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US weekly jobless claims fall to 1-month low
Dec 31 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest in a month, but the unemployment rate likely remained high in December...
Dec 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Flu season locally features rising cases of aggressive variant K
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - As the new year begins, health experts say flu season is still in full swing. Dr. William Fletchall, director of Carle Health Methodist's E.R., tells 25 News, they're seeing a...
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US DOJ to review 5.2 million pages of Epstein files, document shows
Dec 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department revealed it has 5.2 million pages of Epstein files left to review and needs 400 lawyers from four different department offices to help with the process t...
Dec 31, 2025 Newly-released documents from disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, referencing court cases against him, are seen in this handout released by the U.S. Justice Department and printed and arranged for a photograph by Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Exclusive-Drugmakers raise US prices on 350 medicines despite pressure from Trump
NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even ...
Dec 31, 2025 U.S. flag and medicines are seen in this illustration taken, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Peoria pastor steps down after being formally charged
PEORIA, Ill. - The lead pastor of Peoria's Riverside Community Church has stepped down after being formally charged with distributing harmful material to a minor. Church elders on Sunday decided 48-ye...
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Court allows Trump-backed cuts to Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding in 22 states
BOSTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to enforce in a collection of Democratic-led states a provision of his signature tax and dome...
Dec 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A Planned Parenthood building is seen in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Trump administration must fund US consumer finance watchdog, judge says
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a claim by President Donald Trump's administration that it is legally barred from securing funding for the U.S. Consumer Financial Pr...
Dec 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The name and logo for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seen scraped off the door of its building in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Two arrested after allegedly fleeing police following downtown Peoria vehicle crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Two men have been arrested on a variety of weapons charges after a downtown Peoria crash early Saturday morning. Peoria Police says the two males allegedly fled the crash at Jefferson a...
Dec 30, 2025
Deer Creek receives state grant for food production facility expansion
DEER CREEK, Ill. - A Tazewell County village is receiving an economic boost from the state. Governor J-B Pritzker announced on Tuesday that Deer Creek is getting $1 million in funding through the Comm...
Dec 30, 2025 (Village of Deer Creek)
Zelenskiy discusses US troop presence in Ukraine with Trump
KYIV, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday Kyiv was discussing with Washington a possible presence of U.S. troops in Ukraine as part of security guarantees, and a...
Dec 30, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens to U.S. President Donald Trump, after Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed willingness to help Ukraine "succeed", during a press conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 28, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
