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Man Had Drugs In His System At Time Of Fatal Crash
Spencer County deputies have arrested the man they believe caused the fatal crash over the weekend. Angelo Rios was driving a...
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Princeton Man Wins First Place In Regional Lineman's Rodeo
15 Duke Energy line workers from the Midwest will compete this fall in the International Lineman's Rodeo. One of them is from...
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Boy Scout Seriously Hurt After Tree Falls On Tent
A Newburgh Boy Scout was taken to the hospital Saturday after an incident in Winslow. The Buffalo Trace Council of Scouts say...
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Woman Involved In Crash Had BAC 4 Times Over Legal Limit
A Maceo, Kentucky woman is behind bars after crashing her car while driving drunk. Spencer County Sheriff's Deputies responde...
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Drug Dealer Sentenced To Prison
A Mt. Vernon drug dealer has been sentenced to prison for selling meth in Posey County. 61-year-old Birchie Stillwagoner Jr. ...
Apr 29, 2024
National
For Turkish performer, drag is a political act
By Dilara Senkaya and Burcu Karakas ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ilker Yazici - stage name Miss Putka - was in secondary school when ...
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Paul Auster, US author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77
(Reuters) - U.S. novelist and screenwriter Paul Auster died of complications from lung cancer at his home in Brooklyn on Tues...
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Evacuation continues following Indonesia's Ruang volcano eruption
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hundreds residents of Indonesia's Tagulandang island were waiting at the island's port to be evacuated on...
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El Nino, water management issues blamed for snarling Panama Canal
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The El Nino climate phenomenon, not climate change, drove lower rainfall last year that ...
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Australia grants feasibility licences for offshore wind farms
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for six projects to study the feasibility of building wind farms ...
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World
Clashes erupt on UCLA campus between pro-Palestinian supporters and counter-protesters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCL...
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Hamas official says Blinken ceasefire comments are attempt to pressure the group
CAIRO (Reuters) - Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is blami...
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Investors wait to see Red Sea in shippers' Q1 numbers
By Jesus Calero and Louis van Boxel-Woolf (Reuters) - European shipping firms Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are unlikely to get a bi...
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Russian guided bombs kill two in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, governor says
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia attacked the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine with guided bombs on Wednesday, killing at least ...
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Dozens of schools in India's capital region evacuated after email bomb threat hoax
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Dozens of schools in India's national capital region were evacuated on Wednesday after they received a ...
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Business
Dollar near five-month highs ahead of Fed policy decision
By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged towards its highest level this year against a basket of peers and U.S. share...
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Dollar nears year high after pre-Fed data shock, yen slips
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar inched towards its highest level since November on Wednesday ahead of a Fede...
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Saudi Arabia's Q1 GDP shrinks by estimated 1.8% y/y as oil sector weighs
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 1.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, flash e...
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Bitcoin slides below $58,000, rattled by tougher Fed rate outlook
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell for a third day on Wednesday, having posted its worst monthly performance in April since late...
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Haleon's first-quarter revenue misses expectations
(Reuters) - Consumer healthcare company Haleon's first-quarter revenue missed market estimates on Wednesday, due to retailer ...
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Politics
VP Harris visits Florida as abortion ban limits southern women's options
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Florida on Wednesday to denounce the state's ...
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US Senate approves bill to ban Russian uranium imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved on Tuesday legislation to bar imports of Russian uranium, as the United State...
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US Supreme Court won't halt Texas age verification for online porn
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block a Texas law requiring online age verification...
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U.S. House Democrats will not support a motion to eject Speaker Mike Johnson, leadership says
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats will not support a proposed motion to eject Republican Speaker...
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Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump does not rule out building detention camps ...
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Health
UK's Smith+Nephew retains annual forecasts despite Q1 revenue miss
(Reuters) - British medical equipment maker Smith+Nephew retained its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Wednesday, despi...
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Haleon's first-quarter revenue misses expectations
(Reuters) - Consumer healthcare company Haleon's first-quarter revenue missed market estimates on Wednesday, due to retailer ...
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GSK raises full-year profit forecast, says first-half will see stronger sales
(Reuters) -GSK raised its full-year profit forecast on Wednesday and said its sales would be higher in the first six months o...
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Stryker lifts 2024 profit forecast on strong demand for medical devices, implants
(Adds media packaging code) (Reuters) - Stryker Corp lifted its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday, owing to resilient dema...
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Neurocrine Biosciences' Huntington's disease drug gets FDA approval
By Sruthi Narasimha Chari (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the granule formulation of Neur...
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Science
T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur - or any extinct animal - based on...
18h ago
What did people eat before agriculture? New study offers insight
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of agriculture roughly 11,500 years ago in the Middle East was a milestone f...
Apr 29, 2024
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized her...
Apr 25, 2024
China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, ...
Apr 25, 2024
Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulat...
Apr 25, 2024
Technology
Bitcoin slides below $58,000, rattled by tougher Fed rate outlook
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell for a third day on Wednesday, having posted its worst monthly performance in April since late...
1h ago
Novo Nordisk owner to invest $200 million in quantum computing startups
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Novo Holdings, the controlling shareholder of Danish obesity drugmaker Novo Nordisk, sai...
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Microsoft to power data centers with Brookfield renewables deal, FT says
(Reuters) - Canada's Brookfield Asset Management is set to develop new wind and solar farms with backing from tech giant Micr...
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Huawei's high-profile consumer boss Richard Yu shifts role
(Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies has named the high-profile chief of its consumer business, Yu Chengdong, to a new rol...
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Microsoft to open first regional data centre in Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Microsoft will open its first regional data centre in Thailand, the tech giant said on Wednesday, as it l...
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Entertainment
Factbox-All you need to know about Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson MALMÖ, Sweden (Reuters) - The world's biggest live music event, Eurovision Song Contest, will ta...
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'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' tie for most 2024 Tony nominations
(Reuters) - Alicia Keys' musical "Hell's Kitchen" and 1970's rock inspired "Stereophonic" led the nominat...
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French actor Gerard Depardieu questioned over alleged sexual assaults
PARIS (Reuters) - French screen legend Gerard Depardieu was detained for questioning on Monday in connection with alleged sex...
Apr 29, 2024
Start me up: The Stones kick off North America tour in Houston
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones kicked off their North America tour at a packed venue in Houston ...
Apr 29, 2024
Blackstone outbids Concord in $1.6 billion takeover battle for Hipgnosis
(Reuters) - Blackstone has agreed to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about $1.57 billion, after the private equity giant out...
Apr 29, 2024