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Exclusive: U.S. weighs possible resumption of offensive arms sales to Saudis - sources
WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) - The Biden administration is discussing the possible lifting of its ban on U.S. sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, but any final decision is expected to hinge on ...
Jul 11, 2022 United States' and Saudi Arabia's flags are seen on Mecca Road as part of celebrations to welcome United States President Donald Trump, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/Files
Senate majority leader Schumer tests positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the most senior Democrat in the chamber, has tested positive for the coronavirus and has very mild symptoms, a spokesperson said on Sunday. "The ...
Jul 11, 2022 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon offers to testify in U.S. probe of Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former close adviser Steve Bannon has told the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that he is ready to testify, a change...
Jul 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A video of Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House advisor to former President Donald Trump, is seen displayed on a screen, during the third of eight planned public hearings of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
Biden weighs authority to declare abortion-related public health emergency after Roe v. Wade overturned
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has asked his administration to consider whether he has authority to declare an abortion-related public health emergency after the Supreme Court o...
Jul 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria home goes up in flames Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire crews were called to the area of S. Sumner Avenue and W. Ann Street around 11:15 p.m. Sunday on reports of a house fire. Fire Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman said fire was co...
Jul 11, 2022 liz west / CC
Resident tells council Peoria may be on "pathway of possible genocide"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Any city seeking to grow its population and the amount of business done or based locally, is often reticent to spotlight the true nature of its own crime problem. It's hard to say for ...
Jul 10, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Police called to Highland Park shooting suspect's family home many times over years
(Reuters) - Authorities were called to the home of the Highland Park shooting suspect's parents numerous times between 2010 and 2014, according to police records released on Friday as funerals took pl...
Jul 09, 2022 A candle with the Star of David adorns a memorial for victims of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Watkins takes over as interim Sheriff
PEORIA, Ill. - Captain Chris Watkins has officially taken over as interim Peoria County Sheriff, given that Brian Asbell's resignation from the job took effect Friday morning. Watkins has 18 years of ...
Jul 09, 2022 (Peoria County Government)
Abe's body returns to his Tokyo home as Japan mourns slain ex-PM
NARA/TOKYO (Reuters) -A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at his home in the Japanese capital on Saturday, as police in the western city of Nara where he was assa...
Jul 09, 2022 LDP officials pray to the vehicle believed to be carrying the body of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, at his residence in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2022. REUTERS/ Kim Kyung-Hoon
Twitter workers brace for more 'circus' after Elon Musk torpedoes deal
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc employees expressed disbelief and exhaustion on Friday after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said he was terminating a deal to buy the social media company in what could be ...
Jul 09, 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
