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Michael Gambon, British actor who played Dumbledore, dies aged 82
LONDON (Reuters) -British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, best known to global audiences for playing the wise professor Albus Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" movie franchise and whose career was launched...
TJ Carson Sep 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Michael Gambon attends a Service of Thanksgiving for Sir Peter Hall at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain, September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File photo
U.S. pending home sales fall more than expected in August
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Contracts to buy U.S. existing homes fell more than expected in August, tumbling by the most in nearly a year as high mortgage rates erode affordability, according to a survey rel...
TJ Carson Sep 28, 2023 A house under construction is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Effort underway to unionize workers at Rivian plant in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. (25 News) - A union with almost 600,000 members is seeking to expand its ranks by organizing thousands of workers who build electric vehicles and Rivian Automotive in Normal. The unioniza...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 (25 News)
Trump says UAW talks don't matter because EV shift will kill jobs
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it mattered little whether striking union autoworkers secured a favorable deal in talks with America's biggest carmakers because the shi...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses auto workers as he skips the second GOP debate, in Clinton Township, Michigan, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
US soldier Travis King arrives in Texas after release from North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Private Travis King landed at a U.S. military base in Texas early on Thursday after being expelled from North Korea following his surprise dash across the heavily mili...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 U.S. Private Travis T. King (wearing a black shirt and black cap) is seen in this picture taken during a tour of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, July 18, 2023. Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
UPDATE: Republicans open Biden impeachment inquiry with focus on son's business dealings
UPDATED 2:19 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans leading an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden detailed foreign payments to members of his family in their first hearing on Thursday, but di...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks as his aides hold boxes of what he said were thousands of pages of Biden family bank records subpoenaed by the committee as Chairman James Comer (R-KY) looks on during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into U.S. President Joe Biden, focused on his son Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
No one wins Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Powerball numbers were not an exact match for any of the millions of tickets sold ahead of Wednesday night's drawing. Fox News reports that there were four tickets sold that missed...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 (Powerball)
Takeaways from the second 2024 Republican presidential debate
SIMI VALLEY, California (Reuters) -The seven Republicans on stage at their party's second 2024 presidential primary debate aimed on Wednesday to convince voters they could be a viable alternative to f...
Julia Bradley Sep 28, 2023 North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pose at the start of the second Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, U.S. September 27, 2023. REUTERS/David Swanson
Civic Center GM: Despite record revenue year, challenges in revenue and infrastructure remain. Here's what he means
PEORIA, Ill. - Many people say that the Peoria Civic Center is a drain on taxpayers, no matter how successful the Civic Center is. Civic Center General Manager Rik Edgar tells the Peoria City Council,...
Will Stevenson Sep 27, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
1 of 3 charged with 2021 shooting death convicted of murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is the first of three people charged with the murder of a Manual High School student two years ago, to be convicted. Court records indicate a jury Wednesday found Jeremy Mo...
Will Stevenson Sep 27, 2023 (Left to Right): Jeremy Moore, Jr., Gary Irby, Tyranique White (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail October 2021)