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Sixty years after King's 'dream' speech, thousands gather in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Thousands of Americans on Saturday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a pivotal event in the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement at which Martin Luther Ki...
Aug 28, 2023 Demonstrators for racial justice gather on the 60th anniversary of the March On Washington and Martin Luther King Jr's historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C, U.S., August 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Jacksonville shooter killed Black shoppers with legally purchased guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The white gunman who shot and killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday was a 21-year-old who bought his guns legally and had no cr...
Aug 28, 2023 The photograph of Ryan Christopher Palmeter, 21, is shown at a news conference after being identified by Sheriff T.K. Waters as the white man who killed three Black people before shooting himself at a Dollar General store August 26, in what local law enforcement described as a racially motivated crime in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. August 27, 2023. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS.
UPDATE: Peoria's 17th homicide of the year occurs Saturday evening. Here's what we know
UPDATED 7:36 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's 17th homicide of the year, and second of the day, occurred Saturday evening in South Peoria. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says they and Peoria Police r...
Aug 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Trump raised $7.1 million since he was booked Thursday at an Atlanta jail
(Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump has raised nearly $20 million in the past three weeks, a period that roughly coincides with his indictment in federal and state cases connected to his false cl...
Aug 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: T-shirts and hats with an image depicting the mugshot of former President Donald Trump are pictured at the Y-Que printing store in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Three US Marines die in Australia aircraft crash during exercises
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three U.S. Marines died in an aircraft crash off the coast of northern Australia on Sunday while transporting troops during a routine military exercise, officials said. Five others ...
Aug 27, 2023 A helicopter takes off following U.S. military aircraft crash in Darwin, Australia, August 27, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION/via Reuters TV/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATE: Peoria's 16th homicide of the year has been reported. Here's what we know
UPDATED 8/27/23 7:29 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's 16th homicide of the year has been recorded - with a death Saturday afternoon in Peoria's North Valley. Peoria Police say officers responded to an are...
Aug 26, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Long-time US TV game show host Bob Barker dies at age 99 -media
(Reuters) - Bob Barker, an affable fixture on U.S. television for half a century who hosted the popular game show "The Price Is Right" for 35 years and was a committed animal rights activist, has died...
Aug 26, 2023 Bob Barker, 83, waves goodbye at the end of the taping of his final episode of the game show 'The Price Is Right' with one of the show's models (R) in Los Angeles, California June 6, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
U.S. reporter Gershkovich appeals latest extension of detention in Russia
(Reuters) - U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich has appealed against the latest extension of his pre-trial detention in Moscow on spying charges that he denies, Russian state media said on Saturday. TASS...
Aug 26, 2023 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March while on a reporting trip and accused of espionage, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his detention, in Moscow, Russia June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
ISU professor facing felony sex charges gets out of jail after posting bond
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - An Illinois State University employee arrested earlier this week on felony sex charges is now out of jail. 25 News reports Alan Bates, 52, of Bloomington posted $100,000 bond to ge...
Aug 26, 2023 Alan Bates (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Bloomington Police)
Maui officials release list of hundreds missing since deadly wildfire
KIHEI, Hawaii (Reuters) -Hawaii officials have released the names of 338 people still missing more than two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century swept through the resort town...
Aug 26, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden accompanied by Hawaii Governor Josh Green and Jaime Green, First Lady of Hawaii, visit the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
