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Jill Biden positive for COVID, President Biden tests negative -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 just days before President Joe Biden, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a Group of 20 summit in I...
Sep 05, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Burning Man road reopens, allowing festival-goers to escape muddy mess
BLACK ROCK CITY, Nevada (Reuters) -Burning Man organizers reopened the road leading out of the remote Nevada desert festival on Monday, allowing tens of thousands of attendees to escape after they had...
Sep 04, 2023 Vehicles are seen departing the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada, U.S., September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight
Ukraine war, absence of Putin and Xi set to dent G20 summit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Deeper and more entrenched divisions over Russia's war in Ukraine risk derailing progress on issues such as food security, debt distress and global cooperation on climate change ...
Sep 04, 2023 A man walks past a model of the G20 logo outside a metro station ahead of the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Manhunt in Pennsylvania continues for escaped murder convict
CHESTER COUNTY, Penn. (FOX News) - The search continued Monday in Pennsylvania for an escaped murder convict that broke out of prison last week. Danelo Cavalcante was sentenced to life in prison for t...
Sep 04, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Steve Harwell, former leader singer of Smash Mouth, passes away
BOISE, Id. (FOX News) - The former lead singer of the group Smash Mouth has passed away at the age of 56. FOX News reports Steve Harwell passed away peacefully at his home in Boise, Idaho Monday morni...
Sep 04, 2023 Jesse Richmond / CC
Peoria's annual Labor Day Parade takes place Monday morning through the downtown area
PEORIA, Ill. - Unions across central Illinois marched through the streets of downtown Peoria for the annual Labor Day Parade on Monday. Around 2,000 participated in the parade, which featured 39 union...
Sep 04, 2023 Members of the Peoria Federation of Teachers march in the Labor Day Parade. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden takes shot at Trump on jobs in battleground Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden took shots at his likely 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump, on Monday in a Labor Day speech aimed at shoring up support in a state he needs to ...
Sep 04, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks celebrating Labor Day and honoring America’s workers and unions at the Annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade at Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 19, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
TSA reports record travel this holiday weekend
CHICAGO, Ill. - Labor Day, the unofficial end to summer is here, as Americans are packing up to go home. This Labor Day Weekend is capping off the busiest summer travel period on record, according to ...
Sep 04, 2023 Katherine Johnson / CC
Local unions gather for Peoria's annual Labor Day parade
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria will celebrate the Labor Day holiday with a parade on Monday morning put on by Peoria County Democrats. Local unions and their members will walk and ride through the streets of d...
Sep 04, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
More prayer for an end to the gun violence in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Community leaders and South Peoria residents gathered once again this weekend to pray for peace - at a service planned long before the violence of the past week, but with that violence ...
Sep 03, 2023 (25 News)
