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Hollywood directors ratify labor pact as writers keep picketing
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film and television directors voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year labor contract with major Hollywood studios on Friday, averting a second work stoppage that would ...
Will Stevenson Jun 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People stand above the Hollywood sign under a cloudy sky in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
UPDATE: Rebel Russian mercenaries will turn back to avoid bloodshed, leader says
UPDATED 1:05 P.M. ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) -Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters who surged most of the way to Moscow have agreed to turn back to avoid bloodshed, their leader said on S...
Will Stevenson Jun 24, 2023 Voronezh, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer
New Peoria task force arrests man on federal drug, weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is facing federal charges after a new local task force found drugs and weapons in a local home. Peoria Police say Detrey Robinson, 27, faces what were only described as fed...
Will Stevenson Jun 23, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pekin Police arrest teen for fatal accident, to be tried as adult
PEKIN, Ill. - A teenager has been charged in a hit-and-run crash in Pekin last week that killed two people. Jonathan Qualls, 17, of Pekin was arrested Friday by Pekin Police. Qualls is accused of stri...
Will Stevenson Jun 23, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US files first-ever charges against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday filed criminal charges against four Chinese chemical manufacturing companies and eight individuals over allegations they illegally ...
Will Stevenson Jun 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Plastic bags of Fentanyl are displayed on a table at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection area at the International Mail Facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/File Photo
U.S. attorney general denies allegations that Hunter Biden tax probe was stymied
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday denied allegations by an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower, who said the high-ranking federal prosecutor tasked with investig...
Will Stevenson Jun 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden looks on during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Man jailed following drug bust
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they used their SWAT Team to help arrest a Peoria man on drug and weapons-related charges. It happened around 6:00 a.m. Thursday at a home near Howett and Charlton. A ...
Will Stevenson Jun 23, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Drought will take its toll on corn, says Jahnke
PEORIA, Ill. - This growing season could end up becoming quite the struggle for farmers - thanks in part to the fact there's been little to no rain for weeks now. "Peoria (is the) 8th driest since 188...
Will Stevenson Jun 23, 2023 CraneStation / CC
US House Republicans seek to expunge Trump impeachments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of Donald Trump's staunchest allies in the U.S. Congress have introduced legislation aimed at expunging the former president's two impeachments, a legislative maneuver witho...
TJ Carson Jun 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks outside Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on the day of former U.S. President Donald Trump's court appearance after his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in New York City, U.S., April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
Honda recalling 1.2 million US vehicles for rear camera issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Honda Motor is recalling 1.2 million vehicles in the United States due to a potential issue with the rearview camera image, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NH...
TJ Carson Jun 23, 2023 A Honda logo is seen during the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/FILE PHOTO