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Biden backs top general Milley after reported 'secret' calls with China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind the top U.S. military officer, Mark Milley, a day after a new book said he went around civilian leaders to place secret ...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army General Mark Milley holds a news briefing at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
UPDATE: Morton accident leaves vehicle in flames, one person dead
UPDATED 3:19 P.M. MORTON, Ill. -- Emergency crews found at least one vehicle engulfed in flames on Queenwood Road in Morton Wednesday night due to an accident that is now being described as fatal. The...
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Biden met moderate U.S. Senate Democrats to discuss $3.5 trln spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden was meeting separately with moderate Democratic U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on Wednesday to discuss Democratic-backed domestic spending legis...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks at Mather Airport, California, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
U.S. House panel advances Democrats' plan to raise taxes on the wealthy, corporations
UPDATED 5:28PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Legislation to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations advanced out of a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday to help fund President Joe Biden'...
Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Peoria Police seeking identifying man damaging ATMs
Peoria Police want the public's help identifying a man seen in surveillance photos trying to break into some ATMs. Police say the incident happened early September 5th at the Commerce Bank location, 8...
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Unvaccinated children suffering COVID impact, Americas health agency warns
BRASILIA (Reuters) - As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalizations and even d...
Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A 14-year-old boy gets a dose of the Soberana 02 vaccine during its clinical trials at a hospital amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Havana, Cuba, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo
Gymnasts Biles, Maroney demand justice in botched FBI sex abuse probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney on Wednesday told U.S. lawmakers she feels betrayed by FBI agents, after they failed to investigate former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, des...
Sep 15, 2021 U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is sworn in to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
Pekin Police raising awareness during National Recovery Month
PEKIN, Ill. -- September is National Recovery Month. Pekin Public Information Officer Billie Ingles says residents wanting to get into an addiction recovery program can come to the police station to t...
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U.S. Senate panel may force Afghanistan answers from Biden administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee threatened on Tuesday to subpoena Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other officials if necessary to make them testify t...
Sep 15, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2021. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
Biden administration files motion to block Texas abortion ban
(Reuters) - The Biden administration formally asked a federal judge on Tuesday to block enforcement of a new Texas law that effectively bans almost all abortions in the state under a novel legal desig...
Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center is shown following the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Texas law imposing strict regulations on abortion doctors and facilities in Austin, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman
