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Florida school gunman Cruz to plead guilty to murder, lawyer says
(Reuters) -Nikolas Cruz will plead guilty to murder in the 2018 mass shooting that killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, his lawyer told a judge on...
Oct 15, 2021 Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz looks on before pleading guilty on all four criminal counts stemming from his alleged attack on a Broward County jail guard in November 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. October 15, 2021. Amy Beth Bennett/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. FDA advisers vote in favor of booster for J&J COVID-19 vaccine
UPDATED 1:28 P.M. (Reuters) -Outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted unanimously to recommend regulators authorize a second shot of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 v...
Oct 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial of Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen during a vaccination event hosted by Miami - Dade County and Miami Heat, at FTX Arena in Miami, Florida, U.S., August 5, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
County Board cuts Auditor's office after State's Attorney alleges mismanagement
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County Auditor Jessica Thomas' office staff will be reduced to just the auditor herself after the County Board voted for next fiscal year's budget Thursday night, but not before ...
Oct 15, 2021 Jessica Thomas (WMBD/Peoria County)
Water main repairs shut down West MLK Jr. drive in Peoria
Peoria, Ill (WMBD) -- Water main repairs will frustrate drivers along West Martin Luther King Junior Drive in Peoria and it's not known how long the work will take. On Friday, Illinois American Water ...
Oct 15, 2021 Dagny Mol / CC
British lawmaker murdered in knife attack at meeting in church
LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (Reuters) -A British lawmaker was stabbed to death on Friday in a church by a man who lunged at him at a meeting with voters from his electoral district, knifing him repeatedly. ...
Oct 15, 2021 Police officers are seen at the scene where MP David Amess was stabbed during constituency surgery, in Leigh-on-Sea, Britain October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge
Victim of fatal Peoria house fire identified
UPDATE - Peoria, Ill - The Peoria County coroner has identified the victim of a Thursday morning house fire in Peoria. DeShawn Jones, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire at 903 W. Thrush ...
Oct 15, 2021 (25 News)
Ex-President Bill Clinton recovering from infection in hospital, doctors say
ORANGE, California (Reuters) -U.S. former President Bill Clinton is recovering after two days of treatment for an infection in a California hospital, his doctors said on Thursday. The 75-year-old was ...
Oct 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attends a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network in San Juan, Puerto Rico February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo
Biden signs bill raising U.S. debt limit, averting default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9 trillion, pushing off the deadline for debt default only unt...
Oct 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a virtual coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Summit as part of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from the White House in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2021.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Tri-County COVID-19 update: Health departments will be ready to administer booster shots
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria City/County Health Department says some local residents may be closer to getting booster COVID-19 vaccines. Public Health Administrator Monica Hendrickson says wi...
Oct 14, 2021 Peoria City/County Health Department
U.S. congressional panel probing Capitol riot sets Bannon contempt vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol said it would convene a business meeting on Tuesday to vote on adopting a cont...
Oct 14, 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/File Photo
