Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Crews battle house fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Firefighters and Paramedics were called to a residential fire just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of W. Virginia. First crews on the scene found black smoke com...
Julia Bradley Jun 09, 2021
Gig companies’ push for state-level worker laws faces divided labor movement
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber and other gig economy companies are trying a new approach to ending their battles with unions, and getting ahead of possible federal regulation that could upend their b...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
Gambling habit: nun admits squandering school cash at casinos
(Reuters) - A retired California nun has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 from a school to pay for personal expenses including gambl...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
As war destroys Yemen’s present, museums struggle to preserve its past
By Abdulrahman Al-Ansi SANAA (Reuters) - A bronze statue of the main god of the kingdom of Saba, located in what is now the Yemeni province of Marib, lies in a dark and fortified room of the Sanaa Nat...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
Lloyd-Webber vows to re-open London theatres, even if it means arrest
LONDON (Reuters) - British theatre entrepreneur Andrew Lloyd-Webber has vowed to reopen his shows in London without social distancing restrictions later this month, even if he is arrested for it. "We ...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021
U.S. pharmacist jailed for three years for tampering with COVID-19 vaccines
(Reuters) - A Wisconsin pharmacist who pleaded guilty to trying to spoil hundreds of doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine because he was skeptical about them has been jailed for three years, the U.S. J...
Syndicated Content Jun 09, 2021

PPD nabs suspected murderer of missing man
PEORIA, Ill. — A man was taken Tuesday into Peoria Police custody on two counts related to murder of a man who’d been missing since early March. 32-year-old Gabriel Cook was reported to th...
Jeremy Scott Jun 08, 2021

Peoria Council member suggests mental facility project
PEORIA, Ill. — After the Peoria County Board announced last April it would be closing long-term care facility Heddington Oaks, November General Election voters gave approval to sell the property...
Jeremy Scott Jun 08, 2021
Former Virginia Gov McAuliffe wins Democratic nomination for second term -media
(Reuters) - Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe won the Democratic nomination for the state's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, major news organizations forecast, securing his spot in a race tha...
Syndicated Content Jun 08, 2021
U.S. Senate passes sweeping bill to address China tech threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 68-32 to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology, as Congress incre...
Syndicated Content Jun 08, 2021
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