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Three of four missing US Army soldiers found dead in Lithuania
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Three of the four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania last week when their vehicle sunk in a peat bog have been found dead at the site, while the search for the remaini...
TJ Carson Mar 31, 2025 Diggers operate at the site of a rescue operation at Pabrade training ground, where a U.S. military vehicle has gone missing, in Lithuania, March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Janis Laizans

Kremlin says it's working on Ukraine peace after Trump says he's 'pissed off' with Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia and the United States were working on ideas for a possible peace settlement in Ukraine and on building bilateral ties despite U.S. President Do...
TJ Carson Mar 31, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Atomflot enterprise, which oversees icebreaker projects, in Murmansk, Russia March 27, 2025. Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via REUTERS

UPDATE: One person and a dog dies in Woodford County farmhouse fire
UPDATED 3:27 P.M. SPRING BAY, Ill. - A woman and a dog died in a fire at a farmhouse in Woodford County early Monday morning. 25 News reports they were found in the same room, while two other people w...
Julia Bradley Mar 31, 2025 (Midwest Communications)

Musk gives away two $1 million checks to Wisconsin voters in high profile judicial race
(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday handed out million-dollar checks to two voters in Wisconsin and promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state's to...
Julia Bradley Mar 31, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk speaks during a rally in support of a conservative state Supreme Court candidate of an April 1 election in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. March 30, 2025.

Myanmar rescues, sign of life in Bangkok rubble raise hopes after deadly quake
BANGKOK (Reuters) - People were pulled alive out of rubble in Myanmar and signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find survivors three d...
Julia Bradley Mar 31, 2025 Rescue workers continue a search operation at the site of a collapsed building, in the aftermath of a strong earthquake, in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

No sign Trump will honor US auto tariff protections won by Canada, Mexico in 2018
(Reuters) -Canada and Mexico won protections against potential new U.S. auto tariffs in 2018 as part of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade, but there is no evidence that President Donald Trump ...
Julia Bradley Mar 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Flags of Mexico, United States and Canada are pictured at a security booth at Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still on the rise heading into April
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen less than a penny per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.28 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's pric...
Julia Bradley Mar 31, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC

Trump planning to visit Saudi Arabia in mid-May, Axios reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is planning to visit Saudi Arabia in mid-May on his first foreign trip of his second term, Axios reported on Sunday, citing two U.S. officials and a s...
Julia Bradley Mar 31, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump looks on before he departs for Washington, from West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., March 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Pentagon's Hegseth says US command in 'warrior' Japan being upgraded to deter China
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described Japan on Sunday as indispensable for tackling Chinese aggression and said implementing of a plan to upgrade the U.S military command in t...
TJ Carson Mar 30, 2025 US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo. March 30, 2025. Stanislav Kogiku/Pool via REUTERS

Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to pressure Hamas after ceasefire proposal
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Sunday to step up pressure on Hamas in Gaza while continuing negotiations to secure the release of hostages and working...
TJ Carson Mar 30, 2025 A Palestinian woman visits the grave of her relative at a cemetery, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip March 30, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
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