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CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has stepped up his public relations campaign to convince Illinois residents that an experimental coronavirus vaccine that could be authorized by the federal government this week will be safe to take. Pritzker and the state’s public health director, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, said the initial 109,000 doses of a vaccine…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has dived back into Capitol Hill’s confusing COVID-19 negotiations, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that adds a $600 direct payment to most Americans. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made the offer to Pelosi late Tuesday afternoon, he said in a statement. He offered few details,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump aims to take credit for the speedy development of forthcoming coronavirus vaccines, even as his administration is coming under scrutiny for failing to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of one of the leading coronavirus vaccine contenders this summer. That decision could delay the delivery…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Fire Marshal is warning holiday revelers about the dangers of home fires posed by holiday decorations. Fire Marshal Matt Perez says statistics from the National Fire Protection Association indicate that two out of every five home-decoration fires occur because decorations are placed too close to a heat source.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities said a St. Louis police officer shot and killed a burglary suspect after the man lunged at him while holding a screwdriver. Police Chief John Hayden said the shooting happened Sunday morning while officers were searching a building in the 4400 block of Gravois in south St. Louis. Hayden said…
WASHINGTON (AP) — More people around President Donald Trump keep coming down with COVID-19. Now he says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus. Giuliani was exhibiting some symptoms and was admitted on Sunday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is getting vaccines for about an additional 170,000 people in mid-December. State health department Director Randall Williams on Thursday said more Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are coming Dec. 21. Missouri is set to get vaccines for 51,000 people sometime before then. Missouri is following guidance from the Centers for Disease…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe says China poses the greatest threat to America and the rest of the free world since World War II. He said in an op-ed published by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that intelligence shows that Beijing intends to dominate the U.S. and the rest of…
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The state of Missouri plans to bring in hundreds of health care workers from other states to help care for an increasing number of COVID-19 patients. Gov. Mike Parson and Herb Kuhn, president and CEO of the Missouri Hospital Association announced Wednesday the state will partner with Vizient, a national health…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have confirmed that a mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Wednesday that observations by a telescope in Hawaii clinched its identity. The object was classified as an asteroid after its discovery in September. But NASA’s top…