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Sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases in Tri-Counties; boosters urged
PEORIA, Ill. – The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County region keeps going sharply higher. Authorities say the area now averages more than 1,000 new cases per week — whi...
Nov 30, 2021
Twitch launches tool to catch channel ban evaders
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's live-streaming site, Twitch, is launching a tool to detect users who try to access channels where they have been banned, it said on Tuesday. The new...
Nov 30, 2021
Celebrity surgeon Dr. Oz jumps into Pennsylvania U.S. Senate contest
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday said he would mount a Republican bid for a U.S. Senate seat for Pennsylvania, shaking up what could be one of the...
Nov 30, 2021
U.S. judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for contractors in three states
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the U.S. government from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate on government contractors in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee, the second legal...
Nov 30, 2021
Jack Dorsey chases crypto, fintech dream post Twitter
By Krystal Hu and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - At a packed Miami conference in June, Jack Dorsey, mused in front of thousands of attendees about where his real passion lay: "If I weren't at Square or Twitt...
Nov 30, 2021
Microsoft shareholders back proposal that seeks report on its sexual harassment policies
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday its shareholders had approved a proposal by Arjuna Capital, which sought a report from the software firm on its policies to battle sexual harassment at workp...
Nov 30, 2021
GlobalFoundries posts 56% rise in quarterly sales on booming chip demand
(Reuters) - GlobalFoundries posted a 56% rise in revenue on Tuesday, in its first earnings update after going public in October, as the global semiconductor shortage drives companies to secure supplie...
Nov 30, 2021
Salesforce beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) - Salesforce.com Inc on Tuesday reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue on strong demand for its cloud-based software as more companies started to digitalize their operations. The co...
Nov 30, 2021
National Guard who refuse to get vaccinated could lose funding- Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that the Pentagon will not fund National Guard troops who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Pentagon made the va...
Nov 30, 2021
Transitory inflation blues: Don’t ask Jay and the band to play that one again
(Reuters) - It was the Federal Reserve's word du jour for most of 2021, but "transitory" looks like it will soon be set out at the curb along with the rest of the year-end holiday scraps. "Transitory"...
Nov 30, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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