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U.S. Senate fails to advance debt ceiling, government funding measure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A sharply divided U.S. Senate failed on Monday to advance a measure to suspend the federal debt ceiling and avoid a partial government shutdown, as Republican lawmakers denied th...
Sep 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Coroner: Peoria man died after shooting in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. - The McLean County Coroner says a Peoria man died last week following a shooting several days earlier outside a Normal apartment complex. The coroner and Normal Police tell our news part...
Sep 27, 2021 Midwest Communications
R. Kelly is found guilty in sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century to lu...
Sep 27, 2021 R. Kelly sits with his lawyers Calvin Scholar and Thomas Farinella as the jury deliberate in Kelly's sex abuse trial at Brooklyn's Federal District Court in a courtroom sketch in New York, U.S., September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Bustos: Thursday deadline for villages owed COVID relief money
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says several Central Illinois communities still haven't gotten the money they're owed from the government to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Bustos sa...
Sep 27, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. President Reagan's shooter John Hinckley wins unconditional release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday said he would grant "unconditional release" to John Hinckley, who wounded former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassinati...
Sep 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. November 19, 2003. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/File Photo
Biden gets COVID-19 booster shot as additional doses roll out
UPDATED 12:50 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden rolled up his shirt sleeve for a COVID-19 vaccine booster inoculation on Monday, hoping to provide a powerful example for Americans on...
Sep 27, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden receives his coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
About 100 U.S. citizens, permanent residents still waiting to leave Afghanistan -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is aware of about 100 American citizens and legal permanent residents (LPRs) who remain in Afghanistan and are ready to leave the country, a senior State Depart...
Sep 27, 2021 U.S. Air Force planes, which were used to evacuate people from Afghanistan, are seen at Al Udeid airbase in Doha, Qatar, September 4, 2021. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
Pekin Hospital receiving a multi-phased facelift
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Hospital is undergoing a more than $1.8 million facelift thanks to the Pekin Memorial Foundation. In August, the Foundation's board approved funding for exterior repairs and impro...
Sep 27, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Pfizer begins study of oral drug for prevention of COVID-19
(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc said on Monday it has started a mid-to-late-stage study testing its investigational oral antiviral drug for the prevention of COVID-19 infection among those who have been exposed...
Sep 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Pfizer logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Pelosi sets Thursday vote on infrastructure, eyes smaller social spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday set a vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for Thursday and voiced confidence it would pass. Debate...
Sep 27, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
