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Harris urges Congress to act on gun control legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has not ruled out taking executive action to tackle gun violence, but Congress should pass gun control legislation for a more lasting impact, U.S. Vice ...
Mar 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters prior to holding a 'Help is Here' tour event to tout the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act legislation, as she arrives at Jacksonville International Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Republicans plan Senate floor 'fireworks' over surge at U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans plan to take their opposition to President Joe Biden's border policies to the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday, attempting to move legislation that promises to tie up ...
Mar 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Migrants cross the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/
'Touch of Class' actor George Segal dies at age 87
(Reuters) -George Segal, the Oscar-nominated actor who sparred with Richard Burton in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," romanced Glenda Jackson in "A Touch of Class" and won laughs in the TV sitcom "T...
Mar 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Actor George Segal touches his star after it was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California U.S., February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
East Peoria fire closes part of Springfield Road
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- A portion of East Peoria's Springfield Road was blocked Wednesday morning due to a fire. The fire was reported shortly before 7:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of Springfield Road at Fi...
Mar 24, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Rivermen hockey returns in next fall
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Rivermen have announced that full season tickets for the 2021-22 SPHL season are now on sale. The Rivermen look forward to returning to Carver Arena in the fall in what will...
Mar 24, 2021
Bradley University surprises PPS students with scholarships
PEORIA, Ill. -- Eight Peoria Public Schools students were surprised on Tuesday with a free ride to Bradley University next year through the Hometown Scholars program. The program was first announced i...
Mar 24, 2021 (Courtesy of Bradley University)
Colorado shooting rampage investigation yet to uncover motive
(Reuters) - Police were searching for clues on Wednesday into what led a 21-year-old man described as paranoid and angry to open fire at a Colorado supermarket, killing 10 people in the second deadly ...
Mar 24, 2021 Josie Elowsky (C) cries and hugs her friend, Nirbisha Shetsha, at the site of a mass shooting at King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. March 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alyson McClaran
Latest U.S. mass shooting puts pressure on Biden to secure new gun laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The second deadly U.S. mass shooting in a week is putting new pressure on President Joe Biden to deliver on the gun control promises he made as a candidate. A gunman on Monday ki...
Mar 23, 2021 REUTERS/Carlos Barria/
State COVID roundup 3/23: Just under 2,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 1,832 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 13 additional deaths. IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike ...
Mar 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 3/23: Two new Peoria County deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Tuesday reported two additional COVID-19 related deaths in Peoria County, bringing the total to 594 in the tri-county area since the pandemic b...
Mar 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
