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U.S. lawmaker draws up impeachment papers on Trump after mobs storm capital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic congresswoman on Wednesday said she was drawing up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump after mobs broke into the U.S. Capitol following Trump's ur...
Jan 06, 2021 REUTERS/Eric Miller/File Photo
Gov. JB Pritzker calls for impeachment of President Trump
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- After riots broke out in Washington, D.C. Wednesday during the certification of the Electoral College, Gov. JB Pritzker has called on Congress to impeach and remove President Dona...
Jan 06, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Rep. LaHood sounds off on Capitol riots
WASHINGTON -- 18th District Rep. Darin LaHood has released a statement regarding Wednesday's events at the Capitol: This afternoon, I was in the United States Capitol as rioters broke into the buildin...
Jan 06, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
'It's insurrection,' Biden says, as Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With drawn guns and teargas, police sought to clear the U.S. Capitol building of hundreds of protesters who stormed the building and sought to force Congress to undo President Do...
Jan 06, 2021 REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Democrats win control of U.S. Senate as they take second race in Georgia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Wednesday completed a sweep of the two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in runoff elections in the state of Georgia, giving the party control of the chamber and boost...
Jan 06, 2021 Jon Ossoff for Senate/Handout via REUTERS
Local COVID roundup 1/6: Still meeting all criteria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department Wednesday reported 212 new cases of COVID-19 throughout the tri-county of Peoria, Woodford and Tazewell. In addition, six deaths were also repo...
Jan 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
Pro-Trump protesters swarm Capitol amid challenge to his election loss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Protesters supporting Donald Trump swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, putting it on lockdown, as Vice President Mike Pence rebuffed the president's demand to overturn his los...
Jan 06, 2021 REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Despite Trump pressure, Pence will not block Biden's election certification: advisers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to help overturn his election loss, Vice President Mike Pence will stick to his ceremonial duties and not block Wednesday's cer...
Jan 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Vice President Mike Pence finishes a swearing-in ceremony for Senators in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 3, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general: official
(Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland, who was once President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, to serve as the next U.S. at...
Jan 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House after being nominated by President Barack Obama (not pictured) to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Reditus Labs' equipment will catch COVID variants
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin-based Reditus Labs' testing equipment will catch the new COVID-19 variants, according to the company's CEO. In a news release on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Rossi said Reditus has adde...
Jan 06, 2021 Midwest Communications
