Category Archives: Top Stories
Israel halts aid into northern Gaza, officials say, clans deny Hamas is stealing it
CAIRO/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel has stopped aid from entering northern Gaza but is still allowing it to enter from the south, two officials said on Thursday after images circulated of masked men on a...
Jun 26, 2025 Mourners pray as they attend the funeral of Palestinians killed, in what the Gaza Health Ministry said, were overnight Israeli airstrikes on tents sheltering displaced people, at Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
US Senate Republicans race to resolve tax, health issues in Trump's tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. Congress scrambled on Thursday to resolve nettlesome tax and health care provisions in their sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Thursday as President D...
Jun 26, 2025 Visitors to the U.S. Capitol rest in the shade on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
No known intelligence that Iran moved uranium, US defense chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from U.S. strike...
Jun 26, 2025 U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine, speak during a press conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Idrees Ali
East Peoria teen identified after being hit, killed by a train in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. - An East Peoria teen was identified on Thursday after being struck and killed by a train in Normal. The McLean County Coroner says 19-year-old James Camden died from multiple blunt force...
Jun 26, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
US weekly jobless claims fall but unemployment rolls swelling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, but the unemployment rate could rise in June as more laid off people struggle to find work. I...
Jun 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Eureka chiropractor sentenced for scheming to defraud Medicare and a number of insurance companies
PEORIA, Ill. - A Eureka chiropractor, 48-year-old Carrie Musselman, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution for scheming to defraud Med...
Jun 26, 2025 Midwest Communications
White House video embraces Trump as 'daddy' after NATO chief's remark
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The White House embraced the moniker of "daddy" for Donald Trump in a video that it released after NATO chief Mark Rutte used the term in a conversation with the U.S. president. "D...
Jun 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File photo
Pritzker set to kick off re-election campaign Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor J-B Pritzker will kick off his re-election campaign for a third term on Thursday with a statewide tour. Over the next two days, the governor will be talking about his comm...
Jun 26, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in Chicago prior to signing a bill aimed at giving more Illinoisans who leave a correctional facility access to a free state ID. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Man sentenced for shooting in Peoria's East Bluff that paralyzed ex-girlfriend
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been sentenced for a shooting in Peoria's East Bluff last year that left his former girlfriend paralyzed. 25 News reports Deandre Ward was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wedn...
Jun 25, 2025 Brian Turner / CC
Peoria provides more support and funding to organization helping house homeless population
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria is providing more funding to reimburse a non-profit organization that's housing homeless people in a motel. City council on Tuesday night approved up to $64,000 to re...
Jun 25, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
