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At sweltering Phoenix Zoo, showers for owls and icy treats for monkeys
By Liliana Salgado PHOENIX (Reuters) - On Day 22 of temperatures in Phoenix exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), a Eurasian eagle owl enjoyed a prolonged shower on Friday while monkeys and h...
Jul 21, 2023
Fire crews put out a blaze at an East Peoria home. Here’s what we know
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – About $20,000 in damage was done to an East Peoria home that ended up on fire Friday afternoon. Crews were called to a home near Meadow Avenue and Garden Street around just a...
Jul 21, 2023
US VP Harris blasts Florida ‘extremists’ over education guidelines about slavery
By Jeff Mason and Brad Brooks (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Florida "extremists" on Friday for backing educational guidelines that taught "revisionist history" about slavery...
Jul 21, 2023
Booz Allen to pay $377.4 million to settle US charges over past billing practices
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-based consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Holding agreed to pay the United States $377.4 million to resolve allegations of violating federal law by improp...
Jul 21, 2023
US beef cow herd falls to 52-year low, squeezing meatpackers
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers are raising the fewest beef cows since at least 1971, government data released on Friday showed as drought conditions whittled herds, likely boosting c...
Jul 21, 2023
FBI searched foreign intelligence database for information on US senator
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI improperly conducted warrantless searches for information about a U.S. senator and two state officials, a U.S. intelligence agency revealed on Friday, ...
Jul 21, 2023
Tropical storm Don to become a post-tropical cyclone -US NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical storm Don is slightly stronger, but is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its latest advisory on Friday. The st...
Jul 21, 2023
Quad Con to take place at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend. Here’s details of what to expect
PEORIA, Ill. – While San Diego Comic Con takes place this weekend, a smaller version will take place in central Illinois. Quad Con's Peoria Comic and Toy Show will take place at the Peoria Civic...
Jul 21, 2023
Delaware judge will not immediately approve AMC shareholder settlement
(Reuters) - A Delaware Chancery Court judge said on Friday that she cannot approve the proposed settlement between AMC Entertainment Holdings and holders of the company's common stock in a lawsuit ove...
Jul 21, 2023
U.S. FDA denies petition on chemicals used in food packaging
(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator on Friday denied a petition urging the agency to reconsider its initial denial on a petition seeking a ban of some chemicals used in plastic for food packaging in ...
Jul 21, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
69 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity
