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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
High winds cause power outages across central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. -- High winds late Wednesday night left thousands without power in the Peoria area. Ameren Illinois reported roughly 3,000 customers in the Peoria area were in the dark at the peak of the...
Dec 16, 2021 Photo: Ameren
Update: Driver charged in head-on crash on I-74
PEORIA, Ill. -- A head-on collision on I-74 early Thursday morning left one person seriously injured in Peoria. Illinois State Police say around 1 a.m., a westbound semi-truck collided with a pickup g...
Dec 16, 2021 (25 News)
Man charged with Attempted Murder for Tuesday shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a man is now in custody for a shooting Tuesday on the city's south side. Police say James Harris, 29, faces charges of Attempted First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Batter...
Dec 15, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
Peoria man faces federal charges for Bloomington gun store burglary
PEORIA, Ill. - The feds say a Peoria man faces charges for allegedly breaking in to to a gun shop in Bloomington earlier this week. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Dajuan Edwards-Melton, 20, faces cha...
Dec 15, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Peoria City Council: no to more 4:00 a.m. bars in Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. - If another bar or club were to open up in Peoria's Warehouse District, it won't get a liquor license allowing them to close as late as 4:00 a.m. The Peoria City Council Tuesday voted ni...
Dec 15, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Putin and Xi cement partnership in face of Western pressure
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and China should stand firm in rejecting Western interference and defending each other's security interests, presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping agreed in a video call o...
Dec 15, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at his residence outside Moscow, Russia December 15, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. Senate passes $770 billion defense bill, Biden's signature next
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday for a version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, that authorizes $770 billion in defense spending - $25 billio...
Dec 15, 2021 A security camera can be seen near the U.S. Capitol building as the sun sets in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Files
