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Doctor discusses what's been learned in the three years since COVID began
PEORIA, Ill. - Medical experts are reflecting on what was learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, three years after it began, and as the public health emergency phase of the pandemic comes to an end. Doct...
Will Stevenson May 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. homeland security chief says border facilities strained by new arrivals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is already seeing high number of border encounters in certain areas, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Thursday ahead of a COVID-19 i...
TJ Carson May 11, 2023 A migrant shows U.S. border patrol her passport as migrants continue to gather between primary and secondary border fences as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near San Diego, California, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
US weekly jobless claims hit 1-1/2-year high; inflation subsiding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to a 1-1/2-year high last week, pointing to cracks in the labor market as demand slows, potentially gi...
TJ Carson May 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S., China pledge to maintain communications as two top officials meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration's top security adviser met with China's top diplomat this week and pledged to keep lines of communication open, the White House said on Thursday, in one ...
TJ Carson May 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
'General Hospital' star Jacklyn Zeman passes away
LOS ANGELES - A longtime soap opera star has passed away. Jacklyn Zeman, who played Bobbie Spencer for more than four decades on ABC's "General Hospital, has died at the age of 70. The news was announ...
Will Stevenson May 11, 2023 (Twitter/@valentinifrank)
Republicans ready tough border control bill for U.S. House passage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to pass on Thursday Republican legislation intended to stop immigrants and illegal drugs crossing the nation's southwestern border wi...
Julia Bradley May 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An armed U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent stands watch at the border fence next the the beach in Tijuana, at the Border State Park in San Diego, California, U.S. November 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
U.S. Supreme Court justice considering action on Illinois' assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A single justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is now weighing whether to block Illinois' assault weapons ban from being enforced while the case is being heard ...
TJ Carson May 11, 2023 Glenn Beltz / CC
Pritzker reflects on three years of pandemic as disaster declarations are set to end
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker recalls being handed a report from researchers at the University of Illinois. The analysis w...
Will Stevenson May 11, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Pritzker addresses Illinois' migrant influx problem
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritkzer says the state is looking for more federal assistance with the influx of asylum-seeking migrants being sent to Illinois. Pritzker says the busing of migrants fro...
Julia Bradley May 11, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump plays down consequences of a US default: 'Could be maybe nothing'
(Reuters) - Republican former President Donald Trump on Wednesday played down the severity of a potential U.S. government default, saying the consequences of a failure by Congress to raise the nation'...
Julia Bradley May 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst