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COVID-19 causes big Peoria show to be cancelled; will return next year
PEORIA, Ill. - COVID-19 is being blamed for the cancellation of a big annual show that was to be at the Peoria Civic Center next month. The Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau says the Mid-West...
Jan 07, 2022 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Three Georgia men sentenced to life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery murder
(Reuters) -A Georgia judge sentenced Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan to life in prison on Friday for the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man running through their ...
Jan 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives lean against Biden business vaccine policy
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday questioned the legality of President Joe Biden's pandemic-related vaccine-or-testing mandate for large busin...
Jan 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Biden says he does not think coronavirus is here to stay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Friday he did not believe the coronavirus will be a permanent affliction for Americans. "No, I don't think COVID is here to stay," Biden told reporte...
Jan 07, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the December 2021 jobs report during a speech in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria Police mourn passing of retired K9 officer
PEORIA, Ill. - A longtime K9 member of the Peoria Police force has passed away. Peoria Police say on Facebook K9 officer Baron passed away Thursday at the age of ten. Baron was born September 11, 2011...
Jan 07, 2022 Peoria Police via Facebook
Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Academy Award, dies at 94
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in "Lilies of the Field," and inspired a generation during the c...
Jan 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Sidney Poitier arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Winter storm in eastern U.S. shuts schools, cancels flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A winter storm dumped more than a half a foot of snow in parts of the eastern United States on Friday, forcing schools and federal government offices to close and snarling air t...
Jan 07, 2022 Times Square Alliance workers clear snow in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 7, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
U.S. employment growth misses expectations; unemployment rate falls to 3.9%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased less than expected in December amid worker shortages and job gains could remain moderate in the near term as spiraling COVID-19 infections disrupt econ...
Jan 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman waits for a bus next to a "Now Hiring" sign from the United States Postal Service in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo/File Photo
Supreme Court considers whether to halt Biden vaccine mandates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday is set to consider requests by Republican state officials and business groups to block President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for employers with ...
Jan 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
University of Illinois issues booster shot mandate
URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois System is requiring all students, faculty, and staff to get a COVID-19 booster shot when they're eligible to receive it. The university encouraged everyone t...
Jan 07, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
