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U.S. lawmakers seek answers from egg companies on record-high prices
(Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers have sent letters to the country's top egg companies seeking answers for why egg prices have ballooned to record highs in recent months, according to copies of the lette...
Feb 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Safeway brand Lucerne eggs are seen at the store in Wheaton, Maryland February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Father of accused July 4th gunman to be arraigned in Chicago suburb
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois father will appear in court on Thursday to be arraigned on charges that he helped his underage son obtain the gun used to kill seven people at a Fourth of July parade n...
Feb 16, 2023 Robert E. Crimo III listens to Judge Victoria A. Rossetti during a hearing in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; monthly producer prices rebound
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, offering more evidence of the economy's resilience despite tighter monetary poli...
Feb 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A sign advertising job openings is seen outside of a Starbucks in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Turkish miners in earthquake zone tell of joy and anxiety of rescues
HATAY PROVINCE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish miners who dug survivors out of collapsed buildings after a massive earthquake said hearing voices of people beneath the rubble brought both joy that someone...
Feb 16, 2023 Rescuers work at the site of destroyed high-end building as rescue operations continue, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Antakya, Turkey February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Person shot in Peoria Wednesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - A man with an apparent gunshot wound was conscious and alert after police responded to shots fired Wednesday afternoon. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called ...
Feb 16, 2023 Midwest Communications
One killed, three wounded in Texas mall shooting
(Reuters) - One person was killed and three were wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at an El Paso, Texas, shopping mall, police said. A police spokesman, Robert Gomez, told reporters one suspect was i...
Feb 16, 2023 Law enforcement members gather outside the Cielo Vista Mall after a shooting, in El Paso, Texas, U.S February 15,2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Angry Ohio townspeople seek answers on train's toxic spill
(Reuters) - Hundreds of irate residents of the Ohio town where a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals packed into a high school gym on Wednesday, seeking answers to what health dangers they face...
Feb 16, 2023 East Palistine resident Jerry Hughes waits to enter a town hall meeting where members of the community gather to discuss their safety and other environmental concerns following a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals, in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Pritzker's second-term agenda buoyed by ongoing strong revenue expectations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker proposed a state budget Wednesday that anticipates continued strong revenue receipts even as federal COVID-19 stimulus funds dry up, allowi...
Feb 15, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker delivers his state budget address Wednesday from the Illinois House chamber in Springfield. (Pool photo by Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune)
UPDATE: Final report released in police-involved shooting of Samuel Vincent Richmond
UPDATED 7:34 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The fatal shooting of Samuel Vincent Richmond by police in October last year was justified. That's according to the final report of the investigation released Wednesda...
Feb 15, 2023 (From Peoria Police bodycam video)
Actress Raquel Welch, sex symbol of 1960s, dead at age 82
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Raquel Welch, the film actress whose sultry, curvaceous looks made her a leading sex symbol of the 1960s and '70s, has died at age 82, news media outlets reported on Wednesday....
Feb 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actress Raquel Welch poses at the 2014 Carousel of Hope Ball at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California October 11, 2014. The event benefits the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
