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Biden says he'll "work like hell" to pass infrastructure, social spending bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday he was going to "work like hell" to get both an infrastructure bill and a multi-trillion-dollar social spending bill passed through Cong...
Oct 02, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden talks to reporters as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi watches after the president met with Democratic lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol to promote his bipartisan infrastructure bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
U.S. COVID-19 death toll hits 700,000
(Reuters) - The United States surpassed 700,000 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, as officials roll out booster doses of vaccines to protect the elderly and people wo...
Oct 02, 2021 People visit Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's "In America: Remember", a memorial for Americans who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the national death toll nears 700,000, next to the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Two injured in rollover crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters and emergency medical personnel were called just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday to the 2700 block of W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for a single-vehicle accident wit...
Oct 02, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
ISP trooper shot and killed on Chicago expressway
CHICAGO -- An Illinois State Police trooper has died after being shot Friday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago's South Side. ISP Police Director Brandan Kelly said 36-year-old Trooper Ge...
Oct 02, 2021 (Illinois State Police)
Peoria Civic Center COVID-19 testing site will now also have vaccines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - You can now get a COVID-19 vaccine at the same downtown Peoria location you can also get a COVID-19 test. The Illinois Department of Public Health says the Peoria Civic Center park...
Oct 01, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria population drops slightly; redraw of City Council districts needed
PEORIA, Ill. - All in all, officials say the City of Peoria fared well in the 2020 Census, though there are some concerns. City officials say they're waiting on some more data, but the population of t...
Oct 01, 2021 City of Peoria
Fire investigated as intentional
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire officials say they're investigating a morning blaze Friday as intentionally-set. Crews were called to the 2400 block of North Gale just before 7:00 a.m., and immediately saw...
Oct 01, 2021 Peoria Fire Dept. via Facebook
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19, but has no symptoms, according to a court statement that said he would miss Friday's investiture cere...
Oct 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Michael Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Suspect surrenders after standoff, one injured
UPDATE 3:12 P.M. Our news partner 25 News reports Chappell is jailed on $150,000 bond on charges of Home Invasion and Aggravated Battery. --------------- UPDATE 12:53 P.M. Peoria Police have identifie...
Oct 01, 2021 (25 News)
Merck's COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50% in study
(Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc's experimental oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50% the chance of hospitalization or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to in...
Oct 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill called molnupiravir being developed by Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co Inc and obtained by Reuters May 17, 2021. Merck & Co Inc/Handout via REUTERS
