Author Archives: Julia Bradley
South Side Mission prepping Christmas dinner for 2,400
PEORIA, Ill. -- The week leading up to Christmas is busy for everyone. But, at Peoria's South Side Mission, they're getting ready to feed over 2,400 people at the end of the week. The Mission's Rich D...
Dec 20, 2021 (South Side Mission)
Moderna says booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appears protective vs. Omicron
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be protective against the fast-spreading Omicron variant in laboratory testing and that the current versio...
Dec 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site n Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Schumer says Senate to vote on Biden plan despite Manchin objections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will move ahead with a vote on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan early next year despite opposition from a key Democratic senator, and will also take ...
Dec 20, 2021 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), with Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), speaks to reporters after the weekly party policy caucus luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files
Analysis: Rising cases, Omicron highlight holes in Biden's COVID strategy, experts say
(Reuters) - Amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, President Joe Biden is drawing criticism from health experts, who are calling for more urgency, ...
Dec 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Senators Warren, Booker test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker said on Sunday they both tested positive for COVID-19 and were experiencing mild symptoms amid a nationwide surge in coronavirus ca...
Dec 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Cory Booker speaks as U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren listens at the first U.S. 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Manchin delivers potential fatal blow to Biden's $1.75 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden's hopes of passing a $1.75 trillion domestic investment bill, said on Sunday he would not support...
Dec 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
U.S. COVID-19 vaccine mandate revived, Supreme Court showdown looms
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday reinstated a nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandate for large businesses, which covers 80 million American workers, prompting opponents to rush to the...
Dec 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A protester gestures at passing traffic as Boeing employees and others line the street to protest the company's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandate, outside the Boeing facility in Everett, Washington, October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
Illinois repeals Parental Notification Act
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Beginning January 1, 2024, Illinois minors will no longer have to have their parents' permission to get an abortion. Gov. J-B Pritzker on Friday signed a bill into law, that repea...
Dec 19, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pfizer says pandemic could extend to 2024, vaccine data for younger children delayed
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Friday forecast that the COVID-19 pandemic would not be behind us until 2024 and said a lower-dose version of its vaccine for 2- to 4-year-olds generated a weaker immune resp...
Dec 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Nurse Christina McCavana prepares the vials of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for use at a pop-up vaccination clinic in the Central Fire Station in Belfast, Northern Ireland, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Biden signals Build Back Better may be delayed until next year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday appeared to acknowledge that his Build Back Better spending bill may not pass Congress in the remaining weeks of this year, saying Democrats ...
Dec 17, 2021 Signs that read "Build Back Better" and "Expand Medicare" are seen as U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) speaks about the Build Back Better package outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
