Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Israeli strike kills seven in Gaza school compound, Palestinian medics say
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed seven people in a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City on Sunday, Palestinian health officials said, with the Israeli military saying it had ...
Sep 22, 2024 A Palestinian man inspects the damage to a school sheltering displaced people after it was hit by an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City, September 22, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Russian strike on apartment block in Kharkiv injures 21
(Reuters) - Russian forces struck a multi-story apartment building in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, on Saturday evening, wounding 21 people and prompting an evacuation of some of its residen...
Sep 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view shows a site of a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/File Photo
Southwest Airlines warns staff of 'tough decisions' ahead, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines has warned employees that it will soon make tough decisions as part of a strategy to restore profits and counter demands from activist investor Elliott Investment Manage...
Sep 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Southwest airline pilots approach to land at San Diego International airport in San Diego, California, U.S., May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
UPDATE: Alleged carjacking leads to two crashes, arrests of two juveniles
UPDATE - PEORIA, Ill. - Two juveniles are in custody in connection with an alleged carjacking in Peoria that resulted in two crashes. Peoria police say officers responded to the 5300 block of W. Hayme...
Sep 15, 2024 Photo: Peoria Area Scanner & Dashcam
Road projects beginning or changing this week
PEORIA, Ill. - A couple of road construction projects will affect area motorists. Beginning Monday, traffic patterns will change on Pioneer Parkway between Harker Drive and Sommer Street. Eastbound tr...
Sep 15, 2024 Photo: IDOT Traffic Camera
Photos likely show undeclared North Korea uranium enrichment site, analysts say
SEOUL (Reuters) - Photos of North Korea's its uranium enrichment facility may show an undeclared site for building nuclear bombs just outside of its capital, analysts said. North Korea for the first t...
Sep 15, 2024 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours facilities during a visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and the production base of weapon-grade nuclear materials at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency September 13, 2024. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
Disney, DirecTV reach deal that restores programming to 11 million satellite TV subscribers
(Reuters) - Walt Disney and DirecTV announced they have reached an agreement in principle on Saturday, restoring college football and other programming to the satellite TV provider's more than 11 mill...
Sep 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Disney logo is seen in front of the ESPN+ logo in this illustration taken on July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
In bribery trial, AT&T lobbyists detail contentious meeting with Madigan ally
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - On an afternoon in late April 2017, recently retired state Rep. Eddie Acevedo was called to a meeting in the state Capitol in Springfield. The 20-year veteran lawmake...
Sep 14, 2024 The Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Boeing and union negotiators to resume talks next week amid strike, federal mediators say
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing and union negotiators will return to the bargaining table early next week, federal mediators said on Friday, as the two sides try to end a strike threatening the airplane ma...
Sep 14, 2024 Boeing factory workers gather on a picket line during the first day of a strike near the entrance of a production facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., September 13, 2024. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight
DirecTV and Dish are in talks to merge again, source says
(Reuters) - Telecom operator AT&T and its joint-venture partner TPG are in early-stage talks to merge their DirecTV satellite TV service with EchoStar owned Dish, a person familiar with the matter tol...
Sep 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A DirecTV satellite dish is seen on a residential home in Encinitas, California November 5, 2014. Satellite TV provider DirecTV will report its third-quarter earnings Thursday. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
