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Record number of Americans missed work due to illness in January
(Reuters) - A record number of people, totaling more than 3.6 million, were unable to work due to illness during the week that officials gathered data for the benchmark U.S. monthly employment report,...
Feb 04, 2022 Feb 3, 2022; Boulder, Colorado, USA; General view of a guest relations personal holding a Covid-19 facial mask required sign during the first half against the Oregon Ducks at the CU Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Residential streets cleared; trash and recycling pick up resumes in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - All of Peoria's residential areas have been cleared of snow as of Friday morning. Peoria Snow Fighters will now focus on clearing the downtown area...moving into the alleys. On a relate...
Feb 04, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley)
One of Ahmaud Arbery's killers due in U.S. court for hate-crime plea hearing
ATLANTA (Reuters) - One of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man chased down and shot while jogging, was due back in court on Friday after a U.S. district judge rejected hi...
Feb 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO:Travis McMichael, left, speaks with his attorney Bob Rubin, right, during the sentencing of his and his father Greg McMichael and neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in the Glynn County Courthouse, Brunswick, Ga. U.S., Friday, January 7, 2022. Stephen B. Morton/Pool via REUTERS
Spirit of Peoria's future here is uncertain
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Spirit of Peoria riverboat might be sold, then paddle away to another river town. The issue is being discussed on social media, but the riverboat's owner Alex Grieves has not confi...
Feb 04, 2022 (25 News)
Biden pushes for police funding, more social workers with New York City mayor Adams
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called for greater investments in local police departments alongside social services in a visit to New York City aimed at projecting a united f...
Feb 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at an event to reignite the 'Cancer Moonshot' initiative with a goal to reduce cancer death by 50 percent over the next 25 years, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Cheriss May
Weather blamed for canopy collapse at gas station
GERMANTOWN HILLS, Ill. - The roads aren't the only places where accidents have happened during the mostly-over winter storm. Our news partner 25 News reports the canopy over the gas pumps at a gas sta...
Feb 03, 2022 25 News
PPS announces eLearning day for Friday as "concerns about travel" remain
PEORIA, Ill. -- Things won't return to normal for Peoria students just yet, as local school district leaders have announced another day of remote learning. Peoria Public Schools announced late Thursda...
Feb 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
Bond set in child murder case
PEORIA, Ill. - Bond has been set at $1 million in the case of a Peoria man accused of causing a child to die on Tuesday. Court records indicate Shamari Williams, 25, faces two counts of First Degree M...
Feb 03, 2022 Peoria County Jail
Local Republican lawmakers react to Governor's State of the State speech
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Local Republican lawmakers say they were unimpressed with what Governor JB Pritzker had to say in his State of the State and budget address Wednesday. Pritzker proposed making more...
Feb 03, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
U.S. says Islamic State leader killed in Syria raid
UPDATED: 2:32 p.m. AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leader of Islamic State died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, d...
Feb 03, 2022 Debris and rubble are seen in the aftermath of a counter-terrorism mission conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Forces in Atmeh, Syria, February 3, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Mohamed Al-Daher/via REUTERS
