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Shooting at Taft Homes leaves 2 wounded, both talking to police
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two shooting victims are reportedly cooperating closely with Peoria Police investigators following a shooting reported at Taft Homes Thursday afternoon. Peoria Police Public Informatio...
Jun 02, 2022 Midwest Communications
Illinois releasing info on state's first "probable" case of monkeypox
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois state Public Health officials have released details about the states first "probable" case of monkeypox, an illness that has baffled some scientists for its rather unexpe...
Jun 02, 2022 Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Biden says 'Enough!' on gun violence, urges Congress to act
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Declaring "Enough, enough!" U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday urged Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other sensible gun control measures...
Jun 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the 154th National Memorial Day Wreath-Laying and Observance ceremony to honor America's fallen, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, U.S., May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
UPDATE: Peoria Sheriff's detectives investigate death at Caterpillar Foundry in Mapleton
UPDATED: Fri., June 3 12:43 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- An investigation continues into the death of a Caterpillar employee at the Mapleton foundry. Caterpillar has passed along condolences from company lead...
Jun 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar Inc. equipment is on display for sale at a retail site in San Diego, California, U.S., March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Leak of highly volatile grain dust to blame for BioUrja blast
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's been revealed and confirmed that a leak is what triggered an explosion on May 11 at the BioUrja Renewables plant in Peoria. The updated information comes from Interim Peoria Fire ...
Jun 02, 2022 Peoria Fire Department via Facebook
Update: Oklahoma gunman who killed four targeted surgeon who treated him, police say
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) -Tulsa police said on Thursday that a gunman, who killed four people at a medical building in the Oklahoma city, went to the facility to kill a doctor he blamed for the pain he ...
Jun 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a shooting at the Saint Francis hospital campus, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 1, 2022. REUTERS/Michael Noble Jr.
U.S. labor market tightening; unemployment rolls smallest since 1969
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week as demand for labor remained strong, helping to underpin the economy amid rising i...
Jun 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Beaming Queen Elizabeth waves to crowds as Platinum Jubilee celebrations begin
LONDON (Reuters) -A beaming Queen Elizabeth waved to cheering crowds massed outside Buckingham Palace on Thursday as Britain kicked off four days of pomp, parties and parades to celebrate her record-b...
Jun 02, 2022 Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, stand on the balcony of the Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour parade in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, in London, Britain June 2, 2022. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. House panel to take up gun bill after Texas school massacre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Thursday will take up a bill aimed at toughening national gun laws following the Texas school shooting that killed 19 young children...
Jun 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People pay their respects at the Robb Elementary School memorial, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting in nearly a decade, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Pekin officers injured in "low-speed" chase
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Police were called to the area of S. 14th Street and Remington Road around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday to assist the Tazewell County Sheriff's Department. A Tazewell County Deputy had att...
Jun 02, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol)
