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Man Accused Of Stealing Truck Was On Probation
Green River Road was shut down for about an hour Thursday morning for a hostile situation. The truck's owner, Adrian Kasnick ...
May 17, 2024
Man Arrested After Accepting Drugs Mailed To Him
An Evansville man is in the Vanderburgh County Jail on drug charges. Officers say they intercepted a package containing over ...
May 17, 2024
Fortress Of Fun Playground To Be Demolished
Newburgh Parks and Recreation board members vote without dissent to demolish the Fortress of Fun playground. The board paid f...
May 17, 2024
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Evansville Mother Is Sentenced To Probation
An Evansville mother charged with neglect of a dependent reached a plea deal. On Thursday Loreena Nance was sentenced to two ...
May 17, 2024
Rain Cancels Owensboro Event
Today was supposed to be the season's first Friday After 5 in Owensboro. It's been canceled. Board secretary Belinda Abell sa...
May 17, 2024
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National
Factbox-High-profile US trials where defendants took the stand
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyer said last week the former U.S. president had not decided whether to testify a...
3h ago
Biden speaks to Morehouse grads after season of campus unrest over Gaza
By Trevor Hunnicutt ATLANTA (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Sunday delivers a commencement address at Morehouse College, a venue off...
5h ago
Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash clou...
12h ago
Despite polls, Biden aides insist Gaza campus protests will not hurt reelection bid
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college camp...
19h ago
Residents of Canadian oil town menaced by wildfire can return home
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Residents of the Canadian oil town threatened by an out-of-control wildfire can re...
21h ago
World
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...
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Helicopter carrying Iran's president Raisi makes rough landing, says state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Initial reports indicate that a helicopter carrying the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi faced a rough landi...
2h ago
Hundreds of Tunisian president's supporters protest against 'foreign interference'
TUNIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in support of President Kais Saied amid widespread criti...
3h ago
Israel launches strikes across Gaza as U.S. envoy visits region
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip overnight, residents said...
4h ago
Dominican Republic voters head to polls, incumbent Abinader the favorite
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Voters in the Dominican Republic head to the polls on Sunday to cast ballots for the next president...
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Business
EQT in advanced talks to buy Keywords Studios for $2.8 billion
(Reuters) -European private equity group EQT is in advanced discussions to buy Dublin-based video game services company Keywo...
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U.S. regulators reconsider capital hike for big banks, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve and two other U.S. regulators are moving toward a new plan that would significantly reduce a ...
2h ago
Musk arrives in Indonesia's Bali for planned Starlink launch
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tycoon Elon Musk arrived on the Indonesian island of Bali on Sunday ahead of the planned launch of SpaceX...
9h ago
Sony and Apollo move ahead with Paramount bid process but reticent about earlier plan, NYT reports
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management have signed nondisclosure agreements that will allow the...
May 18, 2024
Crypto lender Genesis to return $3 billion to customers in bankruptcy wind-down
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about $3 bil...
May 18, 2024
Politics
RFK Jr. supporters: from Trump deserters to ex-Democrats, they're hungry for change
By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - Republicans paint independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr as a radical liberal...
5h ago
Donald Trump to fire up supporters at NRA's annual US gathering
By Gram Slattery DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will address thousands of gun rights ...
May 18, 2024
New York City said 'no injuries' at Columbia arrests; students' medical records say otherwise
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - After the arrests of pro-Palestine student protesters occupying a Columbia University ...
May 17, 2024
Biden launches fresh bid for election support from Black voters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday launched a fresh bid to bolster support from African-American voters, lo...
May 17, 2024
With hunger, climate cuts, US House farm bill proposal faces slim Senate odds
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a long-awaited farm bill draft...
May 17, 2024
Health
US race-neutral lung assessments to have profound effects, study finds
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - A guideline for U.S. doctors to ignore race in assessing lung health will likely have profound eff...
2h ago
Bird flu found in western China as US combats cattle outbreak
BEIJING (Reuters) - Cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China, the agriculture ministry said on ...
May 18, 2024
Pfizer wins $107.5 million from AstraZeneca in US cancer drug patent trial
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - AstraZeneca owes Pfizer $107.5 million in damages, a Delaware federal jury said on Friday after...
May 17, 2024
J&J-backed startup Rapport files for US IPO
(Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company Rapport Therapeutics, backed by the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson, filed...
May 17, 2024
Ontario reports first death from measles in over a decade
TORONTO, (Reuters) - An Ontario child under the age of five has died of measles making it the first such case in more than a ...
May 17, 2024
Science
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...
56m ago
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...
2h ago
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
Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and us...
May 16, 2024
Technology
Didi co-founder Liu steps down after decade at helm of Chinese ride-hailing company
By Liam Mo and Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - Didi Global Inc's co-founder Jean Liu has stepped down from her roles as presiden...
3h ago
Musk arrives in Indonesia's Bali for planned Starlink launch
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tycoon Elon Musk arrived on the Indonesian island of Bali on Sunday ahead of the planned launch of SpaceX...
9h ago
Britain's M&S sorry after website and app hit by 'technical issue'
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer apologised to customers on Saturday after its website and app went of...
22h ago
US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec. 6 on potential ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedu...
May 17, 2024
Apple set to release slimmer iPhone in 2025, the Information reports
(Reuters) - Apple is developing a slimmer version of the iPhone that is likely to be launched by 2025, the Information report...
May 17, 2024
Entertainment
Director Paul Schrader knew from start that 'New Hollywood' would change cinema
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Director Paul Schrader said on Saturday that he knew back in the late 1960s that he and contempora...
May 18, 2024
TV companies flaunt ad tech and AI to persuade advertisers to spend
By Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television "upfront" advertiser presentations this week in New York City w...
May 17, 2024
Judge to rule on Alec Baldwin bid to avoid 'Rust' trial
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge was expected to rule on Friday whether to throw out the involuntary manslaughter...
May 17, 2024
After decades, Francis Ford Coppola's opus 'Megalopolis' finally debuts at Cannes
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola closed a decades-in-the-making chapter of his lo...
May 16, 2024
Concord terminates $1.51 billion offer for Hipgnosis
(Reuters) -Apollo-backed Concord terminated its proposed $1.51 billion offer for Hipgnosis Songs Fund on Thursday, according ...
May 16, 2024