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UnityPoint, OSF urge blood donations
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria’s two major hospital systems are joining the call for more blood donations, and fast. A joint statement from UnityPoint Health and OSF HealthCare says increased deman...
Will Stevenson Jan 14, 2022

Another Peoria Police Anti-Violence special detail completed, says Chief
PEORIA, Ill. – Yet another step in Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria’s anti-violence initiative has just been completed. The Chief says in a news release Peoria Police from multiple divi...
Will Stevenson Jan 14, 2022
U.S. CDC recommends Americans wear ‘most protective mask you can’
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late on Friday revised its guidance for Americans on wearing masks, recommending wearing "the most protective mask you can," altho...
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Google mandates weekly COVID-19 tests for people entering U.S. offices – CNBC
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is temporarily mandating weekly COVID-19 tests for any person entering Google offices or facilities in the United States, CNBC reported on Friday, citing a memo obtai...
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Peoria area sees roughly 2 inches of snow in latest winter storm
UPDATE: 01/15/2022 8:40 a.m. PEORIA, Ill — Peoria saw roughly 2 inches of snow accumulation during the overnight hours Friday into Saturday. Snow plow crews have continued working through that t...
Cooper Banks Jan 14, 2022
Citigroup hires Mike Dunlap as head of North America oil trading
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has hired veteran trader Mike Dunlap as head of North America oil trading, according to his LinkedIn profile and a source familiar with the matter. Dunlap was ...
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J&J reaches opioid settlement with holdout state New Mexico
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it had agreed to pay $44 million to resolve claims that it fueled the opioid epidemic in New Mexico, a state which originally opted against ...
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Former Obama White House adviser pleads guilty in charter school theft case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former White House education adviser under President Barack Obama pleaded guilty on Friday to wire fraud after being charged with stealing $218,000 from a ch...
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U.S. bald eagles comeback diminished by lead poisoning from bullets
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bald eagles have lifted themselves from the brink of extinction in the United States but deaths caused by lead poisoning from ingesting hunters' bullets left i...
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear dispute over football coach’s on-field prayers
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by a Christian former high school football coach who was suspended from his job at a high school in Washington stat...
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