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U.S. to make 400 million N95 masks available for free to fight COVID-19 pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will make 400 million non-surgical N95 masks from its strategic national stockpile available for free to the public starting next week, a White House officia...
Jan 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A workers inspects an N95 respirator during manufacturing at Protective Health Gear (PHG) in Paterson, New Jersey, U.S., January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
KN95 masks being distributed at ISU
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Illinois State University on Tuesday started distributing KN95 masks on campus, aiming to slow the spread of the Omicron variant as students return for the spring semester. In a s...
Jan 19, 2022 2C2K Photography / CC
NY AG seeks testimony from Trump, his children over financial dealings
(Reuters) - New York Attorney General Letitia James said late on Tuesday that former U.S. President Donald J. Trump's family organization used "fraudulent or misleading" asset valuations to obtain eco...
Jan 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, U.S., June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Giuliani and other pro-Trump lawyers hit with subpoenas over Jan 6 attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol issued subpoenas on Tuesday to three lawyers who joined former President Donald Trump's uns...
Jan 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks about the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, during an appearance on the John Catsimatidis radio show in New York City, New York, U.S., September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Slipknot coming to Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The next big act to be announced as coming to the Peoria Civic Center is hard rock group Slipknot. The group, as part of the "Knotfest Roadshow 2022," will be at the Civic Center Thursd...
Jan 18, 2022 Factor Metal / CC
Democrats set voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's Democrats took their push to protect U.S. voting rights to the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, where legislation is roundly expected to fail in the face of ...
Jan 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks with the media following Senate Democratic lunch to discuss the party's push to enact voting rights legislation and possible changes to Senate rules, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UnityPoint Health hosting career fair amid health care staffing shortages
(Undated) -- Amid a growing shortage of qualified health care workers, UnityPoint Health is planning to host a job fair later this month for anyone interested in joining their ranks of nurses, technic...
Jan 18, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond, File
U.S. website to order free COVID-19 tests up and running
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's new COVIDTests.gov website, set up for American households to order four free COVID-19 tests amid the Omicron variant surge, is up and running ahead of its...
Jan 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Take-home COVID-19 self testing kits provided by the District of Columbia government, which provides city residents four free take home tests per day, are seen in this illustration taken January 11, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
State Farm hiring 'thousands' in Central IL, throughout country
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington-based insurance giant State Farm says it's hiring thousands of people for jobs in Central Illinois and all over the country. State Farm, says they had a "record breakin...
Jan 18, 2022 (State Farm)
Peoria Airport Director: Concerns with airlines valid about 5G rollout
PEORIA, Ill. - There probably won't be any direct problems at Peoria International Airport when and if cellular phone companies move forward with their 5G technology upgrade. But Executive Director Ge...
Jan 18, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
