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Murray Baker Bridge to light up gold for Gold Star Families
PEORIA, Ill - The City of Peoria is honoring Gold Star Families Mayor Rita Ali has declared Sunday, September 28 as Gold Star Mothers and Families Day. The designation marks the culmination of Gold St...
Sep 28, 2025 (City of Peoria)
Powerball jackpot increases to $160 million
URBANDALE, Ia. - There was no winning ticket sold for Saturday's Powerball ball drawing. The jackpot now increases to $160 million for the next drawing Monday. The estimated cash value is $74.2 millio...
Sep 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Powerball tickets are seen at a liquor store, in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Marc-Andre Fleury perfect in net in emotional Penguins farewell
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Reuters/Field Level Media) - Marc-Andre Fleury's career came full circle on Saturday night when the retired goaltender played in preseason game with the Pittsburgh Penguins and didn't...
Sep 28, 2025 Sep 27, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) acknowledges the crowd after playing in his final NHL game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images/File Photo
Russia launches major drone and missile attack on Ukraine, hits Kyiv hard
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, in one of the most sustained atta...
Sep 28, 2025 Emergency workers operate at an impact site in a residential neighbourhood after Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland, ICE facilities
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was directing the U.S. military to deploy to Portland, Oregon and to protect federal immigration facilities against "domestic terrorists", s...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: ICE agents charge towards protesters during a protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump administration's immigration policies, outside an ICE detention facility in Portland, Oregon, U.S., September 1, 2025. REUTERS/John Rudoff/File Photo
Trump to meet top Congressional leaders on Monday, White House official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with the top Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress on Monday to discuss government funding ahead of a September 30 deadline to keep ...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Who's to blame for possible government shutdown?
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Congress and the White House have until October 1 to get a budget signed and passed to avoid a government shutdown. But, if the shutdown occurs, who's to blame for the situati...
Sep 27, 2025 A view of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, during a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
United Nations arms embargo, other sanctions reimposed on Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday following a process triggered by key European powers that Tehran has warned will be met...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Members of the U.N. Security Council vote against a resolution that would permanently lift U.N. sanctions on Iran at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
ICE arrests Des Moines public schools superintendent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. immigration officials on Friday arrested the superintendent of the public schools system in Des Moines, Iowa, acting on what authorities said was a prior deportation order. ...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts speaks during the Standing Up For Public Education Rally at Goodrell Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., May 1, 2025. Lily Smith/The Register/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS/File photo
FBI fires agents pictured kneeling during racial justice protest in 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has fired a group of its agents photographed kneeling on the street in an attempt to de-escalate tensions during a racial justice protest in Washington in 2020 in the af...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Bureau Investigation seal is seen at FBI headquarters in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
