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In Thanksgiving tradition, Biden pardons two chatty turkeys
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, wearing his trademark aviator sunglasses, pardoned two turkeys from North Carolina named Chocolate and Chip on Monday, sparing them from Thanksgiving d...
Nov 21, 2022 Chocolate and Chip, the National Thanksgiving Turkeys, stand on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

OSF Exec. says rise in RSV and flu is a "concern" for now
PEORIA, Ill. -- While national leaders with the Children's Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have pleaded for emergency government assistance due to a spike in respiratory di...
Nov 21, 2022 Midwest Communications
UPDATED: Faulty equipment blamed for large Washington boil notice
UPDATED: Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, 2:36 p.m. WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Residents in Washington can be hopeful that a boil water advisory will be lifted in time for traditional meal prep on Thanksgiving Day. A ...
Nov 21, 2022
Colorado Springs shooting suspect allegedly issued bomb threat in 2021
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) -Police in Colorado Springs on Monday were expected to release more details about the weekend shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub that killed five people and injured 25 mo...
Nov 21, 2022 People react after a mass shooting at the Club Q gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., November 20, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Downtown water main break fixed, valve repair continues
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois American Water says the huge water main break that occurred Saturday night in downtown Peoria is now fixed. Officials say the work on the break was completed at Jefferson and H...
Nov 21, 2022 (Rick Hirschmann/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Disney brings back Bob Iger as CEO in bid to boost growth
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Iger is returning to Walt Disney Co as chief executive less than a year after he retired, a surprise comeback that coincides with the entertainment company's attempt to boo...
Nov 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Executive Chairman of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger arrives at the world premiere for the film 'The King's Man' at Leicester Square in London, Britain December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Gas prices see pre-Thanksgiving decline
PEORIA, Ill. - The price of gas is still pretty high, but going in to Thanksgiving, at least it isn't as high as it was last week. The weekly gas price update from GasBuddy.com indicates their Peoria-...
Nov 21, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Report of second major U.S. Supreme Court leak draws calls for probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A New York Times report of a former anti-abortion leader's claim that he was told in advance about the outcome of a major 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case involving contraceptives tr...
Nov 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Update: Largest U.S. rail labor union votes against contract, raising strike possibility
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Workers at the largest U.S. rail union voted against a tentative contract deal reached in September raising the possibility of a strike in the coming weeks that could...
Nov 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of gantry cranes, shipping containers, and freight railway trains ahead of a possible strike if there is no deal with the rail worker unions, at the Union Pacific Los Angeles (UPLA) Intermodal Facility rail yard in Commerce, California, U.S., September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan//File Photo
Rivian employees file complaints of injuries, safety violations in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. -- Rivian workers are accusing their employer of multiple safety violations at the company's Normal manufacturing plant, according to a new report from Bloomberg that details multiple ins...
Nov 21, 2022 Ron Frazier / CC
