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White House defends U.S.-Iran prisoner swap deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday defended a U.S.-Iran prisoner swap deal that has drawn criticism from Republicans, saying Iran gets no U.S. sanctions relief from the deal. The Unit...
TJ Carson Sep 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Iranian and U.S. flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
St. Jude Riders ready to make another trip to Memphis
PEORIA, Ill. - 153 bikers are geared up to ride for the kids at St. Jude. This is Dave Gauf's third year, making the 468 mile trek to Memphis. "We're going to ride down to Memphis, Tennessee, to prese...
Julia Bradley Sep 13, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Photo courtesy of Dave Gauf)
IDOT: Time lost after McClugage Bridge crane fire will be made up
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The time lost on the construction of the new McClugage Bridge after a crane caught fire will be able to be made up. That's according to Illinois Department of Transportation spokes...
Will Stevenson Sep 13, 2023 (Peoria Fire Department via 25 News)
US consumer prices accelerate in August on gasoline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in more than a year in August amid a surge in the cost of gasoline, but a moderate rise in underlying inflation could encourage the Fe...
TJ Carson Sep 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A worker fills a car belonging to a Texas resident, with gasoline at a gas station, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
UPDATE: Pennsylvania fugitive captured, ending two-week manhunt
UPDATED 4:48 P.M. (Reuters) -A convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail was captured on Wednesday with the help of a heat-sensing aircraft and a police dog, ending an intense, two-week ...
Julia Bradley Sep 13, 2023 Escaped fugitive Danelo Cavalcante, 34, a Brazilian who escaped from Chester County Prison where he was awaiting transfer to a state prison to serve a life sentence for killing his ex-girlfriend, is taken into custody by law enforcement officers in Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 13, 2023. Pennsylvania State Police/Handout via REUTERS
Libya storm death toll expected to swell as sea washes bodies ashore
NEAR DERNA, Libya (Reuters) -Bodies were washing ashore in eastern Libya on Wednesday, swelling the death toll from a storm that swept whole neighborhoods out to sea, with thousands already confirmed ...
Julia Bradley Sep 13, 2023 A view shows damaged cars, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Libya, in Derna, Libya September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori
Putin and North Korea's Kim discuss military matters, Ukraine war and satellites
MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for a rare summit on Wednesday at which they discussed military matters, the war in Ukraine and possib...
Julia Bradley Sep 13, 2023 Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool via REUTERS
McCarthy faces threat as US House speaker despite impeachment move
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will confront a fractured caucus on Wednesday, with his role as the top Republican in Congress under threat from the far right, despite giving ...
Julia Bradley Sep 13, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) calls for an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Joe Biden while delivering a statement on allegations surrounding President Biden and his son Hunter Biden, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Copay requirements paused for noncitizens on state health plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The state has paused a new policy requiring certain noncitizens enrolled in a Medicaid-like health insurance plan to pay copayments for certain services, in...
Will Stevenson Sep 12, 2023 Credit: Hush Naidoo Jade Photography | Unsplash.com
Grand jury files 56 Unauthorized Videotaping counts against local doctor
PEORIA, Ill. - A presumably now-former doctor at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center has had the 56 felony charges he's been facing since last month affirmed by a Peoria County grand jury. The grand jury...
Will Stevenson Sep 12, 2023 Dr. Henry Chang (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
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