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Biden, Netanyahu pledge to work toward Israeli-Saudi normalization
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Wednesday to work together toward a landmark agreement to forge diplomatic relations between Israe...
Sep 20, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 78th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
New mini-golf and family entertainment center coming to East Peoria next year. Here's what we know
UPDATED 1:59 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A new family entertainment center that's being described as "puttertainment" is coming to East Peoria. "The Putt Club" is currently under construction near Bass P...
Sep 20, 2023 Construction on "The Putt Club" continues on land near Bass Pro Shops in East Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US attorney general tells House Republicans: 'I am not Congress's prosecutor'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland told a Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday that he runs a nonpolitical department that does not do th...
Sep 20, 2023 U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn in to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the "Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Maui fire lawsuit blames landowners for wild grass growth
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - The father of a woman who died in the Hawaii wildfires last month has launched a novel lawsuit against three major landowners, seeking to hold them responsible even th...
Sep 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the damages as U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden (not pictured) visit the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: UAW, Detroit Three in standoff as a wider strike looms
UPDATED 12:35 P.M. DETROIT (Reuters) -Detroit's Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers remained far apart on Wednesday, less than 48 hours before the union's deadline to make significant pro...
Sep 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows recently manufactured vehicles at Ford's Oakville Assembly Plant in Oakville, Ontario, Canada May 26, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
Hunter Biden will plead not guilty to gun charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, will plead not guilty to federal gun charges, his attorney said in a court filing on Tuesday. THE TAKE Hunter Biden, 53, is at the c...
Sep 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Family displaced by fire Tuesday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire that started in the kitchen of a Peoria home Tuesday night left a family of eight with no place to stay. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun said the residents evacuated before cre...
Sep 20, 2023 D4E / CC
Three charged with stealing $1M in gas station sales tax revenue. Read the charges here
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people are facing a host of charges for allegedly understating at least a million dollars worth of sales tax receipts at local Shell gas stations - about a year after the stations...
Sep 19, 2023 This Shell gas station was one of several in the Peoria area closed for a criminal investigation on August 3, 2022. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Victim in fatal Central Peoria shooting identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has identified the victim in last night's fatal shooting in Central Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Antonio Hardy, 33, was initially conscious...
Sep 19, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Public tip leads to arrest of East Peoria assault suspect
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Police in East Peoria say they have the man in custody they believe is responsible for assaulting a woman while posing as a solar panel salesman. Police say Ezekiel Metcalfe, 20, w...
Sep 19, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
