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"Wings and Wheels" returns in Pekin
PEKIN. Ill. - (25 News) - There were plenty of planes and automobiles for guests to enjoy Saturday at the "Wings and Wheels" event at Pekin Municipal Airport. Guests and their families got to hit the ...
Sep 19, 2021 25 News
Boxer Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president in 2022
MANILA (Reuters) -Boxing star Manny Pacquiao said on Sunday he will run for president of the Philippines next year, after railing against corruption in government and what he calls President Rodrigo D...
Sep 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Picture taken September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo
Amid high security, small pro-Trump crowd rallies at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police and media vastly outnumbered protesters around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday at a sparsely attended rally by supporters of the people who breached the building on Jan. 6, t...
Sep 19, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Arrests follow fights at Peoria High School
PEORIA, Ill. - Fights inside and outside Peoria High School Friday led to the arrests of some individuals and the postponement of two football games as a security measure. Classes were dismissed nearl...
Sep 18, 2021 25 News
U.S. Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of police officers will be on duty around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday braced for a rally by supporters of the hundreds of people who breached the building on Jan. 6 tr...
Sep 18, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden admin looks to revive Trump-era order on migrant expulsion
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday moved to revive an order put in place by then-President Donald Trump directing the expulsion of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border a...
Sep 18, 2021 REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Victim identified in fatal Tazewell County crash
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - More details have been released about Wednesday night's fatal accident in rural Tazewell County. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the victim of the crash a...
Sep 17, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. FDA advisers recommend COVID-19 boosters for older adults after rejecting broad approval
UPDATED 4:07 P.M. (Reuters) -A panel of expert outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted on Friday to recommend COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for Americans 65 and older and thos...
Sep 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Pentagon says Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians in 'tragic mistake'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday that a drone strike in Kabul last month killed as many 10 civilians, including seven children, and it apologized for what the Pentagon said it w...
Sep 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, arrives at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this photo taken on August 17, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on August 18, 2021. U.S NAVY/Central Command Public Affairs/Capt.William Urgan/Handout via REUTERS
Plane carrying Afghans, U.S. and European citizens from Kabul arrives in Doha
DUBAI (Reuters) -The third chartered flight bringing civilians from Afghanistan to Qatar since U.S. forces withdrew last month landed on Friday with around 170 passengers on board, including U.S. and ...
Sep 17, 2021 U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaila V. Peters/Handout via REUTERS
