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Omicron dampens global New Year celebrations, fewer watch ball drop in Times Square
(Reuters) - The Omicron coronavirus variant dampened New Year festivities around much of the world, with Paris cancelling its fireworks show, London relegating its to television, and New York City sca...
Jan 01, 2022 Fireworks are seen during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 31, 2021. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery
Novavax to submit COVID-19 vaccine EUA request to U.S. FDA next month
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc will submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine next month, further delaying the submission it had expected by the end of this ...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Novavax logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Police chief talks about goals for 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says his department has a number of goals and objectives in the new year, to try and not hit another all-time high of 34 homicides, and to lessen the...
Dec 31, 2021 City of Peoria via YouTube
Biden says he warned Putin of 'heavy price' over Ukraine
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday he told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that a move on Ukraine will draw sanctions and an increased U.S. presence in Europe, where...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks virtually with service members, from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House, during an event with first lady Jill Biden, in Washington, U.S., December 25, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
One arrested, one wanted, for Illinois police officer shooting death
BRADLEY, Ill. - One of two people wanted after a suburban Chicago police officer was killed and another was seriously injured late Wednesday has been caught in Indiana. Multiple broadcast reports indi...
Dec 31, 2021 Bradley, IL Police Department via 25 News
Betty White, working actress into her 90s, dies just shy of her 100th birthday
(Reuters) -- Comedic actress Betty White, who capped a career of more than 80 years by becoming America's geriatric sweetheart after Emmy-winning roles on television sitcoms "The Golden Girls" and "Th...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Cast member Betty White attends the premiere of the 3-D animated film "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" in Los Angeles February 19, 2012. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/File Photo
GoFundMe started for East Peoria officer injured in I-74 crash
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A crowd-funding effort has quickly raised thousands of dollars to support an East Peoria officer's recovery following a crash that left him seriously wounded this week. The GoFundM...
Dec 31, 2021 Illinois State Police
'Miracle' that no loss of life in Colorado urban wildfire - Governor
(Reuters) - Colorado officials said on Friday that it was a "miracle" that no deaths were reported in an unprecedented urban wildfire that moved at breakneck speeds across towns north of Denver, destr...
Dec 31, 2021 Christian Harrison and Deb Harrison react to the the damage of their home in The Enclave after the wildfire in Louisville, Colorado, U.S. December 31, 2021. Michael Madrid/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS.
Two face weapons charges after Peoria traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are releasing some details after two adults were arrested following a traffic stop late Thursday night. Police say it happened around 11:30 p.m. in the 700 block of West M...
Dec 31, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said on Friday citing northern fleet. ...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
