Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. COVID-19 death toll hits 700,000
(Reuters) - The United States surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials roll out booster doses of vaccines to protect the elderly and people wo...
Oct 02, 2021 People visit Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's "In America: Remember", a memorial for Americans who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the national death toll nears 700,000, next to the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Two injured in rollover crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and emergency medical personnel were called just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday to the 2700 block of W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a single-vehicle accident wit...
Oct 02, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
ISP trooper shot and killed on Chicago expressway
CHICAGO -- An Illinois State Police trooper has died after being shot Friday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago's South Side. ISP Police Director Brandan Kelly said 36-year-old Trooper Ge...
Oct 02, 2021 (Illinois State Police)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19, but has no symptoms, according to a court statement that said he would miss Friday's investiture cere...
Oct 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Michael Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Suspect surrenders after standoff, one injured
UPDATE 3:12 P.M. Our news partner 25 News reports Chappell is jailed on $150,000 bond on charges of Home Invasion and Aggravated Battery. --------------- UPDATE 12:53 P.M. Peoria Police have identifie...
Oct 01, 2021 (25 News)
Merck's COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50% in study
(Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc's experimental oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50% the chance of hospitalization or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to in...
Oct 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill called molnupiravir being developed by Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co Inc and obtained by Reuters May 17, 2021. Merck & Co Inc/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATE: Biden administration asks judge to halt strict Texas abortion law
UPDATED 12:18 P.M. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Friday urged a judge to block a near-total ban on abortion imposed by Texas - the strictest such law in the nation - in a key mome...
Oct 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Civic Center hosts regional Esports tournament this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Civic Center will be full of gamers this weekend. Matt Hartke, creator of the Midwest Dota 2 League, told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", the tournament is the culmination o...
Sep 30, 2021 (Peoria Esports Complex)
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise; second quarter GDP revised higher
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased last week for the third straight week, which could raise concerns that the labor market was softeni...
Sep 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
U.S. Congress seeks to ward off government shutdown as Biden agenda at risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic divisions were imperiling President Joe Biden's agenda to invest in infrastructure, expand social services and address climate change as the U.S. Congress simultaneou...
Sep 30, 2021 The U.S. Capitol seen through a skylight window at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
