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Domestic violence, trampoline parks are among new laws in 2022 Illinois Department of Labor raising awareness about
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new labor and safety-related law in Illinois might now include the two "Elevate Trampoline Park" locations in Peoria and East Peoria. One of hundreds of new laws that took effect...
Jan 03, 2022
Peoria Police and Fire stations available as warming centers
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria says police and fire facilities are available to people needing to get warm. City officials say despite normally being closed between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m., the Pol...
Jan 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump subpoenaed in New York probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York's attorney general has subpoenaed two of Donald Trump's adult children, Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump, as part of her civil probe into the former U.S. president's busin...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Kimberly Guilfoyle, White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. look on as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Kenosha Regional Airport in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Two people still missing feared dead after Colorado wildfire
DENVER (Reuters) -Two people were still missing and feared dead after a wildfire roared through two towns in Boulder County, Colorado, and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, authorities said on Sunday. Bou...
Jan 03, 2022 A view shows remains of homes damaged by the Marshall Fire in Louisville, Colorado, U.S. December 31, 2021. REUTERS/Alyson McClaran
Defense Secretary Austin tests positive for COVID-19, symptoms mild
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday with mild symptoms and would attend meetings virtually as he quarantined at home for the next f...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
FDA clears Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the use of a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged between 12 and 15 years, and narrowed the ti...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Brendan Lo (13) receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Northwell Health's Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Jan. 6 committee studying whether it can subpoena U.S. Republican lawmakers
(Reuters) -The congressional committee investigating last year's Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is looking at issuing subpoenas to Republican members of Congress to force their cooperation, the pan...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Fauci warns of danger of hospitalization surge due to large number of COVID cases
(Reuters) -Top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said there was still a danger of a surge in hospitalization due to a large number of coronavirus cases even as early data suggests the Omicr...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Omicron-related disruptions cause over 4,000 flight cancellations to kick off 2022
(Reuters) - Over 4,000 flights were cancelled around the world on Sunday, more than half of them U.S. flights, adding to the toll of holiday week travel disruptions due to adverse weather and the surg...
Jan 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A passenger waits for his flight inside the Terminal 2 at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France near Paris, France, December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
Homicide victims identified, suspect still sought
UPDATED 3:51 p.m. 1/2 PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner's Office has released the identities of two fatal shooting victims from separate incidents barely into the start of the new year, while p...
Jan 02, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria Police
