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Weather conditions in Los Angeles improve, giving firefighters respite
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wind gusts and dry conditions will linger throughout the day on Thursday in Los Angeles where firefighters hope to gain on their momentum against two major wildfires that have ...
Jan 16, 2025 A member of a CalFire crew looks into the distance while working to mop up hotspots from the burn scar of the Palisades Fire near Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 15, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson
Residents escape fire Wednesday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on E. Gift Wednesday evening on reports of smoke. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says crews arrive around 6 p.m., finding smoke coming from ...
Jan 16, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
UPDATE: Death toll in Israeli strikes on Gaza rises to 77 since ceasefire deal, residents say
UPDATED 7:44 a.m. DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel airstrikes killed at least 77 people in Gaza overnight on Thursday, residents and authorities in the enclave said, hours after a ceasefire and ...
Jan 16, 2025 Palestinians stand among the rubble of houses destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, amid ceasefire negotiations with Israel, in Gaza City, January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Dream Center receives grant to further help Peoria's homeless
PEORIA, Ill. - Dream Center Peoria will be getting a boost from the city to help house homeless couples and single women. The city council Tuesday night unanimously approved a grant to reimburse Dream...
Jan 16, 2025 (Dream Center Peoria Facebook)
Biden raises alarm about 'dangerous concentration of power' among few wealthy people in US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was concerned about a "dangerous concentration of power" among a few wealthy people in the United States. "Today, an ...
Jan 15, 2025 US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. MANDEL NGAN/Pool via REUTERS
State Board of Education seeks $11.4 billion for PreK-12 spending
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve a budget request for the upcoming fiscal year of nearly $11.4 billion, a 4.6% increase over this year's budget, despite p...
Jan 15, 2025 Members of the Illinois State Board of Education are pictured at the board’s December meeting. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Pair arrested in Morton, in connection to death of 13-month-old child
PEORIA Ill. - Two people have been arrested in connection to the death of a 13-month-old child. According to Peoria Police -- on Thursday, December 19th, just before 3:00pm, officers were dispatched t...
Jan 15, 2025
TikTok prepares to shut down app in US on Sunday, sources say
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -TikTok plans to shut its app for U.S. users on Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app used by 170 million Americans is set to take effect, barring a last-min...
Jan 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Illinois bill could raise age for mandatory license renewal driving test for seniors
CHICAGO - Older drivers in Illinois could face fewer barriers to renew their driver's licenses next year as part of a bill that would raise the age for the state-mandated annual driver's test from 79 ...
Jan 15, 2025 TonightA chance of flurries with a slight chance of snow before 2am, then a chance of flurries between 2am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 23 by 5am. Wind chill values between 4 and 12. South southwest wind 10 to 14 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
ThursdayPartly sunny, with a high near 34. West northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday NightMostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.
FridayMostly sunny, with a high near 41. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Friday NightA chance of rain before 3am, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 25. South wind 6 to 11 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
SaturdayPartly sunny, with a high near 29. North northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Saturday NightMostly cloudy, with a low around 6.
Biden nods to Trump team in Israel-Hamas ceasefire announcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire-and-hostage deal that will end fighting in Gaza, and added it was reached by working al...
Jan 15, 2025 U.S. President Joe Biden, flanked by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaks after negotiators reached a phased deal for a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, during remarks at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
