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Russia test-fires new hypersonic Tsirkon missiles from frigate, submarine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said on Friday citing northern fleet. ...
Dec 31, 2021 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Illinois legislature trimming session days in January thanks to COVID-19
(Undated) -- The Illinois state legislature will have less time to work with when it comes to law-making in the New Year. State lawmakers are scaling back legislative session dates in January due to t...
Dec 31, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Wind-driven Colorado grass fire destroys hundreds of homes, displaces thousands
DENVER (Reuters) -A fierce, wind-driven wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes, injured at least a half dozen people and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in and around two towns...
Dec 31, 2021 Structures burn, including an Element Hotel, as a wind-driven wildfire forced evacuation of the Superior suburb of Boulder, Colorado, U.S. December 30, 2021. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
Jan. 6 panel urges U.S. high court to deny Trump bid to shield records
(Reuters) - The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to deny a request by former President Donald Trump to shield some of his...
Dec 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, U.S., June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Lt. Gov. tests positive for COVID-19
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton has COVID-19. Stratton said on social media she tested positive, has mild symptoms, and will isolate as she recovers. Stratton -- in her f...
Dec 30, 2021 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton at OSF OnCall in Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fraternal Order of Police reacts to deaths of two Illinois officers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - "When is it going to stop?" Those are some of the words of the president of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police after two officers have been killed, and one seriously injured, i...
Dec 30, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden, Putin warn of breach if they can't resolve Ukraine tensions
UPDATED 5:53 P.M. WILMINGTON, Del./MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday exchanged warnings over Ukraine but conveyed some optimism that upc...
Dec 30, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds virtual talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin amid Western fears that Moscow plans to attack Ukraine, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens with other officials during a secure video call from the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2021. The White House/Handout via REUTERS
Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign continues one more month; gold bar donated in one Red Kettle
PEORIA, Ill. - So close, yet, so far away. That might be how the goal of this year's Peoria Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign could be described , as it has one more month left, ending at the end...
Dec 30, 2021
Man begins jail sentence for fatal 2020 accident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Chillicothe man charged in an accident almost two years ago that claimed the life of another Chillicothe man is reporting to jail for the crime, but will not be there long. Peoria Cou...
Dec 30, 2021
Hy-Vee adds 'Retail Security Team', is hiring officers
WEST DES MOINES, Ia. -- Peoria's two Hy-Vee grocery stores may soon have actual security guards patrolling them. The Iowa-based chain says it's previously worked with third-party security contractors ...
Dec 30, 2021
