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Driver involved in crash that killed Dunlap High student charged
PEORIA, Ill. - The other driver involved in a crash that killed a Dunlap High School student in May has been formally charged. Court documents list 25-year-old Levi Dietz is charged with driving the w...
Aug 15, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Low US weekly jobless claims, upbeat retail sales dispel recession fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a one month-low last week, suggesting an orderly labor market slowdown remained in place, an...
Aug 15, 2024 An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Biden, Harris hail Medicare drug price cuts that will save billions
LARGO, Maryland/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has negotiated down the prices of 10 top-selling prescription drugs used by Medicare by as much as 79%, hoping to save $6 billion in the first y...
Aug 15, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he walks with Vice President Kamala Harris, before delivering remarks on Medicare drug price negotiations at an event in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
In largest annual Illinois rally, Democrats reflect on surge of enthusiasm with Harris atop ticket
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Democrats gathered in Springfield Wednesday for their annual rally at the Illinois State Fair amid a surge of enthusiasm and a renewed sense of optimism abo...
Aug 15, 2024 Illinois statewide elected officials – all Democrats – rally at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield Wednesday for Governor’s Day. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Pekin man sentenced after guilty plea for enticing a minor online
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man will spend time in federal prison after enticing a minor online. 43-year-old Kenneth Holobaugh was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison, which is to be followed by 15 y...
Aug 15, 2024 courtroom gavel
New round of Gaza ceasefire talks begins in Qatar
DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) - A new round of Gaza ceasefire talks was underway in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday afternoon, an official briefed on the meeting told Reuters, with Israel's spy chief joini...
Aug 15, 2024 An Israeli tank manouvers near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Multiple people charged, one arrested in death of 'Friends' star Matthew Perry, media report
(Reuters) - Multiple people face federal charges and at least one has been arrested related to an investigation into the death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry in Los Angeles nearly a year ago, various...
Aug 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A makeshift memorial for actor Matthew Perry, the wise-cracking co-star of the 1990s hit television sitcom "Friends," who was found dead at his Los Angeles home October 28, is pictured on Bedford Street in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Pekin Police involved in SWAT situation with wanted man Wednesday
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police have arrested a man in connection with a SWAT situation that happened Wednesday afternoon. The Police Department says they obtained a search warrant Wednesday for a home on ...
Aug 15, 2024 Pekin Police outside a home on Don Court Wednesday, during a standoff with a man inside a home there. (25 News)
US retail sales rise more than expected in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose more than expected in July, which could help to allay financial market fears of a sharp economic slowdown that were fanned by a jump in the unemployment r...
Aug 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk through the King of Prussia Mall, United States' largest retail shopping space, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela/File Photo
US announces prices in Medicare drug negotiations
(Reuters) - The U.S. announced the final prices of its first ever negotiation over prescription drugs on Thursday, with Merck's diabetes drug Januvia seeing the steepest percentage cut at 79%. The gov...
Aug 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar banknote and medicines are seen in this illustration taken, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
