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U.S. weekly jobless claims unchanged; consumer spending rises in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held below pre-pandemic levels last week, while consumer spending increased solidly, putting the economy on t...
Dec 23, 2021 A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Dream Center Peoria flooded; residents evacuated
PEORIA, Ill. -- Over 100 people, many of them children, were forced to evacuate Dream Center Peoria Wednesday due to flooding. Sprinklers were accidentally set off, flooding several parts of the build...
Dec 23, 2021 (dreamcenterpeoria.org)
U.S. Supreme Court to take up Biden vaccine mandate cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up disputes over the Biden administration's nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandate for large businesses and a separate ...
Dec 23, 2021 A Los Angeles County Department of Public Health worker administers a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up clinic at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, California, U.S. December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Peoria home damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A house went up in flames Wednesday afternoon in Peoria. Firefighters were called just after 4 p.m. to the 600 block of Vine Street. They found heavy smoke coming from the first and se...
Dec 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
PPD: Arrest made in July homicide
PEORIA, Ill. -- A 20-year-old man is under arrest for a fatal shooting in Peoria that happened in July. 19-year-old De'Monyae Zaire Phelps, of Peoria, was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a v...
Dec 23, 2021 (Peoria County Jail)
Juvenile victim listed in stable condition after downtown Peoria shooting
Peoria, Ill -- A juvenile has suffered non-life threatening injuries in a shooting reported late Wednesday near downtown Peoria. Peoria Police Public Information Officer Semone Roth says officers got ...
Dec 22, 2021 Midwest Communications
Tazewell County 'salt dome' to be replaced following severe weather outbreak
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A building damaged in the recent tornado outbreak that claimed lives in other parts of Illinois is getting rebuilt. Our news partner 25 News reports the salt storage facility a...
Dec 22, 2021 25 News
AAA: More people will travel for Christmas, but Omicron may impact projections
AURORA, Ill. - AAA is anticipating more people traveling for the Christmas holiday than last year. The auto club projects 109,000,000 Americans traveling for the Christmas holiday, and 5,500,000 Illin...
Dec 22, 2021 AAA
U.S. authorizes Pfizer oral COVID-19 treatment, first for at-home use
(Reuters) -The U.S. on Wednesday authorized Pfizer Inc's antiviral COVID-19 pill for at-risk people aged 12 and above, making it the first oral treatment and which can be taken at home, providing a po...
Dec 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Paxlovid, a Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill, is seen manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS
Christmas supply-chain crisis has been averted, Biden and FedEx CEO declare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said U.S. actions to eliminate supply-chain snarls have staved off a pre-Christmas crisis, ahead of a meeting with U.S. officials and private-sector companie...
Dec 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after late-night passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair the nation's airports, roads and bridges, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
