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Pope Francis puts stamp on Church future with new cardinals
(Reuters) -Pope Francis on Sunday announced that he would elevate 21 churchmen to the high rank of cardinal, again putting his mark on the group that will one day choose his successor after his death ...
Will Stevenson Jul 09, 2023 Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window, at the Vatican, July 9, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
East Peoria mobile home total loss after fire
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria mobile home is a total loss after a fire early Saturday morning. The East Peoria Fire Department responded to the home off Meadow Avenue near the East Peoria VFW Pos...
TJ Carson Jul 08, 2023 D4E / CC
Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits symbolic Snake Island to mark 500 days of war
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Snake Island, a rocky outcrop on the Black Sea, to mark 500 days since Russia's invasion, a video issued by his office on Saturday showed. T...
TJ Carson Jul 08, 2023 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy writes an inscription 'Glory to Ukraine' as he visits Snake (Zmiinyi) Island in the Black Sea, retaken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a year ago, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 8, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
State ends fiscal year with record $50.7 billion in base revenue, sparking small surplus
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - State revenues once again reached a record high in the fiscal year that ended June 30, creating what Gov. JB Pritzker called a "one-time" budget surplus of ...
TJ Carson Jul 08, 2023 (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Cause of Friday night Peoria house fire 'undetermined'
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire to a home late Friday evening in Peoria is not quite known at this time. Firefighters were called to a house in the area of Central and Arcadia just before 10:30 P.M...
TJ Carson Jul 08, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Yellen urges US-China cooperation on economy, climate
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged closer communication between China and the United States on Saturday to improve economic decision-making and challenged China to join glo...
TJ Carson Jul 08, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
Robots say they won't steal jobs, rebel against humans
GENEVA (Reuters) -Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans' jobs or rebel against us. But, in the w...
Will Stevenson Jul 07, 2023 Humanoid robot 'Rmeca' is pictured at AI for Good Global Summit, in Geneva, Switzerland, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
US to give Ukraine cluster munitions in $800 million aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced on Friday that it will send Ukraine cluster munitions - prohibited by more than 100 countries - as part of an $800 million security package, a move U...
Will Stevenson Jul 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian military serviceman Igor Ovcharruck holds a defused cluster bomb from an MSLR missile, among a display of pieces of rockets used by Russian army, that a Ukrainian munitions expert said did not explode on impact, in the region of Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Drought lessens slightly in central Illinois after storms the week before
PEORIA, Ill. - Storms last week in central Illinois gave a little relief to persisting drought conditions. The latest U.S Drought Monitor report shows the area between moderate to severe drought level...
TJ Carson Jul 07, 2023 (National Weather Service)
Police: Seven 'significant incidents' in Peoria between Thursday and Friday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police spent part of Thursday and into Friday responding to another round of gun-related crimes. Among seven significant events which included the city's 11th homicide of the yea...
Will Stevenson Jul 07, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
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