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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 ...
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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...
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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
China sanctions ex-US lawmaker and supporter of Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) -China has banned former U.S. lawmaker Mike Gallagher from entering the country and taken other measures in...
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Oil shipments at risk from rising sea levels, think tank warns
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Rising sea levels could severely disrupt crude oil shipments and erode energy security...
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Grieving chimpanzee carries dead baby for months at Spanish zoo
VALENCIA (Reuters) - Visitors to the Bioparc zoo in the Spanish city of Valencia have been greeted over the past three months...
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International ocean tribunal to issue climate opinion in 'David and Goliath' precedent case
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - An international ocean court is expected to issue an advisory opinion on Tuesday on whet...
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Biden reaches out to Republican leaders for support of border bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday urged Republican leaders in the House and Senate to support a revived bi...
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World
Slovak PM Fico has CT scan during recovery from assassination attempt
(Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent a follow-up abdominal CT scan and remains conscious and communicative...
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Thai minister quits over legal complaint seeking PM's dismissal
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai minister at the centre of a pending legal complaint seeking the dismissal of Prime Minister Sretth...
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Israel's Gallant calls ICC prosecutor moves against him and Netanyahu 'disgraceful'
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant described on Thursday a request by the International Criminal Cou...
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Kremlin says it is very curious that U.S. appears ready to sanction the ICC
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was very curious that the United States appeared ready to use sanctions aga...
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Trial over deadly Med shipwreck opens in Greece amid protests
By Renee Maltezou KALAMATA, Greece (Reuters) - The trial of nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hund...
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Business
Yellen says US, Europe must respond jointly to China's industrial overcapacity
By David Lawder FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the United States and Europe ...
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S&P expects slower recovery for Israel's economy despite Q1 rebound
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ratings agency S&P Global on Tuesday said it expects Israel's economy to recover at a more moderate...
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VinFast sued in the US for not paying rent for showroom
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's electric vehicle maker VinFast is being sued in a California court for not having paid rent for a...
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New Thai finance minister has chance to improve strained central bank ties, says ex-Finance Minister
By Anisha Sircar and Divya Chowdhury BENGALURU (Reuters) - Thailand's new finance minister has refrained from pressuring the ...
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Explainer: With inflation falling fast, will the BoE quickly cut rates?
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's once towering inflation rate looks set to fall close to the Bank of England's 2% target on Wedne...
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Politics
Blinken to testify to US Congress under shadow of Israel policy divides
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to make his case for President Joe ...
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Biden campaign raises $51 million in April, down from March
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's re-election campaign said on Monday it raised over $51 million in April, down from an ...
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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...
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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...
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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
Health
GSK's asthma drug shows promise in reducing severe attacks
(Reuters) - GSK's asthma drug met its primary goal of reducing asthma attacks over a 52-week period in a late-stage trial, th...
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AstraZeneca aims to deliver $80 billion in total revenue by 2030
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it expects to deliver $80 billion in total revenue by 2030, boosted by the expected la...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
New approaches may be needed to regulate AI, says Bank of England policymaker
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Artificial intelligence could be fundamentally disruptive but help boost productivity in Brita...
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Exclusive-UAE, US to see more AI partnerships, minister tells Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates and the United States are strategic partners and there will be more joint investme...
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Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws
By Foo Yun Chee and Tassilo Hummel BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Europe's landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into for...
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Global AI summit in Seoul aims to forge new regulatory agreements
SEOUL (Reuters) - Global leaders and officials taking part in an AI summit being hosted by South Korea and Britain are expect...
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Sanofi partners with OpenAI, Formation Bio on AI-driven drug development
(Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi on Tuesday announced it is collaborating with artificial intelligence company OpenAI and ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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