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PPD makes arrest following Tuesday morning homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called just before 4 a.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of NE Jefferson on reports of a man down in the street. "Officers arrived, they did locate a male with obvious trau...
Aug 25, 2021 (25 News)
Biden aims for Aug. 31 Afghanistan pullout as risk of attacks rises
(Reuters) -Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday all foreign evacuations from the country must be completed by Aug. 31, and the White House said U.S. President Joe Biden is aiming to stick ...
Aug 24, 2021 Afghans board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. House advances Biden's multi-trillion-dollar domestic agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to advance key parts of President Joe Biden's agenda, after moderates and progressives reached a compromi...
Aug 24, 2021 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for a House Democratic caucus meeting amidst ongoing negotiations over budget and infrastructure legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Greater Peoria EDC helping 'get back to business'
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council (GPEDC) is out in the community trying to help businesses with new grant money available from the State of Illinois. Illinois launched t...
Aug 24, 2021 Greater Peoria Economic Development Council
Rolling Stones drummer Watts dies at 80
LONDON (Reuters) - Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, widely regarded as one of the coolest men in rock, a jazz enthusiast and snappy dresser during nearly 60 years with the band, has died, his spo...
Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones performs during a concert of their "No Filter" European tour at the new U Arena stadium in Nanterre near Paris, France, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Pritzker: Full approval of Pfizer COVID vaccine should mean more vaccinations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Will the Food and Drug Administration giving full approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine lead to more people getting the shot? Pritzker says he sure hopes so, especially since he ...
Aug 24, 2021 State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service
Biden to stick with Aug. 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has accepted a Pentagon recommendation to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan by an Aug. 31 deadline, an administration official told Reuters on Tuesday. Bide...
Aug 24, 2021 Groups of people wait on tarmac at Kabul's airport, Afghanistan August 23, 2021. SATELLITE IMAGE 2021 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/Handout via REUTERS
State: Peoria Civic Center COVID-19 testing site not reopening
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The COVID-19 testing site at the Peoria Civic Center isn't re-opening after all. The Illinois Department of Public Health tells our news partner 25 News the site -- which was ...
Aug 24, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Taliban say they have not agreed to U.S. pullout deadline extension
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday they wanted all foreign evacuations from the country completed by an Aug. 31 deadline and they would not agree to an extension. The hardlin...
Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An evacuee from Afghanistan walks towards a transportation bus after landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jan K. Valle/Handout via REUTERS
Afghan evacuation on 'war footing' as G7 meets on pullout deadline
(Reuters) - Western troops at Kabul airport worked frantically on Tuesday to evacuate people from Afghanistan before an Aug. 31 deadline as U.S. President Joe Biden faced growing pressure to negotiate...
Aug 24, 2021 Afghans board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
