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Oil up, off session highs after Ida; OPEC+ looks to boost output
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil edged higher on Monday, but remained below session highs as Hurricane Ida weakened after forcing shutdowns of U.S. Gulf oil production, and OPEC+ looked set to go ahead with a ...
Aug 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates in front of a drilling rig at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
Biden declares major disaster after Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana
UPDATE 2:15 P.M. (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Louisiana and ordered federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Ida, the White Ho...
Aug 30, 2021 The roof of a building next to Jax Brewery lies on the ground after it was blown off due to strong winds from Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Devika Krishna Kumar
3rd annual BrownFest to be held Saturday in honor of late coach Kevin Brown
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- This Saturday, Sept. 4, the third annual BrownFest will be held at Five Points Washington to benefit KBStrong -- Fighting the Fight, the foundation created in honor of late Washing...
Aug 30, 2021 Photo Courtesy: KBStrong - Fighting the Fight
Illinois' mask mandate now in effect
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Heading to the store? Make sure you bring your mask. Illinois' new indoor mask mandate is now in effect, and includes stores, restaurants, bars, gyms and any other indoor public s...
Aug 30, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
GPEDC putting on Hiring Extravaganza this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- Are you looking for a job? The Greater Peoria Economic Development Council is putting on a hiring extravaganza on Wednesday, September 1, including 126 local businesses. The EDC's Kari...
Aug 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
IL General Assembly to return to Springfield for special session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House and Senate will return to Springfield on Tuesday, August 31 for a special session focused on redistricting. Lawmakers will discuss potential changes in the legis...
Aug 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. administers 368.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines - CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 368,863,734 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Sunday morning and distributed 440,028,085 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Aug 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Actor Ed Asner, star of "Mary Tyler Moore," "Lou Grant," dies at age 91
(Reuters) - Ed Asner, who played a gruff newsman for laughs and for drama in the classic TV series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff "Lou Grant" in the 1970s and 1980s and was honored with s...
Aug 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Olympics - Former IOC president Rogge dies at 79
(Reuters) - Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, the IOC said on Sunday. Rogge served as the IOC's eighth president from 2001 to 2013 and wen...
Aug 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian
U.S. strikes at Islamic State militants in Kabul as withdrawal nears end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul on Sunday targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle who was aiming to attack the airport, U.S. officials said, as the United States...
Aug 29, 2021 U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Davis Harris/Handout via REUTERS
