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Pope hosts lunch for Rome's poor and homeless
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis hosted a lunch for 1,300 poor and homeless people on Sunday, the day the Roman Catholic Church marks the World Day of the Poor. Francis, who has been using a whee...
Nov 13, 2022 Pope Francis leads a holy mass in St. Peter's Basilica on World Day of Poor at the Vatican, November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Six dead after vintage planes collide at Texas air show
UPDATED 10:18 A.M. (Reuters) -Six people were dead after two vintage military planes collided midair on Saturday and crashed in flames before a crowd of thousands who came to see them fly at a World W...
Nov 13, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Democrats seal control of U.S. Senate with win in Nevada
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Democrats will hold onto control of the U.S. Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday, handing a major victory t...
Nov 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto leads a rally ahead of the midterm elections in Henderson, Nevada, U.S. November 7, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
South Side Mission: Thanksgiving meal sign ups ending soon
PEORIA, Ill. - This year marks the 51st year that Peoria's South Side Mission will offer its Thanksgiving Meal ministry. The Mission will prepare 900 pounds of turkey and all the fixings, then deliver...
Nov 12, 2022 (Courtesy of South Side Mission)
Trump sues Jan. 6 panel in bid to block subpoena
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to avoid being compelled to testify or provide any documentation to a congressional panel investigating his ...
Nov 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks outside a polling station during midterm election in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
Kelly's win in Arizona leaves Democrats one seat shy of Senate control
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly defeated Republican Blake Masters on Friday to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, a contest that left Democrats one seat short in the battle for contr...
Nov 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Mark Kelly and his wife Gabby Giffords take a selfie at a campaign event ahead of the November 8, 2022 U.S. midterm elections in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
U.S. COVID public health emergency to stay in place
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will keep in place the public health emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing millions of Americans to still receive free tests, vaccines and treatme...
Nov 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The word "COVID-19" is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration taken November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
State Rep. to leave Springfield for Railroad Association
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois lawmaker with a tie to Peoria says he'll soon leave the State Capitol. State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) is announcing his resignation, despite having jus...
Nov 11, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/State Rep. Tim Butler)
State Treasurer wants to return unclaimed Purple Hearts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois State Treasurer Mike Frerichs -- just elected to another term Tuesday -- is already back to work, and on this Veterans Day, his efforts to return unclaimed property contin...
Nov 11, 2022 Shane Clements / CC
Nicole leaves 'unprecedented' building damage along part of Florida coast
ATLANTA (Reuters) -The soaking remains of Hurricane Nicole brought heavy rains to Georgia and the Carolinas on Friday after it left a trail of destroyed and teetering beachside homes and damaged hotel...
Nov 11, 2022 A view shows destroyed backyards of beachfront houses, after Hurricane Nicole made landfall on Florida's east coast, in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, U.S., November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
