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Minneapolis police chief testifies at Chauvin murder trial about the need for care
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Police officers are trained to treat people with dignity and to provide basic medical care, the Minneapolis police chief testified on Monday at the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ...
Apr 05, 2021 Pool via REUTERS
Local COVID roundup 4/5: Five deaths over Easter weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Monday reported five area deaths due to COVID-19 since last Thursday, the last date the health department reported COVID metrics. Four of the d...
Apr 05, 2021 Midwest Communications
State COVID roundup 4/5: Open eligibility begins in more than 80 counties
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported more than 80 counties in the state have opened COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all residents 16 and older. Peoria, ...
Apr 05, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. Supreme Court brings end to Trump Twitter fight
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to a legal fight over former President Donald Trump's effort to block critics from following his now-frozen Twitter account, deciding the di...
Apr 05, 2021 REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Illustration/File Photo
Minneapolis police chief expected to testify against Chauvin in murder trial over arrest of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo could testify as soon as Monday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for the deadly arrest of George Floyd, where prosecutors say he ...
Apr 05, 2021 REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
State COVID roundup 4/5: almost 2,500 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Health on Sunday reported 2,449 new cases of COVID-19. 14 additional deaths were also reported. The 102,215 doses of vaccine administered were lower tha...
Apr 05, 2021 Midwest Communications
Peoria Park District Police order Sunday visitors leave Glen Oak
PEORIA, Ill. -- A rash of Sunday evening fights led to the Peoria Park District Police's demand all visitors evacuate Glen Oak Park. The order came around 7:00. "My understanding is that the day was m...
Apr 05, 2021 Peoria Park District
India's daily virus cases breach 100,000; mutants, behavior blamed
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India reported a record rise in COVID-19 infections on Monday, becoming the second country after the United States to post more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as politicians sta...
Apr 05, 2021 REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
Reservoir leak leads to evacuations, threatens to flood Tampa Bay
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sunday headed for the site of a defunct phosphate plant south of Tampa, where a leak at a waste water reservoir forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes ...
Apr 04, 2021 A reservoir of an old phosphate plant, the site of a breach which is leaking polluted water into the surrounding area, prompting an evacuation order in Manatee County, is seen in an aerial photograph taken in Piney Point, Florida, U.S. April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Drone Base
State COVID roundup 4/3: test positivity rate slightly up
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Saturday reported 2,839 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 13 additional deaths. In the past 24 hours, laborat...
Apr 03, 2021 Midwest Communications
