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U.S. charges five Russians, two Americans with conspiracy on behalf of Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday unsealed a 16-count indictment charging five Russian nationals and two U.S. nationals with conspiracy related to a global procurement and money-laund...
Dec 13, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Kasper: Mask wearing is making a comeback
PEORIA, Ill. - For many of your friends and neighbors, there may one thing about the COVID-19 pandemic that will continue to be done: the wearing of masks. Usage of them is going up again, as cases of...
Dec 13, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Some 1,500 migrants crossed Rio Grande into El Paso on Sunday - witness
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - About 1,500 people crossed the Rio Grande overnight from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, a Reuters witness said on Monday, amid an increase in migrant arrivals in the are...
Dec 13, 2022 Migrants, among them Nicaraguans who were kidnapped by organised crime in the state of Durango and were released days later by the Mexican Army, queue near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum in the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
FTX founder Bankman-Fried, charged with fraud, may fight extradition to U.S.
NASSAU, Bahamas/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried indicated in a Bahamas courtroom on Tuesday that he would fight extradition to the United States, hours after U.S. prosecutors accused the founder...
Dec 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried poses for a picture, in an unspecified location, in this undated handout picture, obtained by Reuters on July 5, 2022. FTX/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Police: Car hits pedestrian, victim hospitalized
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is hospitalized after being hit by a car Monday night in Peoria's East Bluff. Peoria Police say it happened around 6:45 p.m. on East McClure near Delaware. Police say a vehicle st...
Dec 13, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Juvenile arrested following Sunday afternoon shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A juvenile has been arrested following a shots fired call in South Peoria Sunday afternoon. Peoria Police say a ShotSpotter alert came in before 2:30 P.M. on West Antoinette inbetween W...
Dec 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Coming to Peoria Civic Center: Ballet and 'The Price is Right Live!'
PEORIA, Ill. - You could be the next contestant on "The Price is Right" -- without even leaving Peoria! It won't be on TV, but the live touring version called "The Price is Right Live!" will come to t...
Dec 13, 2022 (Peoria Civic Center)
November CPI cools down, spelling relief for markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S consumer prices barely rose in November amid declines in the cost of gasoline and used cars, leading to the smallest annual increase in inflation in nearly a year, which could...
Dec 13, 2022 People shop in a supermarket as rising inflation affects consumer prices in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Fusion energy breakthrough announced by U.S. scientists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists on Tuesday revealed a scientific advance on fusion energy which, if it can make the leap from labs to commercial generation of electricity in coming decades, cou...
Dec 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Technicians use a service system lift to access the target chamber interior for inspection and maintenance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States in 2008. Philip Saltonstall/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Handout via REUTERS
PPS approves bid for Peoria Stadium renovations
PEORIA, Ill. -- More changes are coming to Peoria Stadium. The Peoria Public School board on Monday night, approved a $4.4 million bid to replace the stadium's track and cover the field in artificial ...
Dec 13, 2022
