Category Archives: Top Stories
Dog left at Pekin animal shelter in a taped-up box, and they want your help. Here's how
PEKIN, Ill. - "We have been simmering in our anger all day...." Those are the beginning words of a social media post from the Pekin-based TAPS Animal Shelter after a dog was left on their property lat...
Sep 19, 2023 This dog was left at TAPS in Pekin late Sunday inside a box.
(TAPS via Facebook)
At UN General Assembly, Biden asks world to stand with Ukraine
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to stand with Ukraine against Russian invaders, hoping Republicans in Congress will also ...
Sep 19, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Peoria Police want help finding vehicle believed used in an August homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are asking for your help finding a vehicle that may have been used in the city's 13th homicide of the year last month. Police say they've learned of what they call a black...
Sep 19, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Shutterstock/Peoria Police)
Russian court declines to consider appeal by US reporter Gershkovich against detention in spy case
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Moscow court on Tuesday declined to consider the latest appeal by U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention, nearly six months after his arrest on spying charg...
Sep 19, 2023 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his pre-trial detention on espionage charges in Moscow, Russia, September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
U.S. House Republicans delay initial vote on short-term funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday that he has delayed a key procedural vote for a 30-day stopgap funding measure intended to avert a government shutdown after cu...
Sep 19, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with reporters as he walks to the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US Capitol Police headquarters evacuated due to suspicious vehicle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Capitol Police headquarters was evacuated and surrounding streets closed off on Tuesday after a report of a suspicious vehicle on the block, the police said. The police ...
Sep 19, 2023 Alex Smith
US House panel sets first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold its first committee hearing on Sept. 28 on its long-shot impeachment inquiry against Democratic President Joe Bide...
Sep 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks to the White House from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Target to hire 100,000 workers for holiday season, start promotions in October
(Reuters) -Target said on Tuesday it would hire nearly 100,000 employees for the holiday season, like in the past two years, and start offering discounts for the festive period as early as October. Th...
Sep 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers wait in line at Target on the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Burbank, California, November 22, 2012. The shopping frenzy known as "Black Friday" kicked off at a more civilized hour welcomed by some shoppers this year, with retailers like Target Corp and Toys R Us moving their openings earlier into Thursday night. Picture taken November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn/File Photo
Trump to skip next Republican debate, give speech to auto workers
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to give a speech in Detroit on Sept. 27 to a crowd of union workers, skipping the second Republican presidential debate, an aide said on Monday, and...
Sep 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks on the stage at a South Dakota Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
At UN, Biden will ask world to stick with Ukraine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will use his speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to make a full-throated appeal for world leaders to stand with Ukraine against Russian invader...
Sep 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden steps from Air Force One upon his arrival in New York, U.S. September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
