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CDC panel votes to recommend mRNA COVID-19 vaccines over J&J's
UPDATED 3:08 P.M. (Reuters) - A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday voted to recommend Americans choose to receive one of the other two authori...
Dec 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
Biden signs bill raising U.S. debt limit into law - White House
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill raising the U.S. debt limit into law, the White House said in a statement, averting what would have been an unprecedented default. The U.S. Co...
Dec 16, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden holds a Cabinet meeting to discuss the implementation of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 12, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released by gang
(Reuters) -The last 12 Canadian and American missionaries from a group kidnapped in October in Haiti have been released, police said on Thursday, ending an ordeal that brought global attention to the ...
Dec 16, 2021 A sign reading "Bible Training Centre, Strive to receive praise from God" is seen at the Christian Aid Ministries compound after the abduction of a U.S.-based group of missionaries, in Titanyen, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 18, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
Teachers union: follow the law regarding potential school violence
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Education Association is urging local school districts to follow the law when it comes to trying to prevent threats against schools before they become violent acts. IE...
Dec 16, 2021 Illinois Education Association
UnityPoint hospital E.R. waits increase amid "surge" in COVID-19 cases
Peoria, Ill -- Critical care beds are now at full capacity at UnityPoint Health facilities in the Peoria area. Doctors and nurses are now forced to treat some critical care patients in the emergency r...
Dec 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria police officer injured in hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Police officer was hospitalized with minor injuries after an apparent hit-and-run in the city's North Valley early Thursday morning. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone R...
Dec 16, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise moderately; unemployment rolls shrinking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, keeping the trend at levels consistent with tightening labor market condition...
Dec 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo
U.S. sends final poverty-busting monthly Child Tax Credit payment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said it distributed more than $16 billion in expanded Child Tax Credit payments on Wednesday in the final month of a COVID-19 pilot program set to e...
Dec 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits CentroNia, a bilingual early childhood education center, to highlight child tax credit programs, in Washington, U.S. June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
From schools to sports, a new wave of COVID-19 disrupts U.S. life
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Universities canceled events, the National Football League reported a record number of cases, and long lines formed at New York City testing clinics as a sharp rise in COVID-19 cas...
Dec 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wait in line to take coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at pop-up testing site in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. records most hurricane-force gusts in a single day
(Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday registered the highest number of hurricane-force gusts on record in a single day, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, days after one of the deadliest to...
Dec 16, 2021 Sparks are seen after a moving truck fell over due to high winds in Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S., December 15, 2021 in this still image obtained from a video. Video recorded December 15, 2021. Nebraska State Patrol/Handout via REUTERS
