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Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis after agreement struck
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, saying that the Iran-aligned group had agreed to stop interrupting important shipping...
May 06, 2025 A ship fires missiles at an undisclosed location, after U.S. President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on March 15, 2025. U.S. Central Command/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Carney meets Trump, stresses Canada will never be for sale
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump began his first talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday and vowed to bring up "tough points" that are dividing the two countries sin...
May 06, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
UPDATE: U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly joins Democratic primary to fill Durbin's Senate seat
UPDATED 12:20 P.M. CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly is the second Democrat to step into the 2026 primary race to succeed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. Kelly, a resident of south ...
May 06, 2025 U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly is pictured in her final state central committee meeting as Democratic Party of Illinois chair in 2022. At the time, she was unseated by state Rep. Lisa Hernandez, Gov. JB Pritzker’s preferred candidate for party chair. She’s pictured alongside then-party treasurer Michael Dorf. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Bessent says US could announce trade deals with some countries this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the Trump administration could announce trade agreements with some of the United States' largest trade partners as early as ...
May 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Next round of Iran-US nuclear talks likely to be in Oman at weekend
DUBAI (Reuters) -A fourth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States is likely to take place over the weekend in the capital of Oman, with Iranian state media pointing to May 11 as a pr...
May 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of Muscat, ahead of the awaited negotiations between U.S. and Iran, Muscat, Oman, April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Controllers lost contact with Newark airplanes for 30 seconds last week, USDOT says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Air traffic controllers overseeing planes at Newark International Airport in New Jersey lost contact with aircraft for 30 seconds last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean D...
May 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: United Airlines planes land and prepare to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, , U.S., January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to revoke thousands of migrants' status
BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal appeals court rejected on Monday a request by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cuba...
May 06, 2025 Asylum seeking migrants, mostly from Venezuela and Cuba, wait to be transported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after crossing the Rio Grande river into the U.S. from Mexico at Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Local veterans making another trip to Washington, D.C. Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - A plane full of local veterans and their guardians are headed for the nation's capitol Tuesday. The Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria's Wayne A. Downing I...
May 06, 2025 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Water main break prompts e-learning at Dunlap High School Tuesday
DUNLAP, Ill. - Due to a water main break, Dunlap High School will have remote learning for students on Tuesday (May 6th). Dunlap CUSD #323 says all other grades will have a normal school day. The wate...
May 06, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Courtney Pierce)
Arson destroys vacant house in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson is being cited as the cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant house in Peoria's East Bluff. Peoria Fire crews were called to the area of Ravine and Indiana just after 2:30 P.M. Mo...
May 05, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
