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U.S. and Mexico fly Haitian migrants away from border as pressure builds on Biden
CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States were on Wednesday preparing to fly more Haitian migrants away from chaotic U.S.-Mexico border camps, as pressure mounted on U.S. President...
Sep 22, 2021 Migrants are separated from others as they are prepared for transport as others await to be processed in a makeshift camp along the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. September 21, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
U.S. House approves bill to suspend debt limit, fund government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday to fund the U.S. government through Dec. 3 and suspend the nation's borrowing limit until the end of 2022, sen...
Sep 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The sun rises behind U.S. Capitol ahead of a weekend "Justice for J6" rally in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Two injured in Peoria shootings
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police confirm a 17-year old male was shot in the 300 block of E. Republic Street Tuesday night. The teen's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. The PPD said he was t...
Sep 22, 2021 (25 News)
Body found in Wyoming identified as missing woman Gabby Petito- FBI
(Reuters) - A body found in a U.S. national park in Wyoming has been identified as Gabby Petito, the young woman who went missing during a road trip with her fiance and that her death was a homicide, ...
Sep 21, 2021 Gabrielle Petito, 22, who was reported missing on September 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
Mayor and Police Chief: recent shootings and other violence "unacceptable"
Peoria's relatively new top cop says the Monday night's fatal shooting, and two other shootings also reported in the night, weren't the only ones that Peoria Police dealt with. "[There were] ten separ...
Sep 21, 2021 25 News via Facebook
Pritzker explains nuclear power plant deal during Peoria visit
PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker was asked during his visit to the McCluggage Bridge Tuesday about the deal Illinois lawmakers recently approved that keeps two Illinois nuclear power plant...
Sep 21, 2021
At U.N., Biden promises 'relentless diplomacy,' defense of democracy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden mapped out a new era of vigorous competition without a new Cold War despite China's ascendance during his first United Nations address on Tuesday, pr...
Sep 21, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
J&J says second shot boosts protection for moderate-severe COVID-19 to 94%
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday a second shot of its COVID-19 vaccine given about two months after the first increased its effectiveness to 94% in the United States against mode...
Sep 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo/File Photo
Bar on Farmington Road damaged by fire
HANNA CITY, Ill. -- Lightning is believed to have started a fire at the Refuel Bar in Hanna City. Logan-Trivoli Fire Chief David Tuttle said Peoria County Sheriff's Deputies, doing routine patrols, we...
Sep 21, 2021 (25 News)
Two injured in Peoria shootings
PEORIA, Ill. -- A second shooting Monday night in Peoria left a woman critically wounded, according to police. Peoria Police Lt. John Briggs said officers were called about 9:20 p.m. to the 2300 block...
Sep 21, 2021 (25 News)
