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Senate confirms Biden nominee Garland as U.S. attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to confirm Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, as the federal appellate judge won the support ...
Mar 10, 2021 Drew Angerer/Pool via REUTERS
Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill wins final approval in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to one of the largest economic stimulus measures in U.S. history, a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill tha...
Mar 10, 2021 REUTERS/Erin Scott
Update: Wednesday morning fire came from scrap pile
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police and firefighters were called to an area near the Adams St. overpass just after 10 a.m. Wednesday for a fire. Plumes of black smoke could be seen coming from Allied Iron a...
Mar 10, 2021 (IDOT)
U.S. to procure additional 100 million doses of J&J COVID-19 vaccine: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to double its order of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, procuring an additional 100 million doses, a White House official said ...
Mar 10, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial of the Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen at Northwell Health's South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, New York, U.S., March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
CBS News veteran Roger Mudd, who derailed a Kennedy with one question, dead at 93
(Reuters) - Roger Mudd, the longtime CBS News political correspondent who famously helped sink Edward Kennedy's White House ambitions by asking in an interview why the senator wanted to be president, ...
Mar 10, 2021 CBS correspondent Roger Mudd poses in advance of Election Night '74 on October 8, 1974. Picture taken October 8, 1974. CBS Photo Archive/Handout via REUTERS.
Peoria neighborhood evacuated due to gas leak
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday to the 1800 block of N. Bigelow on reports of a gas leak. Ameren crews, that were already on the scene, detected a strong level...
Mar 10, 2021
Peoria Council officially legalizes AirBNB
PEORIA, Ill. -- Nearly nine months after it was first proposed, Peoria City Council on Tuesday night unanimously made it legal for homeowners to use their properties for short-term rentals. Stipulatio...
Mar 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Hanna City barn blaze burns over 4 hours
HANNA CITY, Ill. -- Three barns were completely destroyed during a Tuesday Hanna City fire that took the teamwork of eight fire departments to extinguish. Logan-Trivoli firefighters were first to the ...
Mar 09, 2021 Midwest Communications
Tazewell County recognizes Underground Railroad Coordinators
MORTON, Ill. -- Tazewell County held the first recognition Tuesday of Underground Railroad Coordinators throughout the county, as people gathered to honor the individuals at Hirstein Cemetery. The Und...
Mar 09, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
FBI releases video of suspect who planted pipe bombs at DNC, RNC headquarters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI stepped up its search for a suspect who on Jan. 5 planted explosive devices near the Democratic and Republican committee headquarters in Washington, releasing a new vide...
Mar 09, 2021 FBI/Handout via REUTERS
