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PPD chief wants to create a “team approach” in responding to violence
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria’s new Police Chief Eric Echevarria has been on the job just five days. But, he’s already been out on the streets with his officers, seeing how they respond to c...
Julia Bradley Aug 06, 2021
Thomas Jefferson Primary School now officially named Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School
PEORIA, Ill. — Thomas Jefferson Primary School officially became Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School on Friday. A ceremony was held in front of the school to make the name change official and to comm...
Dalton Kemper Aug 06, 2021
U.S. lawmakers want former Huawei unit added to economic blacklist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 14 Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday asked the U.S. Commerce Department to add former Huawei unit Honor Device Co to the government'...
Syndicated Content Aug 06, 2021
France braces for slump in wine output on weather woes
By Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) - France's wine production could drop by as much as 30% this year to its lowest level in decades after vineyards were hit by spring frosts and summer downpours, its farm...
Syndicated Content Aug 06, 2021
Why the drop in the U.S. Black jobless rate may not be good news
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - It should have been a number to celebrate: The U.S. Black unemployment rate fell a full percentage point to 8.2% in July - the biggest drop of any major racial or demogra...
Syndicated Content Aug 06, 2021
Moderate Democrat Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania sets sights on U.S. Senate seat
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Conor Lamb, a moderate Democrat with a track record of winning districts with large numbers of conservative voters, on Friday launched a bid f...
Syndicated Content Aug 06, 2021
New Jersey to require masks in schools as Delta variant spreads, media reports say
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Friday will announce a requirement that kindergarten through 12th-grade students and staff wear masks when public schools open ...
Syndicated Content Aug 06, 2021
Woman who accused New York Governor Cuomo of groping her files criminal complaint – NYPost
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of groping her in the Executive Mansion in Albany has filed a criminal complaint with the Albany County sherif...
Syndicated Content Aug 06, 2021
Biden says COVID-19 cases will go up before they come down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that COVID-19 cases will go up before they come down and that the new Delta variant is taking a needless toll on the country. "Cases are ...
Syndicated Content Aug 06, 2021
Beijing prosecutors file lawsuit against Tencent over WeChat’s “youth mode”
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing prosecutors have filed a civil public interest lawsuit against a Tencent subsidiary, saying that the "youth mode" on the company's popular social messaging app WeChat does ...
Syndicated Content Aug 06, 2021

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