Category Archives: National
Nashville bombing being called "intentional act"
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) -A motor home parked on a street exploded in downtown Nashville at dawn on Friday, moments after a recorded message emanating from the vehicle warned of a bomb, in what poli...
Dec 26, 2020 Elliott Anderson/Tennessean.com/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS.
Biden receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
NEWARK, Del. (Reuters) -- U.S. President-elect Joe Biden received his first injected dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on live on television on Monday in an effort to boost confidence in its safety ahead o...
Dec 21, 2020 REUTERS/Leah Millis
WHO investigating new, more transmissible coronavirus strain
(Reuters) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it expects to get more detail soon on the potential impact of a new coronavirus strain, as a slew of countries closed their borders to B...
Dec 21, 2020 Midwest Communications
Moderna vaccine approved for emergency use by FDA
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a stagg...
Dec 18, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos's ex-wife, donates $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill -- MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has gifted $5 million to Goodwill of Central Illinois. Over the last four months, Scott has gifted more than $4 bi...
Dec 18, 2020 1470/100.3 WMBD-Mike Sabol
U.S. House passes stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed and sent to the Senate a two-day stopgap extension of existing federal funds to avoid a midnight government shutdown, as negoti...
Dec 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Lennon killer says he deserved death penalty
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The man who killed John Lennon in 1980 says he was seeking glory and deserved the death penalty for a "despicable" act. Mark David Chapman made the comments in response to question...
Dec 08, 2020 AP Photo/Richard Drew
Georgia again certifies election results showing Biden won
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top elections official on Monday recertified the state's election results after a recount requested by President Donald Trump confirmed once again that Democrat Joe Biden won ...
Dec 07, 2020 AP Photo/Lynne Sladky
First major wintry storm of season hits the Northeast
WARREN, Mass. (AP) - The first big wintry storm of the season began dropping what forecasters say could be more than a foot of wet, heavy snow Saturday on parts of the Northeast, making travel treache...
Dec 05, 2020
San Joaquin Valley in California issues stay-home order
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Faced with a dire shortage of hospital beds, California's San Joaquin Valley was placed under a sweeping new lockdown Saturday in an urgent attempt to slow the rapid rise of coron...
Dec 05, 2020 Midwest Communications
