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UPDATE: Biden, Trudeau united against authoritarian regimes after China-Russia summit
UPDATED 5:15 P.M. OTTAWA (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented a united front on Friday against authoritarian regimes as Biden visited the Canadian c...
Mar 24, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Ukrainian hockey team plays in Peoria to rebuild war-torn rink
PEORIA, Ill. -- Sunday, the Peoria Youth Hockey Association learned of the chance to welcome a team of players from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Despite the short notice, they jumped on the chance to give them a...
Mar 24, 2023 (25 News)
UPDATE: Biden warns Iran after tit-for-tat strikes in Syria
UPDATED 5:12 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran that the United States would "act forcefully" to protect Americans, after the U.S. military carried out air strikes ag...
Mar 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Joint Chiefs Chair Army General Mark Milley speaks with U.S. forces in Syria during an unannounced visit, at a U.S. military base in Northeast Syria, March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Stewart/File Photo
TikTok attacked for China ties as US lawmakers push for ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok's CEO about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children's mental health, reflecting ...
Mar 24, 2023 TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew is pictured on the day he will testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled "TikTok: How Congress can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms," as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
OSF, ISU collaborate to look at future of technology and healthcare
NORMAL, Ill. - They've partnered together for years, but now the collaboration between Peoria-based OSF HealthCare and Illinois State University is growing. The two are starting the "Connected Communi...
Mar 23, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
State issues strep throat warning after five Illinois children die
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State health officials are sounding an alarm over an increasing number of strep throat cases in children. It's specifically "Group A" strep throat, and has claimed the lives of fiv...
Mar 23, 2023 NIAID / CC
Man goes to prison for federal drug, weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is going to prison for 35 years after he was sentenced Tuesday for eight different felony drug and weapons offenses. Federal prosecutors say that's what a judge gave Harold...
Mar 23, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail 2020)
Three arrested after guns found in car
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people are in trouble with the law after weapons allegedly were found in the car they were in. Peoria Police say they stopped a vehicle Tuesday night at 7:42 p.m. in the 1200 bloc...
Mar 23, 2023 Damar Watts (left) and Rashaard Nunn (right) (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
ICC's 'Cradle to Career' launching now
PEORIA, Ill. - An initiative spearheaded by Illinois Central College and funded with federal and private grant money for this year is beginning now, looking at how poverty in South Peoria can be reduc...
Mar 23, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Manhattan DA: Trump created false expectation of arrest, Republicans interfered
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday said Donald Trump misled people to expect he would be arrested this week and prompted fellow Republicans in Congress to interfere with a probe un...
Mar 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
