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US weekly jobless claims rise marginally as labor market remains stable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased slightly last week, suggesting the labor market remained stable in March, though the outlook ...
Mar 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Five UNRWA staff killed in Gaza, fears worst is yet to come
GENEVA (Reuters) -Five staff members of the United Nations Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, have been killed in the past few days, the agency's Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Thursda...
Mar 20, 2025 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Woman dies after reportedly bring struck by vehicle in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman is dead after reportedly being struck by a vehicle Wednesday evening in Peoria. Peoria Police say officers responded just before 7:00 P.M. to reports of a pedestrian hit by a ve...
Mar 19, 2025
Small Business Administrator head visits Peoria manufacturer to tout new program
PEORIA, Ill. - A member of the Trump administration made a visit to Peoria on Wednesday to promote a new initiative aimed at helping manufacturers. Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Lo...
Mar 19, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man sentenced for his role in 2022 South Peoria homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for a South Peoria murder on Labor Day weekend nearly three years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 26-year-ol...
Mar 19, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Illinois House panel advances bill to strengthen homeschooling oversight
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - After nearly three hours of debate before a packed hearing room, a House committee on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would impose new requirements o...
Mar 19, 2025 A woman holds a sign, which is just one of the many signs held by the thousands of people who gathered in the Statehouse on Wednesday to oppose a bill relating to homeschoolers. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jade Aubrey)
Severe weather rolls through central Illinois Wednesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Central Illinois was mostly unscathed during a round of severe weather Wednesday afternoon. Multiple tornado warnings were issued for Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, and Fulton Counties, bu...
Mar 19, 2025 (Courtney Pierce/Midwest Communications)
Trump, Zelenskiy pledge in phone call to work for end to war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia's war with Ukraine, in what the White House described a...
Mar 19, 2025 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) wrapped with national flags pose for a photo as they return after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Fed keeps policy rate outlook intact amid projected growth slowdown, temporary inflation jump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as expected, but U.S. central bank policymakers indicated they still anticipate reducing borrowing costs by half a pe...
Mar 19, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Israel says it has launched new ground operation in Gaza
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces have resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 38 Pa...
Mar 19, 2025 Israeli soldiers work on their tank near the Israel-Gaza border, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
