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Biden blasts 'sickening' threats against FBI, MAGA Congress members
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden condemned violent threats against FBI agents who searched predecessor Donald Trump's home as "sickening," as he called for more police funding and...
Aug 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies at 91
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hos...
Aug 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev addresses the audience after the Russian premiere of the documentary film "Meeting Gorbachev" in Moscow, Russia November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
U.S. labor market defies interest rate hikes as job openings rise high in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings increased in July and data for the prior month was revised sharply higher, pointing to persistently strong demand for labor that is giving the Federal Reserve ...
Aug 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A restaurant advertising jobs looks to attract workers in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Trump adds ex-Florida solicitor general to Mar-a-Lago legal team - source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican former President Donald Trump has added former Florida Solicitor General Chris Kise to his legal team in the case involving classified documents he stored at his Mar-a...
Aug 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
PPS: Students' must still "earn" eligibility to attend games after Friday brawl at PHS
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria Public School officials have released more information about new and ongoing rules at interscholastic youth sporting events, including high school football games, following a vio...
Aug 30, 2022
Illinois, others get EPA waivers to preserve Midwest fuel supply
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a successful effort to grant the state an EPA waiver to protect the state's fuel supply in the wake of an oil refinery disaster earlier t...
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U.S. first lady Jill Biden tests negative for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will return to Washington from Delaware on Aug. 30, a spokeswoman said on Monday. Jill Biden, 71, had tested posi...
Aug 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: First lady Jill Biden walks with U.S. President Joe Biden towards Marine One after he spoke to the media before departing the White House for a weekend in Rehoboth, Delaware, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Pekin Township Building ready to start serving again
PEKIN, Ill. -- Good news for Pekin's senior citizens. The Pekin Township Building is just about ready to start serving meals again. "They have been desperately trying to get their kitchen remodeled an...
Aug 30, 2022
Zelenskyy tells Russians to run for their lives from Ukraine offensive in south
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Russian troops to flee for their lives after his forces launched an offensive to retake southern Ukraine, but Mosco...
Aug 30, 2022 Police and military officers inspect destroyed houses by a strike, amid Russia's invasion, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, August 29, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Musk sends fresh letter to scrap Twitter deal after whistleblower claims
(Reuters) - Elon Musk has sent an additional letter of deal termination to Twitter Inc after the world's richest person subpoenaed a whistleblower seeking documents on how the social media company mea...
Aug 30, 2022 Elon Musk's twitter account is seen on a smartphone in front of the Twitter logo in this photo illustration taken, April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
