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Putin growing concerned by Russia's economy, as Trump mulls more sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin has grown increasingly concerned about distortions in Russia's wartime economy, just as Donald Trump pushes for an end to the Ukraine conflict, five sources ...
Jan 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
New wildfire near Los Angeles explodes to 9,400 acres, forces evacuations
CASTAIC, California (Reuters) -A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 9,400 acres (38 square km), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing man...
Jan 23, 2025 Flames rise behind vehicles as the Hughes Fire burns in Castaic Lake, California, U.S. January 22, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson
Attorney groups push back against Trump DEI order
(Reuters) - Two major U.S. state bar associations have pushed back after President Donald Trump took aim at efforts to promote more diversity in the legal profession. Trump in an executive order on Tu...
Jan 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Nashville school shooting leaves two dead, including shooter
(Reuters) - A teenage boy on Wednesday opened fire inside a Tennessee high school, killing one student and wounding another before taking his own life, police said. Nashville police said in a statemen...
Jan 22, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Supreme Court considers legality of law banning 'venue shopping' in constitutional challenges
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case centered on whether a state law passed in 2023 violates the due process rights of Illinois...
Jan 22, 2025 A statue is pictured outside the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo.)
Suspect in Peoria's 1st homicide of 2025 ordered detained, charged with murder
PEORIA, Ill. - The man accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend Sunday at a Peoria apartment complex has now been charged with First Degree Murder. A judge also ruled Wednesday that 45-year-old Derr...
Jan 22, 2025 (Peoria Co. Jail)
US military preparing to send additional 1,500 troops to border, officials say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military is preparing to send roughly 1,500 additional active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, just two days after President Dona...
Jan 22, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Members of the Texas National Guard stand guard near the border wall between Mexico and the United States, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File photo
Police looking for semi-truck in alleged hit-and-run incident in Morton
MORTON, Ill. - Morton Police are looking for the vehicle responsible for a hit-and-run incident Tuesday afternoon. Police say a semi-truck pulling a white trailer struck a white SUV just after 1:15 P....
Jan 22, 2025 (Morton Police)
Efficiency technologies for farming on display in Tremont
TREMONT, Ill. - Efficiency in the field is the main focus of a conference in Tremont this week that is bringing in farmers from across North America. Farmers from the United States and Canada, as well...
Jan 22, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Hamas' tight grip on Gaza complicates plan for lasting peace
CAIRO (Reuters) - In neighbourhoods levelled by 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas officials are overseeing the clearance of rubble in the wake of Sunday's ceasefire. The group's gunmen are guarding ...
Jan 22, 2025 Palestinians make their way past the rubble of destroyed houses and buildings, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
