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
‘We have hours’ – U.S. army captain pushes for rescue of Afghan interpreter
By Dan Fastenberg (Reuters) - Fearing there may only be hours to stave off a capture, a former U.S. army captain who served in the war in Afghanistan is lobbying for the rescue of his former interpret...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
GM recalling 73,000 Bolt EVs at cost of $1 billion, halts sales
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Friday it will recall about 73,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles at a cost of $1 billion to address fire risks and indefinitely ...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
U.S. CDC asks travelers at high risk of severe COVID-19 to avoid cruises
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday people at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 should avoid travel on cruise ships, including river cr...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021
In nod to Delta variant, Fed moves Jackson Hole meet online
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will take place on Aug. 27 virtually and not in person as planned, the clearest signal yet of ...
Syndicated Content Aug 20, 2021

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois continue to rise
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed 24,682 new and probable cases of COVID-19, including 126 additional deaths. Officials also say the number of people get...
Ed Hammond Aug 20, 2021
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