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Fed hikes rates by 0.75 percentage point, flags slowing economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday to stem a disruptive surge in inflation, and projected a slowing economy...
Jun 15, 2022 The exterior of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Lawmakers react to Caterpillar headquarters move
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local lawmakers are starting to react, a full 24 hours after Caterpillar announced it was moving its headquarters to the state of Texas -- five years after it announced the HQ was l...
Jun 15, 2022 (Caterpillar)
Biden announces new $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a fresh infusion of $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine that sources familiar with the package said included anti-ship rocket systems, ar...
Jun 15, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden returns to the White House in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Man arrested on weapons charge during special anti-violence detail
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says the heatwave isn't stopping his officers from getting violent criminals off the streets. That's evidenced by the latest directed patrol under th...
Jun 15, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
PPD asks for the public's help in finding shooting suspect
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 10 p.m. on Monday, May 30, to the area of N. Wisconsin and N. Maryland Avenues regarding a ShotSpotter alert with 3 rounds fired. Officers were adv...
Jun 15, 2022 (Peoria Police)
Hate-crime charges for Buffalo shooting suspect outline chilling details
UPDATED 4:12 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed federal hate crime charges against a white supremacist accused of killing 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, l...
Jun 15, 2022 Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. FDA advisers overwhelmingly back Moderna COVID vaccine for ages 6-17
(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday unanimously recommended that the agency authorize Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children and teens aged 6 to 17 years of ag...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds a vial of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in West Haven, Connecticut, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
U.S. Congress votes to expand Supreme Court security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives gave final congressional approval on Tuesday to a bill to bolster Supreme Court security in light of threats made against justices ahead of thei...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
U.S. Senate Republican leader backs gun violence bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he was "comfortable" with the framework of a bipartisan gun violence bill unveiled earlier this week and would vote ...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a placard while taking part in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Two police officers and a suspect dead after California shooting
(Reuters) - A shooting in the southern California city of El Monte left two police officers and a suspect dead, authorities said late on Tuesday, adding that the officers were shot in the line of duty...
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