Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Pfizer to supply U.S. with 10 million more courses of COVID-19 pills
(Reuters) - The Biden administration doubled its order for Pfizer Inc's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment, the company and the White House said on Tuesday, providing the government a total of 20 milli...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Paxlovid, a Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill, is seen manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS
Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said on Friday citing northern fleet. ...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Illinois legislature trimming session days in January thanks to COVID-19
(Undated) -- The Illinois state legislature will have less time to work with when it comes to law-making in the New Year. State lawmakers are scaling back legislative session dates in January due to t...
Dec 31, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Peoria woman charged for hitting, seriously injuring East Peoria police officer
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 29-year-old Peoria woman is now charged with Aggravated Driving Under the Influence in connection with the wreck that left an East Peoria Police officer seriously injured this week. ...
Dec 31, 2021 2013 Peoria County Jail Photo
Wind-driven Colorado grass fire destroys hundreds of homes, displaces thousands
DENVER (Reuters) -A fierce, wind-driven wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes, injured at least a half dozen people and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in and around two towns...
Dec 31, 2021 Structures burn, including an Element Hotel, as a wind-driven wildfire forced evacuation of the Superior suburb of Boulder, Colorado, U.S. December 30, 2021. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
One day, three Illinois officers shot, two killed, one wounded
(Undated) -- A manhunt continues in the wake of a deadly officer-involved shooting in Illinois. One police officer is dead and another is critically injured following the shooting late Wednesday. Acco...
Dec 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. jobless claims drop, showing no Omicron hit yet
(Reuters) - New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits fell in the week leading up to Christmas and benefits rolls slid to their lowest level of the coronavirus pandemic era the week earlier, the Labor...
Dec 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
New J&J booster shot clinical trial may challenge CDC's conerns
(Undated) -- Newly released clinical trial results may challenge some of the concerns raised about the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 booster shot. It finds tens of thousands of patients in South Africa...
Dec 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A patient receives their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Winter Storm watch in effect for New Year's weekend in Peoria
Peoria, Ill -- Central Illinois will ring in the New Year while bracing for the region's first significant winter storm. The National Weather Service has posted a winter storm watch throughout Saturda...
Dec 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
East Peoria police officer injured in I-74 crash that shut down traffic for hours
Peoria, Ill -- A local police officer is being treated for injuries sustained in a crash that slowed traffic on I-74 last (Wednesday) night. It happened around 9:45 p.m. at milepost 95 in East Peoria....
Dec 30, 2021
