Category Archives: (1470 & 100.3 WMBD) Breaking News
U.S. Olympic gymnast tests positive for COVID-19 in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) -One of the alternate, or replacement, gymnasts for the U.S. team has tested positive for the coronavirus, but the main team has moved to separate accommodation and is continuing prepa...
Jul 19, 2021
U.S. job growth picks up in June; unemployment rate rises to 5.9%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth accelerated in June as companies, desperate to boost production and services amid booming demand, raised wages and offered incentives to draw millions of r...
Jul 02, 2021
Death toll rises to 16 nearly a week after Florida condo collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -Another four bodies were found overnight in the shattered ruins of a collapsed Miami-area condominium tower, the mayor of Miami-Dade County said on Wednesday, bringing the co...
Jun 29, 2021
Death toll rises to 10 in Florida building collapse as rescue effort continues
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) – Rescue workers pulled a 10th fatal victim from the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium on Monday, as officials vowed to keep searching for any possible survivors...
Jun 28, 2021
Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22-1/2 years for George Floyd murder
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -A Minnesota judge sentenced former police officer Derek Chauvin to 22-1/2 years in prison on Friday for the murder of George Floyd during an arrest in May 2020 on a Minneapolis ...
Jun 25, 2021
Race to find survivors as death toll in Miami condo collapse rises
Surfside, Fla. (Reuters) -Rescue workers frantically scoured the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in a Miami suburb for signs of life on Friday, as the death toll from the disaster crept up and a...
Jun 25, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to Obamacare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former President Donald Trump’s administration to invalidate the Obamacare healt...
Jun 17, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased last week for the first time in more than a month, but layoffs are easing amid a reopening ec...
Jun 17, 2021
Peoria Council selects next member
PEORIA, Ill. - Dr. Kiran Velpula will fill the at-large Peoria City Council seat, vacated when Rita Ali became mayor. Council on Saturday convened a special meeting, going into executive session to di...
Jun 12, 2021
Facebook suspends former U.S. President Trump’s account for two years
(Reuters) -Facebook Inc on Friday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform until at least January 2023 in a decision that has been watched closely for signals on how the company ...
Jun 04, 2021
