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Elderly Man Is Sentenced To 50 Years In Prison
On Friday a southern Illinois man was sentenced to 50 years for the death of his half brother 51-year-old Joseph Geyman. 71-y...
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Man Stabbed For Telling Joke
An Evansville man was stabbed over the weekend for telling a joke. The victim told EPD he was helping a friend work on a car ...
11h ago
Dedication For Two Safe Haven Baby Boxes Happening Today
This afternoon at 2:00 a Safe Haven Baby Box will be blessed at Scott Township Fire and EMS on Highway 57. This will be the 1...
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Person Arrested After Porch Is Set On Fire
A Hanson man will face charges of arson and attempted murder. Hopkins County deputies responded Friday morning to a home on W...
11h ago
Warrant Issued For Sullivan County Couple
A Sullivan County couple was arrested and charged with neglect of a dependent. An investigation revealed that 29-year-old Kat...
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National
Yale graduates stage pro-Palestinian walkout of commencement
By Michelle McLoughlin and Steve Gorman NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Scores of graduating students staged a walkout fro...
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Mexico's howler monkeys dropping dead as heat toll mounts
By Luis Manuel Lopez and Raul Cortes COMALCALCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Threatened howler monkeys have been dropping dead from tr...
1h ago
US regulator homes in on malpractice in voluntary carbon markets
By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating greenwashing as part ...
1h ago
US regulator to probe VinFast crash in California in which four died
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety investigators said Monday they will investigate a VinFast VF 8 crash in April in Plea...
2h ago
Automakers back key parts of new US EPA vehicle emissions rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trade group representing General Motors, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen and nearly all other major automak...
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World
Biden, Kenya's Ruto to discuss Kenyan debt relief this week
By Andrea Shalal, Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will play host this week...
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Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel on Monday, saying ...
1h ago
Dominican Republic's Abinader eyes tax reform in new administration
(Reuters) - Dominican President Luis Abinader, a day after being re-elected for a second term , said on Monday that he will s...
2h ago
ICC's Khan puts his office back on collision course with Washington
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The British lawyer and prosecutor who helped end a U.S. policy against the In...
2h ago
Head of Russia-annexed Luhansk says Ukrainian shelling damages fuel depot
(Reuters) - The head of Ukraine's Russia-annexed Luhansk region said on Monday that Ukrainian shelling had damaged a fuel dep...
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Business
Top U.S. natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy cuts jobs
By Shariq Khan and Liz Hampton (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy, a top U.S. natural gas producer, began laying off employees thi...
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AI-intensive sectors are showing a productivity surge, PwC says
LONDON (Reuters) - EMBARGOED 0001 LOCAL TUESDAY The types of business which are most likely to use artificial intelligence ar...
1h ago
Australia's Telstra to cut up to 2,800 jobs by year-end to simplify operations
(Reuters) - Australian telecom firm Telstra said on Tuesday it would reduce up to 2,800 jobs from its direct workforce by the...
1h ago
US lawsuit challenges Southwest Air's free ticket program for Hispanic students
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A group founded by a prominent anti-affirmative action activist on Monday sued Southwest Airlines...
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Fitness equipment maker Peloton looks to refinance debt amid sagging demand
(Reuters) -Peloton Interactive said on Monday it was looking to refinance its debt, as the fitness equipment maker seeks to r...
2h ago
Politics
Key Trump donor Mellon gives RFK Jr super PAC $5 million more
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr's presidential campaign received $5 milli...
1h ago
Trump has the chance to testify at hush money trial - if he so chooses
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - For weeks, Donald Trump has sat silently in a New...
11h ago
Schumer says US Senate will try again to pass border bill
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday the Senate would once again try to pass a bipartisan bor...
May 19, 2024
At Morehouse graduation, thanks to 'God for woke class of 2024'
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Heather Timmons ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's commencement speech at Morehouse College on...
May 19, 2024
US Senator Rubio says he won't accept election results if 'unfair'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, an ally of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, will not accept t...
May 19, 2024
Health
GSK faces whistleblower lawsuit over Zantac cancer risk
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - GSK has been sued by an independent Connecticut laboratory that accused the drugmaker of defr...
4h ago
UnitedHealth's unit announces new drug pricing model
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth's unit OptumRx will begin offering a new pricing model from next year to help manage insurers' costs...
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US FDA approves Biocon unit's biosimilar to blockbuster eye drug Eylea
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Biocon unit's biosimilar to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' b...
9h ago
US FDA clears Neuralink's brain chip implant in second patient, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed billionaire Elon Musk's Neuralink to implant its brain chip in a...
12h ago
UK's infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's infected blood scandal that has killed 3,000 people and left thousands more suffe...
12h ago
Science
US FDA clears Neuralink's brain chip implant in second patient, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed billionaire Elon Musk's Neuralink to implant its brain chip in a...
12h ago
Bezos' Blue Origin to launch first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space firm Blue Origin is scheduled on Sunday to launch its first crew of humans to the ed...
May 19, 2024
Comet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'
By Catarina Demony and Ana Cantero LISBON (Reuters) - A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portug...
May 19, 2024
Boeing Starliner's debut crewed flight delayed again to check helium leak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA and Boeing delayed the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule again on Friday, giving them fou...
May 18, 2024
A fox on stilts? Argentine long-legged maned wolf returned to the wild
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine conservationists have returned a rare and unusual-looking animal, a maned ...
May 17, 2024
Technology
Samsung Elec appoints new chief for its chip business
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said it has appointed YoungHyun Jun as the company's new chief for its semiconductor un...
15m ago
AI-intensive sectors are showing a productivity surge, PwC says
LONDON (Reuters) - EMBARGOED 0001 LOCAL TUESDAY The types of business which are most likely to use artificial intelligence ar...
1h ago
Keysight forecast third-quarter profit below estimates on slow demand
(Reuters) - Electronic equipment maker Keysight Technologies forecast third-quarter profit below estimates on Monday, anticip...
3h ago
Trump's social media company discloses inquiry from FINRA
(Reuters) -The owner of Donald Trump's social media company Truth Social said on Monday it had cooperated with an inquiry fro...
3h ago
Bitcoin rises to $70,206
(Reuters) - Bitcoin rose to $70,206 at 20:03 GMT on Monday, adding $3,931 to its previous close. The world's biggest and best...
3h ago
Entertainment
Election year Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' premieres at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "The Apprentice", Iran-born director Ali Abbasi's much-anticipated drama of a young Dona...
6h ago
Russian director and playwright say they oppose terrorism at start of trial
By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) - A Russian theatre director and playwright told a court on Monday they were not guilty...
7h ago
At Cannes, Russian director criticises trial of director and playwright
By Tom Little and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Exiled Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov used his appearance ...
9h ago
Demi Moore says Cannes body horror 'The Substance' demanded full vulnerability
By Mike Davidson CANNES, France (Reuters) - Movie star Demi Moore said the vulnerability required for her role in body horror...
May 19, 2024
Selena Gomez relieved focus on Cannes entry 'Emilia Perez,' not personal life
By Alicia Powell CANNES, France (Reuters) - Selena Gomez said that she was relieved focus had shifted to her role in the new ...
May 19, 2024