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CIA says COVID-19 more likely to have come from lab than nature
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely to have emerged from a lab than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday. The age...
Jan 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An epidemic-prevention worker in a protective suit stands guard at the gate of a residential compound as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, China November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Peoria business closes less than year after moving locations
PEORIA, Ill. - Less than a year after moving to the Landmark Center, a Peoria business has abruptly closed its doors. Gone Social announced in a social media post on Monday that it has permanently clo...
Jan 27, 2025 (25 News)
UPDATE: Man injured after reportedly being struck by vehicle in Tazewell County
UDPATED 3:07 P.M. TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 43-year-old Creve Coeur man suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by a vehicle this Monday morning. The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office says t...
Jan 27, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
TV host 'Dr. Phil' films as ICE targets migrants in Chicago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The TV host known as "Dr. Phil" embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald Trump's deportation effor...
Jan 27, 2025 People gather during a service at Starting Point Community Church, which assists members of the newly arrived migrant community, amid concerns of intensified immigration enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, in Chicago, Illinois U.S. January 26, 2025. REUTERS/Vincent Alban
UPDATE: Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism at 80th anniversary of camp's liberation
UPDATED 1:07 P.M. OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) - Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German deat...
Jan 27, 2025 A holocaust survivor places a candle during an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Brzezinka, Poland January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices stable as oil prices drop
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped less than a penny per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.20 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in P...
Jan 27, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday after Hamas agreed to hand over three Israeli hostages later this week and I...
Jan 27, 2025 Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, arrive on foot while making their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
US, Colombia reach deal on deportations; tariffs, sanctions put on hold
WASHINGTON/BOGOTA (Reuters) -The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft carry...
Jan 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at the opening of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit in Cali, Colombia October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
Coroner identifies Chillicothe man killed in crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the 33-year-old man from Chillicothe who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Friday. Harwood says Matthew Burke died from m...
Jan 27, 2025 (Peoria County Coroner)
Peoria Public Schools says its district continues to be a 'safe haven' for ESL students
PEORIA, Ill. - In the wake of changes to U.S. immigration policy, Peoria Public Schools is reassuring families its buildings are a safe place to learn. In a letter posted on the district's website on ...
Jan 26, 2025 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
