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U.S. producer prices increase strongly in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased solidly in May amid a surge in the cost of energy products, suggesting inflation could remain elevated for a while. The producer price index for f...
Jun 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A customer shops at a deli in Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Illinois increases investment in Early Childhood programs
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is touting new investments in Early Childhood programs. The governor said on Monday that the changes will help provide affordable childcare to working famil...
Jun 14, 2022 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / CC
Takeaways from second day of Trump Jan. 6 hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top advisers to then-President Donald Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were unfounded and would not reverse his election loss, but he refused to liste...
Jun 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Vice Chair U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) participate in the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Yellowstone closed for first time in 34 years amid flooding, mudslides
CODY, Wyo. (Reuters) -Record flooding and rockslides unleashed by an unprecedented burst of heavy rains prompted the rare closure on Monday of all five entrances to Yellowstone National Park at the st...
Jun 14, 2022 High water levels in the Gardner River erode Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance Road, where the park was closed due to heavy flooding, rockslides, extremely hazardous conditions near Gardiner, Montana, U.S. June 13, 2022. National Park Service/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria has cooling centers open to everyone
PEORIA, Ill. -- With temperatures in upper 80s and 90s into next week, the City of Peoria is reminding residents that there are cooling centers available. The lobby of the Peoria Police Department, at...
Jun 13, 2022 Bev Sykes / CC
U.S. attorney general calls Senate gun legislation 'meaningful progress'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday endorsed a bipartisan Senate gun-safety proposal as "meaningful progress" as he announced new gun-trafficking charges in an effor...
Jun 13, 2022 United States Attorney General Merrick Garland is joined by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham and Jeff Boshek, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF’s Dallas Field Division, during a press conference announcing a significant firearms trafficking enforcement action and ongoing efforts to protect communities from violent crime and gun violence at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Critically injured motorcyclist dies at OSF despite 'aggressive' care and treatment
PEORIA, Ill. -- An Illinois crash victim reportedly died after being flown by emergency helicopter to OSF Healthcare in Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is releasing details today in the de...
Jun 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritzker applauds bi-partisan gun deal in U.S. Senate
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says he applauds the bi-partisan Senate gun safety deal in Washington, but that more could be done. He says Illinois has tighter gun safety measure...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Governor of Illinois Jay Robert Pritzker speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Weekend rollover crash outside Dunlap sends one to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- A weekend rollover crash in Peoria County resulted in one person being sent to the hospital with likely minor injuries. A crash report from the Peoria County Sheriff's Office says a de...
Jun 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Trump advisers say they told him election fraud claims were illegitimate
WASHINGTON(Reuters) -Top advisers to then-President Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were not legitimate and would not reverse his election loss, according to video testimon...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to boost Ohio Republican candidates ahead of their May 3 primary election, at the county fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, U.S. April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo
