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China scoffs at FBI claim that Wuhan lab leak likely caused COVID pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan likely caused the COVID pandemic, director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday, a claim Chin...
TJ Carson Mar 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Norfolk Southern CEO to testify on train derailment before US Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Norfolk Southern Chief Executive Alan Shaw has agreed to testify on the Ohio train derailment before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on March 9, the compan...
TJ Carson Mar 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Lilly to cut some list prices by 70% and offer $25 insulin
(Reuters) -Eli Lilly and Co on Wednesday said it will cut list prices by 70% for its most commonly prescribed insulin products, Humalog and Humulin, beginning from the fourth quarter of this year. The...
TJ Carson Mar 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/
Rivian hopeful for profitability in near future
NORMAL, Ill. - Executives at Rivian are predicting profitability in 2024 despite losses last year. The electric-vehicle maker with a plant in Normal released 4th quarter and yearlong results on Tuesda...
TJ Carson Mar 01, 2023 (25 News)
Biden urges confirmation of Julie Su as labor secretary to protect workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm Julie Su as Labor Department secretary and hailed his nominee for her past work to increase worker wage...
TJ Carson Mar 01, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden greets Julie Su as he nominates Su to serve as the Labor secretary during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
U.S. House panel approves bill to give Biden power to ban TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok and other apps. L...
Julia Bradley Mar 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Trains collide in Greece, at least 36 killed, dozens injured
LARISSA, Greece (Reuters) -A passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on in Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens as the country's deadliest rail crash in livi...
Julia Bradley Mar 01, 2023 Rescue crews operate at the site of a crash, where two trains collided, near the city of Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
Chicago's incumbent mayor Lightfoot loses re-election bid
(Reuters) -Chicago's incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her re-election bid on Tuesday, with vote totals showing that two of her rivals will face each other in an April runoff ballot. Paul Vallas, th...
Julia Bradley Mar 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to children after a press event ahead of expected Thanksgiving travel at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
Peoria Council plans to give Civic Center $20M in bonds
PEORIA, Ill. -- A plan seems to be on track for approval by Peoria City Council to give the Civic Center $20 million dollars for capital improvements. Dozens of Peoria Rivermen Hockey fans were at Tue...
Julia Bradley Mar 01, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Caterpillar/UAW reach tentative agreement
(1470 & 100.3 WMBD) -- Caterpillar and the United Auto Workers Union have reached a tentative agreement on a six year contract, apparently averting a strike. The UAW and Caterpillar made the annou...
Julia Bradley Mar 01, 2023 (Caterpillar)