Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in landmark gun-rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday explored the divisive issue of gun rights, with the justices hearing arguments in a challenge to New York state's limits on carrying concealed...
Nov 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 25, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
EV startup Rivian could be worth nearly as much as Honda in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive Inc, which is backed by Amazon.com Inc, is targeting a valuation of more than $53 billion for its U.S. debut, making the electric vehicle manufacturer potentially almost a...
Nov 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rivian introduces R1T all-electric pickup truck at Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Deere strike set to continue as workers reject second contract
(Reuters) -Deere & Co workers were set to continue their three-week-old strike after they voted to reject a second contract reached between the U.S. tractor maker and the United Auto Workers (UAW)...
Nov 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Deere & Co farm equipment plant in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S. October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Scott Morgan
U.S. to start giving COVID-19 vaccines to young children
(Reuters) - The United States is set to begin giving COVID-19 vaccines to children aged 5 to 11 as soon as Wednesday, with roughly 28 million school-age kids now eligible for the shots that provide pr...
Nov 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
U.S. Senate Democrats return to voting rights with eye on filibuster
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats will try to advance voting rights legislation in the face of overwhelming Republican opposition for a fourth time on Wednesday, amid pressure to break the ...
Nov 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Voting rights activists rally at the Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon following a three-day, 70-mile “Freedom to Vote Relay” from West Virginia, in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Shuran Huang/File Photo
Republicans capture Virginia governorship, dealing setback to Biden
FAIRFAX, Va. (Reuters) - Republicans won the Virginia governor's election and were within striking distance in New Jersey on Wednesday, a warning that President Joe Biden's Democrats are in trouble he...
Nov 03, 2021 Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin speaks during his election night party at a hotel in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S., November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
City Council grants "moratorium" on short-term rental property violations
PEORIA, Ill. - Properties in Peoria that have been operating as short-term rentals without a special use permit, and those having been handed other sanctions in the recent past, are temporarily safe. ...
Nov 02, 2021 City of Peoria via YouTube
Pritzker gets COVID-19 booster, talks vaccine mandates
CHICAGO, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker says he just doesn't understand what the big deal is about vaccine mandates, especially when it may come to those that may come down the line for children. Pritzke...
Nov 02, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
U.S. CDC advisers recommend COVID-19 vaccine for young children
(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday unanimously supported broad use of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11, with sh...
Nov 02, 2021 A medical worker prepares a dose of the "Comirnaty" Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in a vaccination center in Nantes, France, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/Files
Former Pekin Fire Captain charged with sex crime
PEKIN, Ill. - A retired captain in the Pekin Fire Department is now under arrest on felony sex charges. Our news partner 25 News reports Jamie Evans is being held in the Tazewell County Jail on a char...
Nov 02, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Sheriffs Dept. via 25 News
