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Baseball fans scramble after shooting outside Washington Nationals stadium
UPDATE - Fox News Radio reports police say people who were in separate vehicles near the ballpark began firing at each other. There were three victims. One of them, a bystander, suffered non-life thre...
Jul 18, 2021 Solomon Tucker/via REUTERS
Illinois will not mandate masks in schools this fall
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- When it comes to mask requirements in the classroom this fall, Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker has said it's important for individual school districts to set their own policies. The st...
Jul 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden says Facebook, others 'killing people' by carrying COVID misinformation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said social media platforms like Facebook "are killing people" for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platf...
Jul 17, 2021 White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. July 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
City of Peoria asking for public input on COVID-19 funds spending
PEORIA, Ill. -- The City of Peoria is asking residents to give their input on how the city should spend more than $36 million in COVID-19 relief funds. The funds must be obligated by the end of the ye...
Jul 16, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Mask mandate returns to Los Angeles as coronavirus cases rise
(Reuters) -Los Angeles County will reimpose its mask mandate this weekend in the latest sign that public health officials are struggling with an alarming rise in coronavirus cases tied to the highly c...
Jul 16, 2021 REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
"He has the ability to captivate the general public through his play," says Bradley professor on Ohtani
Major League Baseball (MLB) player Shohei Ohtani has taken the league by storm in the 2021 season, leading the league in home runs and ranking third in runs batted in. There is something different, ho...
Jul 16, 2021 Moto "Club4AG" Miwa / CC
U.S. Senate scrambles to finish infrastructure bill ahead of vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate majority leader pressed lawmakers on Thursday to make progress on President Joe Biden's agenda, setting up a vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bil...
Jul 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) faces reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
St. Jude Runners making their way to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The St. Jude Memphis to Peoria Runners are making their way back home. St. Jude Runs co-founder Mike McCoy told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", they'll be back in Peoria around 6:15 p....
Jul 16, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Dalton Kemper
Illinois announces dates for cannabis dispensary license lotteries
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker has announced three upcoming lotteries for marijuana dispensary licenses. One lottery will be held late this month and then two more will be held in Aug...
Jul 16, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Biden sees U.S. child tax credit as 'giant step' to counter poverty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some 35 million American families have received their first monthly payout from the U.S. government in an expanded income-support program that President Joe Biden said on Thursda...
Jul 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden flanked by President of McHenry County College Clint Gabbard and Senator Tammy Duckworth, speaks with a child, as he tours the Children's Learning Center at McHenry County College during a visit to the northwest Chicago suburb Crystal Lake, Illinois, U.S., July 7, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
