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US weekly jobless claims rise moderately; layoffs drop to 11-month low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, while layoffs dropped to an 11-month low in July as labor market conditions remain t...
Julia Bradley Aug 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter to be sentenced to death by judge
(Reuters) - A federal judge was due to formally sentence Robert Bowers to death on Thursday for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack ...
Julia Bradley Aug 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police tape lines a sidewalk in front of the Tree of Life synagogue where a vigil was held on Saturday morning to mark one week after the deadly shooting, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
Local theater icon Mary Simon passes away
GOODFIELD, Ill. - After more than four decades of performing local theater, Goodfield resident Mary Simon has passed away. Simon, who operated the Barn III Dinner Theatre in Goodfield, formerly known ...
Julia Bradley Aug 03, 2023 (Kibler Brady Ruestman Memorial Home)
Trump legal risks deepen with charges of plot to reverse 2020 election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. efforts to hold Donald Trump criminally responsible in a plot to overturn the 2020 election were gaining steam, as the former president prepared to face federal charges in a...
Julia Bradley Aug 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S., July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
Residents escape fire in Peoria, home demolished
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria crews were called to the area of W. Gift and N. Isabell for a residential fire Wednesday morning. Fire officials said fire broke out around 10 a.m., with flames showing from the ...
Julia Bradley Aug 02, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: No shooter, no injuries reported at US Capitol after 'bad call,' police say
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police found no shooter and no one injured after reports of a possible active shooter in the U.S. Capitol complex on Wednesday after a possible "bad call," Wash...
Will Stevenson Aug 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: General view of the U.S. Capitol during morning hours, in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
A local movie theater is closed, and there's plenty of speculation as to why
PEORIA, Ill. - Other movie theaters are apparently still able to show movies, but one local theater may be blaming a closure on the ongoing writers' strike. Sources are telling 25 News that the closur...
Will Stevenson Aug 02, 2023 (25 News)
Yellen calls Fitch downgrade 'entirely unwarranted' amid US economy's strength
MCLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday voiced more objections to Fitch Ratings' downgrade of the main U.S. credit rating, calling it "entirely unwarranted" becau...
Will Stevenson Aug 02, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a climate finance roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Who has been prosecuted for trying to undo Trump's 2020 election loss?
(Reuters) - Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump, who was indicted on Tuesday for his wide-ranging efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is not the only person to face prosecution over effor...
Will Stevenson Aug 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
A Peoria man is jailed after a Wednesday morning stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is jailed after an early morning stabbing in South Peoria. Peoria Police say Efral Keys, Jr., 55, was taken to the Peoria County Jail on two counts of Aggravated Battery. P...
Will Stevenson Aug 02, 2023 Efral Keys, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
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