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Trump withdraws his pick to be UN envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had withdrawn his pick to be ambassador to the United Nations because the Republicans need to maintain their slim majority in the ...
Mar 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Woman arrested in South Peoria after one shot fired
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman was arrested on weapons charges after one shot was fired in South Peoria Wednesday evening. Officers arrived at the area of Garden and Madison Park Terrace just after 6:45 P.M.,...
Mar 27, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US weekly jobless claims edge lower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits slipped last week, while the jobless rate appeared to have held steady in March. Initial claims for sta...
Mar 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
MS-13 gang leader arrested in Virginia
(Reuters) -Federal authorities arrested a leader of the violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in Virginia on Thursday, Trump administration officials said. The FBI, along with state and local authorit...
Mar 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A prisoner with a MS-13 gang tattoo stands in a cell as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS/FilePhoto
Trump drives trade war fears as auto tariffs pound allies
WASHINGTON/TOKYO/BERLIN (Reuters) - Governments from Ottawa to Paris threatened retaliation on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a 25% tariff on imported vehicles, expanding a global...
Mar 27, 2025 Trucks are parked at the Ford Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant following U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of a 25% tariff on imported cars and light trucks starting next week, in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico, March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Santiago Fontes
US Health Secretary Kennedy to cut 10,000 jobs in department overhaul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will cut about 10,000 full-time jobs and close half of its regional offices, it said on Thursday, a major overhaul of the depart...
Mar 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends U.S. President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria crews battle garage fire Wednesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a garage fire on N. Columbus Avenue late Wednesday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Phil Snowden says crews arrived around 4:40 p.m., finding light smoke...
Mar 27, 2025 D4E / CC
After debate, Peoria fire truck will be donated to Ukraine
PEORIA, Ill. - As war rages on in Eastern Europe, national politics were a topic of discussion on Peoria's Horseshoe this week as the council weighed sending a decommissioned fire truck to Ukraine. Th...
Mar 27, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
First of six demolition explosions on McClugage Bridge taking place Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - The first of six scheduled demolition explosion events on the McClugage Bridge will take place on Thursday. Beginning around 10 a.m. and continuing for up to an hour, the McClugage Brid...
Mar 27, 2025 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Ukraine allies meet in Paris with new aid, security assurances in mind
PARIS (Reuters) -France pledged 2 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine as some 30 leaders met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris on Thursday to discuss how to strengthen Kyiv's position a...
Mar 27, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he arrives for a meeting with European leaders on peace and security for Ukraine, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
