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US opens probe into nearly 1.3 million Ford F-150 trucks over unexpected gear shift
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating nearly 1.3 million Ford F-150 pickup trucks in the United States over reports of an unexpected gear downshift...
TJ Carson Mar 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A 2016 Ford F-150 pick up truck is seen at the Washington Auto Show in Washington January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/FILE PHOTO

Egypt makes new truce offer as Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 65, local officials say
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Egypt has put forward a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters on Monday, as Palestinian health authorities said Israeli stri...
TJ Carson Mar 24, 2025 Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City, March 24, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

US and Russia talk about Ukraine war, eye a Black Sea ceasefire
RIYADH (Reuters) -U.S. and Russian officials began talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday aimed at making progress towards a broad ceasefire in Ukraine with Washington eyeing a separate Black Sea maritime ce...
TJ Carson Mar 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Patrol boats of Ukraine’s coast guard sail in the Black Sea, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, February 7, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

Gas prices on the rise in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - The price at the pump is going up a bit in the Peoria area. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded on Monday is $3.27/g, up 4.3 cents in the past week. The average i...
TJ Carson Mar 24, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC

Man dies after reportedly fleeing dump truck crash in Hanna City
HANNA CITY, Ill. - A man died after he reportedly attempted to flee the scene of a dump truck in a ditch in Hanna City. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies responded to the area of 3rd S...
TJ Carson Mar 23, 2025 (Midwest Communications)

Ukraine, US teams to hold talks in Saudi Arabia to end war with Russia
KYIV/RIYADH (Reuters) - Ukrainian and U.S. officials are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia late on Sunday to discuss a possible partial ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, part of an escalating diplo...
TJ Carson Mar 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 28, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

Pope Francis leaves hospital after first public appearance in five weeks
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis left Rome's Gemelli hospital on Sunday following a five-week stay to be treated for pneumonia, making his first public appearance since February 14 by waving to we...
TJ Carson Mar 23, 2025 Pope Francis waves during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day he is set to be discharged from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Bradley to host NIT quarterfinals after defeating George Mason
FAIRFAX, Va. - The Bradley Braves men's basketball team will get one final game in front of the home fans at Carver Arena. The Braves defeated George Mason in the second round of the National Invitati...
TJ Carson Mar 23, 2025 (Bradley University Athletics)

UPDATE: Multi-vehicle crash in Peoria claims life of one person
UPDATED 10:32 A.M. One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Saturday night in Peoria. Illinois State Police say the crash occurred in the area of University and Hudson just after 9:30 P.M. Polic...
TJ Carson Mar 23, 2025 (Midwest Communications)

Judge in deportations case says Trump administration lawyers were 'disrespectful'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. judge who temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members under a 1798 law said at a hearing on Friday that go...
Julia Bradley Mar 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Family members of Venezuelan Wild Chirinos, 28, who is held in a high-security prison in El Salvador after being deported from the U.S., hold signs and pictures of him, in Valencia, Venezuela March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/File Photo


