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Russian missile strike kills four in Lviv in west Ukraine - officials
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile strike killed at least four people in Lviv on Thursday in the biggest attack on the western Ukrainian city's civilian infrastructure since Russia's full-scal...
Jul 06, 2023 A general view of damage to an apartment building from a Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released July 6, 2023. Maksym Kozytskiy via Telegram/via REUTERS
Rash of shark attacks reported in New York over July 4 weekend
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four shark attacks were reported off the coast of New York's Long Island over the holiday weekend, extending a recent spike in such encounters in state waters, but authorities sai...
Jul 05, 2023 adam w / CC
US Navy says it prevented Iran from seizing tankers in Gulf of Oman
DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, in the latest in a series of attacks on ships in the area s...
Jul 05, 2023 A still image obtained from a handout video which captured an Iranian naval vessel firing multiple long bursts of rounds from small arms and crew-served weapons during an attempt to unlawfully seize a commercial tanker, according to U.S. Navy, in the Gulf of Oman, provided by U.S. Navy on July 5, 2023. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATE: Cameras, visitor logs searched after cocaine found at White House
UPDATED 3:43 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Cocaine discovered in the White House on Sunday was found in a cubby hole in a West Wing entry area where visitors place electronics and other belongings before...
Jul 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House, where U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled his public schedule Monday after undergoing a root canal dental procedure at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 12, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Peoria-area seeing less COVID hospitalizations, look for new ways to fight virus in future
PEORIA, Ill. - Medical professionals are in a better position to deal with the effects of COVID-19 now and in the future. Dr. Doug Kasper, Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of Illinois C...
Jul 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria Police: Six 'significant incidents' -- five gun-related -- over holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say the Fourth of July holiday kept officers busy - with at least six what they called "significant incidents" - mostly between late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morn...
Jul 05, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
One dead, nine injured, after Washington D.C. shootings post-Fourth of July
WASHINGTON, D.C. - One man is dead and nine others are injured, including a ten-year-old., after shootings early Wednesday in Washington, D.C. According to FOX TV station WTTG, a man was pronounced de...
Jul 05, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPS, Teamsters accuse each other of walking away from contract talks
(Reuters) -The Teamsters Union said on Wednesday United Parcel Service "walked away" from negotiations over a new contract, a claim the shipping giant denied, lobbing its own accusation that the union...
Jul 05, 2023 United Parcel Service and the Teamsters hold a rally before before the beginning of the largest U.S. private sector labor contract talks covering more than 330,000 U.S. drivers, package handlers and loaders at the global delivery firm, in Orange, California, U.S. April 15, 2023. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci
UPDATE: Philadelphia mass shooting suspect posted 'disturbing messages'
UPDATED 3:38 p.m. (Reuters) -A Philadelphia gunman charged with killing five people over the Fourth of July weekend left "disturbing messages" on social media before carrying out one of several U.S. m...
Jul 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police tape is seen as investigations are ongoing the day after a mass shooting in the Kingsessing section of southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers
Fireworks to blame for garage fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a garage fire near N. Andover Court and Frostwood Parkway just before midnight Tuesday. Assistant Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says when crews ar...
Jul 05, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
