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U.S. Senate leader Schumer urges federal safety probe into all major freight railroads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday urged the National Transportation Safety Board to launch an investigation into safety practices of all seven major freight...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the news media after attending a closed Senate Democratic Caucus lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US to impose inflation fines on first set of drugs, lowering costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Wednesday it would subject 27 drugs to inflation penalties, a move that will reduce out-of-pocket costs for Medicare recipients by $2 to as much as $3...
Mar 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (not pictured) at Navy Gateway Inns and Suites, in San Diego, California U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Peoria home heavily damaged by fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday to a fire on E. Gift, between Seneca Place and Virginia Avenue. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says they found heavy smoke a...
Mar 15, 2023 (25 News)
Peoria celebrates St. Patrick's Day with parade Friday
PEORIA, Ill. -- The St. Patrick Society of Peoria will hold its annual St. Patrick's Day parade this Friday, March 17, starting at 11 a.m. The parade will start at the intersection of Monroe at Willia...
Mar 15, 2023 (St. Patrick's Society of Peoria Facebook)
City Council approves $20.5 million in bonds for Civic Center upgrades
PEORIA, Ill. - The puck is now on the Peoria Civic Center's side of the ice. The Peoria City Council Tuesday night approved issuing $20.5 million in bonds to help finance projects the Civic Center did...
Mar 15, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Police want help finding vehicle used in October, 2022 homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have some new details on a fatal shooting last October that was believed to be the city's 21st homicide of the year. The shooting on West Seibold claimed the life of Couri...
Mar 15, 2023 (Peoria Police)
Local real estate group urges former school sites to not sit vacant
PEORIA, Ill. - A local real estate organization doesn't want to see vacant lots at former school sites in South Peoria. Demolition is underway for the former McKinley School. Demolition of Harrison Sc...
Mar 14, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US military drone crashes into Black Sea after Russian intercept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted and struck the propeller of a U.S. military MQ-9 "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea, the Pent...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Amari Air Base, Estonia, July 1, 2020. U.S. unmanned aircraft are deployed in Estonia to support NATO's intelligence gathering missions in the Baltics. REUTERS/Janis Laizans/File Photo
U.S. prosecutors probing collapse of Silicon Valley Bank -source
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to a source familiar with the matter, as scrutiny mounts over the firm's sudden collapse and regulators sc...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A security guard stands outside of the entrance of the Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small/File Photo
Lion's share of Biden's COVID relief funds delivered to states, local governments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years after enactment of U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP), the program has delivered over 10.3 million payments to renters in need and aid...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Friday jobs report and the U.S. economy as he delivers remarks at an "American Rescue Plan challenge event" in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
