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U.S. Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of police officers will be on duty around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday braced for a rally by supporters of the hundreds of people who breached the building on Jan. 6 tr...
Sep 18, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden admin looks to revive Trump-era order on migrant expulsion
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday moved to revive an order put in place by then-President Donald Trump directing the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a...
Sep 18, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Victim identified in fatal Tazewell County crash
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - More details have been released about Wednesday night's fatal accident in rural Tazewell County. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the victim of the crash a...
Sep 17, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. FDA advisers recommend COVID-19 boosters for older adults after rejecting broad approval
UPDATED 4:07 P.M. (Reuters) -A panel of expert outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted on Friday to recommend COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans 65 and older and thos...
Sep 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Pentagon says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians in 'tragic mistake'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday that a drone strike in Kabul last month killed as many 10 civilians, including seven children, and it apologized for what the Pentagon said it w...
Sep 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, arrives at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this photo taken on August 17, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on August 18, 2021. U.S NAVY/Central Command Public Affairs/Capt.William Urgan/Handout via REUTERS
Plane carrying Afghans, U.S. and European citizens from Kabul arrives in Doha
DUBAI (Reuters) -The third chartered flight bringing civilians from Afghanistan to Qatar since U.S. forces withdrew last month landed on Friday with around 170 passengers on board, including U.S. and ...
Sep 17, 2021 U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS
Disruptions end day early at Peoria High School, arrests made, security measures in place
UPDATED 4:39 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria High School students were let out early Friday after another week has ended with multiple incidents being reported. Spokesperson Thomas Bruch says there were a ...
Sep 17, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
Officials: Few hospitalizations, but growing numbers of COVID-19 cases in kids
PEORIA, Ill. - While cases of COVID-19 in children in the Tri-County area account for a very small number of hospitalizations, they are accounting for a large number of new cases overall. Peoria City/...
Sep 17, 2021 Monica Hendrickson (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gunn: Chamber's vision for growing Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- How can the City of Peoria reach it's full potential? Joshua Gunn, CEO of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce, told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", in order to make progress over the n...
Sep 17, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Illinois residents enrolled in Affordable Care Act insurance doubled during COVID enrollment period, says state
CHICAGO, Ill. - The number of Illinois residents who signed up for health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act was helped greatly, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That's according to the Il...
Sep 17, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
