Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Democrats hope to dodge 'booby traps' to pass U.S. Senate climate, drugs bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats aim to dodge "booby traps" including COVID and surprises from within their own ranks to pass a $430 billion drugs and climate change bill agreed to by Major...
Jul 31, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks to journalists in the United States Capitol building in Washington, U.S., May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Rivian shares details of severance for laid off employees
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning more this week about plans for layoffs at a large electric car maker in Illinois. Earlier this week, a spokesperson for Rivian, which operates a large manufacturing faci...
Jul 29, 2022 Greg Gjerdingen / CC
UPDATED: Fire off Glen in Peoria
UPDATED: 5:07 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning the very latest since drivers spotted smoke rising above a neighborhood off West Glen Avenue in Peoria Friday morning. Peoria Firefighters say a patro...
Jul 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
Death toll climbs to 16 in Kentucky floods, governor says
UPDATED 1:41 p.m. (Reuters) -The death toll in eastern Kentucky rose to 16 on Friday as floodwaters swept through homes, washed out roads and pushed waterways over their banks, Governor Andy Beshear s...
Jul 29, 2022 Van Jackson checks on his dog, Jack, who was stranded at a church by flood waters along Right Beaver Creek, following a day of heavy rain in in Garrett, Kentucky, U.S. July 28, 2022. Jackson owns an auto parts store in town and said he doesn't have flood insurance to cover his loss. Pat McDonogh/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
U.S. Congressional Republicans, Democrats pause politics to play ball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a rare moment of bipartisanship in a usually bitterly divided Washington, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress competed on Thursday in an annual baseball game despi...
Jul 29, 2022 Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) pitches during the annual Congressional Baseball game at Nationals Park in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Durbin comes down with COVID-19, perhaps slowing Dems Senate spending deal
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today confirmed that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and that he has begun his assigned period of isolation. Durbin said in an emailed st...
Jul 28, 2022 (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
U.S. economy contracts again in second quarter; jobless claims fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy contracted again in the second quarter amid aggressive monetary policy tightening from the Federal Reserve to combat high inflation, which could fan financial m...
Jul 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Cranes and containers are seen at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California February 6, 2015 in this aerial image. REUTERS/Bob Riha Jr/
Biden told China's Xi that U.S. opposes efforts to change Taiwan status quo, White House says
UPDATED 1:38 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden told China's Xi Jinping on Thursday that U.S. policy on Taiwan has not changed and that Washington strongly opposes unilateral efforts to c...
Jul 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the White House in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. says 'substantial offer' on the table for Russia to release detainees Griner, Whelan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has made "a substantial offer" to Russia to release U.S. citizens detained there, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding he would press his...
Jul 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner sits in a cage at a court room prior to a hearing, in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia, July 27, 2022. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS
Biden administration announces $400 million for rural internet access
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration announced on Thursday that it will provide $401 million to provide access to high-speed internet for 31,000 rural residents and businesses i...
Jul 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on expanding high-speed internet access, during a Rose Garden event at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
