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U.S. Senate passes $430 billion climate change, tax, drug pricing bill; sends to House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Sunday passed landmark legislation sought by President Joe Biden that Democratic backers say will bring a major reduction in carbon emissions that cause clima...
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Police investigate Sunday morning stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police aren’t releasing many details, but say someone was stabbed in the pre-dawn hours Sunday. Police say at 4:28 A.M., officers were called to one of the city’...
Will Stevenson Aug 07, 2022
Biden stands with Muslims after ‘horrific killings’ in New Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden expressed solidarity with the Muslim community on Sunday after a fourth Muslim man was killed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in what authorities are descri...
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CVS Health plans to buy Signify Health – WSJ
(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp is planning to buy Signify Health Inc as it looks to expand in home-health services, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources. Initial bids are due this c...
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Box office: ‘Bullet Train’ arrives with so-so $30.1 million debut, ‘Easter Sunday’ stumbles
By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Bullet Train," a John Wick-ian romp with Brad Pitt in the aisle seat, arrived in theaters with a $30.1 million opening weekend. That's enough to top the dome...
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Deployment of Peoria-based Illinois National Guard unit
PEORIA, Ill. – Some of Peoria’s best are once again ready to help their country. The 709th Medical Company Area Support held a deployment ceremony Saturday, ahead of an assignment to help ...
Will Stevenson Aug 07, 2022
Big year for St. Jude and its Peoria telethon
PEORIA, Ill. – A big year for some big milestones involving St. Jude. Peoria is the only city in the nation to host a telethon for the Memphis-based children’s research hospital, and on th...
Will Stevenson Aug 07, 2022
Biden tests negative for COVID again, will exit isolation, White House physician says
By Jeff Mason REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 for a second consecutive day on Sunday and will exit isolation after testing positive for nearly a w...
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Explainer: Monkeypox in the U.S. – Where could it spread next?
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, an effort to bolster the U.S. response to contain the outbreak. The virus continues t...
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How Ahmaud Arbery’s death changed a coastal Georgia community
By Rich McKay BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - Carla Arbery has a T-shirt summing up what's changed in her coastal Georgia community since the murder of nephew Ahmaud Arbery by three white men in 2020. Phra...
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