Category Archives: Top Stories
Airlines cancel nearly 700 U.S. flights as labor crunch weighs
(Reuters) - Airlines canceled nearly 700 flights in the United States early Monday, as they struggled to keep up with a surge in summer travel demand due to a shortage of staff ranging from pilots to ...
Jun 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travellers wearing masks and not wearing masks wait in line at a security checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
G7 to hike sanctions on Russia, nears oil price cap deal
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -The Group of Seven rich democracies will commit on Tuesday to a new package of coordinated actions meant to raise pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine, and will...
Jun 27, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, European Council President Charles Michel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in virtual attendance, during the G7 leaders summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool
Avalanche down Lightning, win Stanley Cup
The Colorado Avalanche are atop the mountain in the NHL for the third time in franchise history. Artturi Lehkonen scored the go-ahead goal with 7:32 remaining in the second period to lift the Avalanch...
Jun 27, 2022 Jun 26, 2022; Tampa, Florida, USA; Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar (8) celebrates with the Stanley Cup after the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in game six of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Ukraine pleads for air defense as Russia turns sights on Lysychansk
KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Western leaders to step up weapons supplies to his country as Russian forces fought to capture Lysychansk, the last big...
Jun 27, 2022 People stand next to cars destroyed by a Russian missile strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, at a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
Commercial tugboat sinks near Peoria's McClugage Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. --Down she goes. Police say a commercial tugboat operating near the McClugage Bridge experienced some kind of issue and sank to the bottom of the Illinois River this weekend. According to...
Jun 26, 2022 (Fondulac Park District Police via 25 News)
Hundreds protest Supreme Court abortion ruling in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Tempers have been flaring against Friday's historic announcement from the U.S. Supreme Court, reversing Roe v Wade and the federal precedent for legally protected abortions across the ...
Jun 26, 2022 25 News
Trump endorses Bailey in GOP primary just days ahead of vote counting
MENDON, Ill. -- One of the Republican front runners for the gubernatorial primary race in Illinois has earned a potentially controversial endorsement this weekend. During a rally at the fairgrounds in...
Jun 26, 2022 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Biden says G7 must stick together as gold sanctions target Putin's 'war machine'
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden told allies "we have to stay together" against Russia, as world leaders met on Sunday at a G7 summit in the Bavarian Alps that will be domina...
Jun 26, 2022 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron attend a round table for their first working session of G7 group at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau Castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany June 26, 2022. John MacDougall/Pool via REUTERS
TAPS seeing increase in pet returns
PEKIN, Ill. -- For years, TAPS (Tazewell Animal Protective Society) in Pekin has been finding new homes for pets that are brought to their shelter. But, recently, they've seen a significant increase i...
Jun 25, 2022 Brian Kelly / CC
Biden signs bipartisan gun safety bill into law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bipartisan gun safety bill into law, the first major federal gun reform in three decades, days after the Supreme Court expanded gun ...
Jun 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden signs S. 2938: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law from the Roosevelt Room at the White House as first lady Jill Biden stands next to him in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
