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Hawaii governor urges visitors to stay away amid COVID surge
(Reuters) - Hawaii Governor David Ige urged residents and visitors to restrict travel to the U.S. state to essential business activities amid a surge in cases of COVID-19 in the islands. The governor ...
Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A surfboard concession stand is closed on Waikiki Beach due to the business downturn caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Garcia
Facing divisions, U.S. House Democrats postpone vote on $3.5 trln Biden plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives early Tuesday postponed a vote to advance President Joe Biden's ambitious plan to expand social programs, as liberals and centrists...
Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) answers questions from reporters during her weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Gabrielle Crockett/File Photo
Accident on Route 29 injures 4
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- All lanes of Route 29 were shut down at the intersection of Washington St. in Rome after an accident Monday afternoon around 3 p.m. According to the Peoria County Sheriff's Offi...
Aug 23, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Man found dead in Three Sisters Park; no foul play suspected
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. -- A man was found unresponsive and not breathing in Three Sisters Park Sunday just after 5:30 p.m. by the Chillicothe Police Department and Peoria County Sheriff's Department. The m...
Aug 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Peoria woman found dead ID'd; person of interest arrested
UPDATE - 2:30 p.m. 8/23/21 Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the woman found dead as 37-year-old Ashley Tankersley, of South Madison Park, Peoria. The autopsy demonstrated she suffere...
Aug 23, 2021 Peoria County Sheriff's Office
Overturned semi closes I-474 ramp from Route 29
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A semi-trailer rolled over on the I-474 eastbound on-ramp from Route 29 near Marquette Heights just before noon Monday, closing the ramp down to traffic. According to news p...
Aug 23, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Probe clears police officer who shot woman in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol Police said on Monday an internal investigation has found no wrongdoing by the police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt, a supporter of then-President Donald Trump...
Aug 23, 2021 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
U.S. existing home sales climb for second straight month in July
(Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales increased for the second consecutive month in July as inventories improved moderately, while prices eased from the prior month's record level. Existing home sales ...
Aug 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A "For Sale" sign is posted outside a residential home in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey/File Photo
State Fair head pleased with attendance, despite COVID
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The head of the Illinois State Fair says attendance was good this year, despite the fair getting off to a stormy start, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Kevin Gordon, State Fair ...
Aug 23, 2021 Katherine Johnson / CC
FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE for use in people over the age of 16, in first ...
Aug 23, 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
