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Katy Perry launches into space with all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
(Reuters) -Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to earth on Monday, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 y...
Apr 14, 2025 Pop star Katy Perry comes out of the capsule in which she, journalists Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos' fiance and other participants, landed back on earth after blasting off into space on a Blue Origin rocket, as part of the New Shepard Mission NS-31, marking the first all-female flight crew in more than six decades, in West Texas, Texas, U.S., April 14, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a video. Blue Origin/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT
Peoria firefighters respond to nursing home fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a nursing home on N. Rochelle Lane Monday morning on reports of fire in the building. Fire Battalion Chief Stephen Rada says when crews arrived around...
Apr 14, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Golf-World unites in praise of McIlroy after momentous Masters triumph
(Reuters) -Rory McIlroy's triumph at the Masters on Sunday was hailed on both sides of the Atlantic as the 35-year-old Northern Irishman became the first European men's player to complete a career gra...
Apr 14, 2025 Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 13, 2025 Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy takes the applause of Augusta National members during the green jacket presentation after winning The Masters and completing a career grand slam REUTERS/Mike Blake
UPDATE: Suspect in arson attack on Pennsylvania governor's residence charged with attempted murder
Updated at 7:56 a.m. (Reuters) - The suspect in an arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's residence has been charged with attempted homicide, terrorism, aggravated arson and other feloni...
Apr 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro waves to the crowd, on the day groundhog Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction on how long winter will last, during the Groundhog Day festivities, at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria prices continue to drop at the pump
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped just over two cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.36 on Monday. GasBuddy says Peoria's prices are 13 cents higher than a month ago, and 47.5 ...
Apr 14, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
PPD investigates stabbing over the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Police are investigating a stabbing Saturday afternoon in downtown Peoria. A PPD spokesperson said that a male victim suffered a "small" non-life-threatening stab wound to the back. Off...
Apr 14, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinois Army National Guard soldiers return home from the Middle East
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Nearly 275 soldiers from the Illinois National Guard have returned home from a deployment in the Middle East. Their return was the day after around the same number of soldiers retu...
Apr 13, 2025 25 News File Photo
UPDATE - Police: East Peoria crash caused by drunk driver
UPDATE: EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash in East Peoria. Police say it was caused by a drunk driver. The rollover accident happened at 10:30 Friday night...
Apr 13, 2025 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Two former Peoria prep stars commit to Bradley, Illinois women's basketball
PEORIA, Ill. - Two former Peoria prep standouts have committed to continue their collegiate careers with new teams. One of them is coming home while the other is moving closer to home. Former Peoria N...
Apr 13, 2025 Eastern Kentucky University Athletics
Helicopter in fatal New York crash lacked flight recorders, NTSB says
(Reuters) - The helicopter that crashed into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six on board including three children, lacked flight recorders, the National Transportation Safety Bo...
Apr 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near lower Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
