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U.S. targets Russia's central bank in latest sanctions action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday blocked Americans from engaging in any transactions involving Russia's central bank, National Wealth Fund and finance ministry in further punishment o...
Feb 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the United States Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. halts operations at embassy in Belarus, OKs evacuation from U.S. embassy in Moscow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Operations at the U.S. embassy in Minsk have been suspended and non-emergency employees and family members are authorized to voluntarily depart the U.S. embassy in Moscow, Secre...
Feb 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 22, 2022. Carolyn Kaster/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria home catches fire again
PEORIA, Ill. -- A vacant home went up in flames for a second time. Peoria firefighters were called just before 11 p.m. Sunday to the area of S. Charles and W. Hayes, finding smoke coming from the one-...
Feb 28, 2022 Midwest Communications
Wardle, Snell reflect on Dick Versace
PEORIA, Ill. - One of the first people Bradly University men's basketball coach Brian Wardle heard from when he got the job in 2015, was legendary Braves coach Dick Versace. "He loved his years in Peo...
Feb 27, 2022 Bradley University
Update: Victim of Bartonville crash identified
UPDATE 4:20 a.m. (2/28) -- The Peoria County Coroner has identified a 15-year-old girl killed in car crash early Sunday morning as Mia Dusek of Bartonville. Just after midnight, Sheriff's deputies and...
Feb 27, 2022 Midwest Communications
Russia's Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert
UPDATED 9:30 A.M. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military command to put Russia's deterrence forces - a reference to units which include nuclear arms - on high alert, ...
Feb 27, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks about putting nuclear deterrence forces on high alert, in this still image obtained from a video, in Moscow, Russia, February 27, 2022. Russian Pool/Reuters TV via REUTERS
Ukraine lodges case against Russia at world court - Zelensky
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Ukraine has filed a suit against Russia at the highest U.N. court in The Hague for disputes between states, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. It was unclear on precise...
Feb 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: General view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Face masks go from 'universal' to 'recommended' in Peoria Public Schools
PEORIA, Ill. - It might be the sort of reprieve parents in Peoria Public Schools wanted after recently threatening their own lawsuit over the district's universal mask mandate. District 150 Superinten...
Feb 27, 2022 (1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Legendary former Bradley men's BBall coach Versace, dead at 81
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's sad news for longtime Bradley Braves men's basketball fans in Peoria. The University has confirmed the death of legendary former head coach Dick Versace. The news began spreading ...
Feb 26, 2022 Bradley University
U.S. eases COVID indoor mask guidelines for most of country
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday dramatically eased its COVID-19 guidelines for masks, including in schools, a move that means 72% of the population resi...
Feb 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
