Category Archives:
Chicago cancels school as record-setting Omicron wave spurs more disruptions
By Lisa Shumaker and Joseph Ax CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago officials canceled classes in the nation's third-largest school district on Wednesday amid a dispute with the teachers' union, the latest dis...
Jan 05, 2022
Exclusive-SEC’s Texas office probes banks over disclosures on guns, fossil fuels -sources
By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s Texas office has launched a preliminary probe into lenders' disclosures about their policies on hot-button ...
Jan 05, 2022
Norwegian Cruise cancels several sailings as Omicron cases surge
(Reuters) - Norwegian Cruise Line on Wednesday canceled trips on eight ships, a few whose embarkation dates are as far out as late April, as the spread of the Omicron variant in the United States show...
Jan 05, 2022
Factbox-Trump’s Fed eased bank rules. Now what can Democrats roll back?
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under Republican leadership appointed by former President Donald Trump, the U.S. Federal Reserve eased a raft of bank rules and requirements introduced followi...
Jan 05, 2022
Europe’s auto stocks hit record high as traders bet on strong 2022
(fixes sentence in 10th para to say "much cheaper" rather than "still much cheap") By Joice Alves LONDON (Reuters) -European automobile stocks rose more than 2% to a record high on Wednesday as invest...
Jan 05, 2022
U.S. attorney general to discuss investigation into Capitol attack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday is set to discuss the Justice Department's investigation into the deadly Capitol attack by former President ...
Jan 05, 2022
Twitter creates monitoring team to prepare for Capitol riot anniversary
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Twitter Inc created a new team to review the social networking site for harmful content associated with...
Jan 05, 2022
UnityPoint Health suspending elective procedures at area hospitals
PEORIA, Ill. — UnityPoint Health-Central Illinois is suspending all elective procedures. Hospital officials said in a statement on Wednesday, that due to an increase in positive COVID inpatient ...
Jan 05, 2022
Louisiana governor to pardon plaintiff in landmark Supreme Court racial segregation case
(Reuters) - Louisiana's governor is scheduled on Wednesday to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the plaintiff in the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case which upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine that al...
Jan 05, 2022
At least 13 killed in Philadelphia house fire – media reports
(Reuters) -At least 13 people were killed in an early morning fire on Wednesday in a Philadelphia row house, according to local media citing police and fire department officials. The Philadelphia Fire...
Jan 05, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
43 °F Heavy Rain, Mist
