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NATO says Poland blast likely caused by Ukrainian missile, but Moscow bears responsibility
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO's secretary-general said Tuesday's blast in Poland was likely caused by a Ukrainian air defence missile but that Russia was ultimately responsible because it started the war. ...
Nov 16, 2022 Flags fly outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Victim identified in Pekin homicide as suspect remains jailed
PEKIN, Ill. - We're learning more about the death of a Pekin man, days after he was severely beaten and as the man accused of doing it now faces murder charges. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley ...
Nov 16, 2022 (Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
Car crashes into Los Angeles sheriff's department recruits on training run
(Reuters) - Multiple Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits were injured when a car crashed into them on Wednesday morning while they were out for a run in Whittier, California, the departme...
Nov 16, 2022 A police officer watches a damaged vehicle after multiple Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits were injured when a car crashed into them while they were out for a run in Whittier, California, U.S. November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu
GOP chooses new leadership in General Assembly as Dems retain control
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Republicans chose new leadership for their caucuses in the Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday night, while the two Democratic leaders have each announced ...
Nov 16, 2022 Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, and Sen. John Curran, R-Downers Grove, were chosen Tuesday to be the minority leaders of their respective caucuses in the Illinois General Assembly. (Capitol News Illinois file photos)
New fire station approved by East Peoria council
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria is getting a new fire station. A special use permit, approved by City Council on Tuesday, paves the way for the fire station to be built on land owned by Illinois Cent...
Nov 16, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Right to unionize amendment projected to pass
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois voters have approved a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing workers the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining. Estimates com...
Nov 16, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
NATO says Poland blast likely caused by Ukrainian missile, but Moscow bears responsibility
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO's secretary-general said Tuesday's blast in Poland was likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile but that Russia was ultimately responsible because it started the war. ...
Nov 16, 2022 Flags fly outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
NASA's Artemis rocketship on course for moon after epic launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -NASA's next-generation rocket ship was on course Wednesday for a crewless voyage around the moon and back, launched from Florida on its debut flight half a century afte...
Nov 16, 2022 NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from launch complex 39-B on the unmanned Artemis 1 mission to the moon at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. November 16, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Republicans one seat away from winning House in U.S. midterm vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans were just one seat shy on Wednesday of securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, a midterm victory that would usher in two years of divided governmen...
Nov 16, 2022 House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters after McCarthy was nominated by fellow Republicans to be their leader or the Speaker of the House if they take control in the next Congress, following House Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Mayor cheers surplus as Peoria Council approves new budget
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria appears to be in good shape financially, at least for the short term. City Council Tuesday night pushed back a vote to potentially raise parking costs downtown, but approved a n...
Nov 16, 2022 Scott McLeod / CC
