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Top House Democrat sees U.S. spending deal framework by end of weekend
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Lawmakers hope to reach a framework agreement this weekend on a huge spending plan that contains many of President Joe Biden's social programs, U.S. House of Representatives Majo...
Oct 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) leaves the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 12, 2021. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shows 90.7% efficacy in trial in children
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine showed 90.7% efficacy against the coronavirus in a clinical trial of five to 11 year olds, the U.S. drug maker said on Friday. Sixteen childre...
Oct 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Area school districts named in lawsuit against COVID mandates
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Twelve Central Illinois school districts are among 145 districts named alongside the State Board of Education, Illinois Department of Public Health and Gov. J.B. Pritzker in a law...
Oct 22, 2021 (25 News)
Alec Baldwin fires prop gun on movie set, killing cinematographer
(Reuters) -Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer and wounded a director when he discharged a prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday, authorities said. Baldwin shot Hal...
Oct 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Actor Alec Baldwin leaves court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
U.S. House holds Trump ally Bannon in contempt, seeks prosecution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon could face criminal prosecution for refusing to cooperate with a probe into the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol after the House ...
Oct 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court, following his arraignment hearing for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Dental records confirm human remains found at Florida wilderness park those of Brian Laundrie - FBI
UPDATED 5:38 P.M. (Reuters) -Human remains found in a Florida wilderness park have been identified through dental records as belonging to Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of murdered woman Gabby Petito, ...
Oct 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Gabrielle Petito, 22, who was reported missing on Sept. 11, 2021 after traveling with her boyfriend around the country in a van and never returned home, poses for a photo with Brian Laundrie in this undated handout photo. North Port/Florida Police/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Tri-County COVID Update: Outbreak at long-term care facility could have been worse; pediatric COVID vaccines ordered
PEORIA, Ill. - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County region continues to average less than 100 per day, but that's counting what officials say is an outbreak at a local long-term...
Oct 21, 2021 (Peoria City/County Health Department)
OSF unveils, blesses new Street Medicine Program shuttle vehicle
PEORIA, Ill. - On the outside, it looks like a typical passenger bus. But on the inside, a former OSF HealthCare passenger bus has been transformed in to a new mobile medical unit. It's for OSF's "Str...
Oct 21, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Bradley men's basketball lands 6th in MVC pre-season poll
Peoria, Ill -- Bradley men's basketball is ranked sixth in a preseason poll going into the Missouri Valley Conference 20-21-22 season. The poll came out late Wednesday. Drake comes in at number one. L...
Oct 21, 2021 Bradley University
Chiropractic clinic raided by FBI
EUREKA, Ill. - Preferred Care Medical Clinic in Eureka is apparently being targeted by the FBI. A spokeswoman for the FBI tells news partner 25 News a "court-authorized law enforcement activity" was c...
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