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U.S. Senate panel may force Afghanistan answers from Biden administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee threatened on Tuesday to subpoena Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other officials if necessary to make them testify t...
Sep 15, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2021. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
Biden administration files motion to block Texas abortion ban
(Reuters) - The Biden administration formally asked a federal judge on Tuesday to block enforcement of a new Texas law that effectively bans almost all abortions in the state under a novel legal desig...
Sep 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center is shown following the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Texas law imposing strict regulations on abortion doctors and facilities in Austin, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman
Peoria Council votes down short-term rentals near Bradley Park
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council Tuesday night shot down requests to convert two properties in the Uplands, near Laura Bradley Park, into Airbnbs, a move that could potentially kill any future ...
Sep 15, 2021 (City of Peoria)
California Governor Newsom defeats Republican recall effort
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday handily beat back a Republican campaign to oust him from office, sending a decisive message that voters in the deeply Democra...
Sep 15, 2021 California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks after the polls close on the recall election, at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, California, U.S., September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
Business suffers significant damage in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's unclear what caused a fire overnight at a Peoria furniture store. Firefighters were called to The Store in the 2500 block of N. Sheridan around 11:30 p.m. on a fire alarm. Crews f...
Sep 15, 2021 (25 News)
Neighbors condemn 'outrageous' N. Korea ballistic missiles test
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, ratcheting up regional tension just days after testing a cruise missile ht...
Sep 15, 2021 People watch a TV broadcasting file footage of a news report on North Korea firing what appeared to be a pair of ballistic missiles off its east coast, in Seoul, South Korea, September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Rivian starts production of electric pick-up in Normal
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc-backed Rivian's first electric pick-up has rolled off the production line, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday. This makes Rivian the first to bring an electric pi...
Sep 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The logo for electric vehicle startup Rivian is seen on the hood of its new R1T all-electric truck in Mill Valley, California, U.S., January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
White House encouraging state, local COVID-19 vaccine mandates
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -The Biden administration is advocating for state and local leaders to enact COVID-19 vaccine mandates, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tues...
Sep 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a media briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
School Districts write op-ed opposing mask mandates
MORTON, Ill. -Eighty different school districts in Illinois, including some in this area, are signing a newspaper op-ed that opposes mask mandates in schools. In the op-ed, the districts are accusing ...
Sep 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pritzker, others want federal reproductive health bill passed
AURORA, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker says the state of Illinois is a "champion of women's reproductive health" -- which is why he says a law was passed two years ago that protects the reproductive righ...
Sep 14, 2021
