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Police Chief: violence problem in Peoria, but not a gang problem
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria continues to claim while there is a violence problem in Peoria, there isn’t a gang problem. At least, Echevarria says, that’s in te...
Oct 12, 2021
New York must allow religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that New York state cannot impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on healthcare workers without allowing for religious exemption requests. The decision...
Oct 12, 2021
Wyoming coroner says Gabby Petito’s death was caused by strangulation
(Reuters) - Gabby Petito, the young woman who vanished on a road trip with her boyfriend and later turned up dead in Wyoming, was killed by strangulation, a local coroner said on Tuesday. Teton County...
Oct 12, 2021
White House says Texas order barring vaccine mandates out of step with business community
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday that Texas Governor Greg Abbott's executive order barring employers and others from imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate is ...
Oct 12, 2021
1 injured after crash on I-74 in Tazewell County
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. – Illinois State Police continue to investigate a crash on Interstate 74 Tuesday morning that sent one person to the hospital. Troopers say it happened around 6:45 a.m. nea...
Oct 12, 2021
U.S. Senator Sanders says overdue for Senators Manchin, Sinema to say what they want in social policy bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said Tuesday the time is long overdue for moderate Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to tell the rest of the party what they want in...
Oct 12, 2021
U.S. names veteran diplomat to take over Afghan relocation effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday appointed veteran diplomat A. Elizabeth Jones as a new coordinator for efforts to relocate Afghans who have fled or want to flee their count...
Oct 12, 2021
British American Tobacco pulls out of army-ruled Myanmar
By Martin Petty (Reuters) - British American Tobacco will cease all operations in military-ruled Myanmar and withdraw by the end of this year, the company said on Tuesday, the latest Western firm to p...
Oct 12, 2021
Explainer-Why are the EU and UK arguing over Northern Ireland?
(Reuters) - British Brexit minister David Frost called in a speech in Lisbon on Tuesday for the European Union to allow "significant change" to post-Brexit rules governing trade with Northern Ireland....
Oct 12, 2021
G20 debt relief push for poor countries falls short, campaigners say
LONDON (Reuters) - A G20 initiative aimed at reducing financial strains on the world's poorest countries has led to less than a quarter of debt payments being suspended - well below expectations of wh...
Oct 12, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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