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10 years since ‘transformation’ of Peoria’s Lincoln Branch library
PEORIA, Ill. – The Lincoln Branch of the Peoria Public Library is celebrating ten years since renovations and an addition that changed the facility for the better. “We’re here to com...
Dec 10, 2021
Los Angeles schools would delay vaccine mandate under new plan
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Los Angeles schools would not require children to be vaccinated against the coronavirus until next fall under a proposal announced on Friday, the lat...
Dec 10, 2021
Biden says he spoke with Germany’s Scholz, looks forward to working together
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday to congratulate him on his appointment, and that he looks forward to working together on issu...
Dec 10, 2021
U.S. administers 480.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 480,567,772 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 591,558,685 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Dec 10, 2021
Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh named AP Coach of the Year
Michigan's Jim Harbaugh was named Associated Press Coach of the Year on Friday, beating out Cincinnati's Luke Fickell for the honor. Harbaugh received 22 of 53 first-place votes and earned 103 points ...
Dec 10, 2021
TV host Michael Strahan and Alan Shepard’s daughter set for Blue Origin launch
By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) - Following the contrail blazed by "Star Trek" actor William Shatner to boldly go where few celebrities have gone before, two more honorary gu...
Dec 10, 2021
Republicans argue Biden’s $1.75 trillion social plan would add to deficit
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress attacked Democratic President Joe Biden's proposed $1.75 trillion social bill on Friday, releasing a nonpartisan estimate that...
Dec 10, 2021
Biden ‘deeply troubled’ by reports of Kellogg replacing striking workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he was "deeply troubled" by reports that Kellogg Co planned to hire permanent replacements for striking unionized employees. "Permanently...
Dec 10, 2021
Meat packers’ profit margins jumped 300% during pandemic – White House economics team
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four of the biggest meat-processing companies, using their market power in the highly consolidated U.S. market to drive up meat prices and underpay farmers, hav...
Dec 10, 2021
Canton school on alert Friday for threatening bathroom note
Peoria, Ill — Authorities say a violent note scrawled in a middle school bathroom in Canton — is not a credible threat. It’s the latest since the discovery was made earlier this afte...
Dec 10, 2021
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