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Derek Chauvin expected to change plea to guilty in George Floyd civil rights case
(Reuters) - White former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in a federal court in Minnesota to charges that he violated George Floyd's civil rights durin...
Dec 15, 2021 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens to his mother Carolyn Pawlenty deliver a statement to the judge as he awaits his sentencing for murder in the death of George Floyd during a sentencing hearing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/Files
Omicron estimated at 2.9% of COVID-19 variants ; 800K COVID deaths in U.S.
(Reuters) - The Omicron variant was estimated to be 2.9% of the COVID-19 variants circulating in the United States as of Dec. 11, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
Dec 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man is tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a mobile COVID-19 testing unit, as pedestrians make their way in the sidewalk during the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Juvenile arrested for threat at Bartonville grade school
BARTONVILLE, Ill. -- A juvenile was taken to the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center on Tuesday after Bartonville Police were dispatched to the grade school on reports of a student threatening to ...
Dec 15, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
U.S. House finds ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows in contempt, seeks prosecution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, could face criminal prosecution for refusing to cooperate fully with a probe into the deadly attack on the U.S. Cap...
Dec 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs with White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows from the White House to travel to North Carolina for an election rally, in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
U.S. Congress approves boosting debt limit to $31.4 trillion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Tuesday approved raising the federal government's debt limit by $2.5 trillion, to about $31.4 trillion, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign and ...
Dec 15, 2021 The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/Files
Accused Michigan school shooter appears in virtual court, will stay in adult jail
(Reuters) - The Michigan teenager charged in the deadliest U.S. school shooting of 2021 calmly answered questions via video link on Monday during a hearing in which his lawyers unsuccessfully pleaded ...
Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Jail booking photos taken of Ethan Robert Crumbley, 15, charged with first-degree murder in a high school shooting in Michigan, U.S. December 1, 2021, in a combination photograph with his parents Jennifer Lynn Crumbley and James Robert Crumbley who were taken into custody December 3, 2021. Oakland County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Kroger to remove some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated employees
(Reuters) -Kroger Co will stop some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated employees starting next year, as the supermarket chain pushes more workers to get inoculated amid growing concerns over the sprea...
Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Kroger supermarket chain's headquarters is shown in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Lisa Baertlein/File Photo
U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak suspends vaccine mandate for employees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday it will temporarily suspend a vaccine mandate for employees and now no longer expects to be forced to cut some service in January. ...
Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An Amtrak train is parked at the platform inside New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train hub, which will be closing tracks for repairs causing massive disruptions to commuters in New York City, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Peoria Public Schools looking at modified school year calendar
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools officials say a school testing out a modified school-year calendar is seeing good luck with implementation. Harrison Community Learning Center is the tester, after...
Dec 14, 2021 Peoria Public Schools via YouTube
Shooting victim discovered on Peoria's south side
Peoria, Ill -- We've confirmed there is one person wounded in the wake of a shooting in Peoria, although the investigation is just now getting underway. Police say around 11:30 a.m. officers found a p...
Dec 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
