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US FDA approves Pfizer's nasal spray for migraine
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer Inc's nasal spray for migraine, giving patients access to a potentially fast-acting pain-relief option for headaches. The dru...
Mar 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Pfizer logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/
U.S. deficit grows to $262 billion in February as tax refunds surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a $262 billion budget deficit in February, up 21% from a year earlier, as outlays grew and revenues fell, due largely to higher tax refunds issued as ...
Mar 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration shows U.S. 100-dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Photo
Peoria man arrested for weekend shooting, other charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they have a man in custody allegedly responsible for a shooting earlier this week. Police say after some surveillance Thursday night, investigators took Diondre King, ...
Mar 10, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria Fire Department formalizes recent promotions
PEORIA, Ill. - It's not the first time in recent memory the Peoria Fire Department has hosted a pinning ceremony for promotions. But, this one may stick for awhile. Three Peoria Firefighters have form...
Mar 10, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Yellen defends request for $29 billion increase in IRS enforcement funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday defended a Biden administration budget request for an additional $29.1 billion in IRS enforcement funds as Republicans in Congress...
Mar 10, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a U.S. House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Joe Biden's fiscal year 2024 Budget Request on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US House unanimously backs COVID origins information declassification
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Friday to require Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to declassify information on the origins of COVID-19, inc...
Mar 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/
As you "Spring Forward", check smoke detectors and alarms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The State Fire Marshal's Office is reminding Illinois residents to test, inspect, and replace smoke and CO detectors and alarms as they Spring Forward this weekend. A new state la...
Mar 10, 2023 The EnergySmart Academy
US job growth beats expectations in February; wages rise moderately
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy added jobs at a solid clip in February, likely ensuring that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates for longer, though wage inflation showed signs of coo...
Mar 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A “Help Wanted” sign hangs in restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Lawyers: Rossi stole $100 million from Reditus to fund lavish lifestyle
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- Former business partners accuse former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi of taking $100 million of the company's money to fund his own lavish lifestyle, according to new unsealed c...
Mar 10, 2023 (25 News)
Actor Robert Blake, star of 'Baretta' and 'In Cold Blood,' dead at age 89
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Robert Blake, a child actor from the Depression-era "Our Gang" comedies who won adult stardom playing an undercover cop on the 1970s television series "Baretta" before fame was ...
Mar 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Robert Blake speaks to reporters as he walks to Burbank Courthouse in Burbank, California, U.S. August 29, 2005. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello
