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Cyber Monday US spending breaches $13 billion as steep discounts online drive sales
(Reuters) -Americans spent $13.3 billion online on Monday in the United States, according to an Adobe report, as consumers nabbed steep holiday discounts on everything from electronics to toys followi...
Dec 03, 2024 Boxes are scanned during Cyber Monday at Amazon's fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., December 2, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Trump reiterates opposition to Nippon Steel's takeover of U.S. Steel
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday a series of tax incentives and tariffs will revive storied American firm U.S. Steel, as he reiterated his opposition to Nippon Steel's plann...
Dec 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A United Steelworkers sign is seen outside the Great Lakes Works United States Steel plant in River Rouge, Michigan U.S., September 16, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Curtis: Respiratory illnesses hitting hard as we head into the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. - It's that time of the year...when we're inside more, spreading colds and viruses around. Dr. Brian Curtis, with OSF HealthCare, tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan", they're seeing a bit of ever...
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Madigan attorney accuses Solis of not telling feds 'all the crimes you committed'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis spent more than 2 years living a double life as an FBI cooperating witness after agents approached him in 2016, asking him to we...
Dec 03, 2024 Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis and his attorney, Lisa Noller, walk into Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Dec. 2, 2024, for another day of testimony in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Solis, who spent 2 ½ years as an undercover cooperator for the FBI, began sitting for cross-examination on Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: South Korea parliament rejects president's martial law declaration
UPDATED 1:04 P.M. SEOUL (Reuters) -President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday night, creating the most serious challenge to South Korea's democracy since the 1980s as lawmakers rejected t...
Dec 03, 2024 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech to declare martial law in Seoul, South Korea, December 3, 2024. The Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS
Lebanon asked U.S., France to press Israel to halt truce breaches, say sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Top Lebanese officials have urged Washington and Paris to press Israel to uphold a ceasefire, after dozens of military operations on Lebanese soil that Beirut has deemed violations,...
Dec 03, 2024 Buildings lie in ruin in Lebanon, near the Israel-Lebanon border, following the ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah, as seen from Metula, northern Israel, December 3, 2024. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Ukraine pushes for NATO invite 30 years after failed nuclear deal
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Tuesday blasted an agreement struck 30 years ago under which it relinquished nuclear weapons in exchange for security assurances that never materialized, as it makes a conc...
Dec 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian national flag rises in front of the NATO emblem, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
White House defends Biden's Hunter pardon as criticism mounts
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Monday that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter in part because of concern his political opponents would continue to persecut...
Dec 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs the federal court during his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 7, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
State Board of Elections certifies election results showing decline in turnout
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Vice President Kamala Harris won Illinois by nearly 11 points as turnout dipped in 2024, according to official election results certified by the State Board...
Dec 02, 2024 The State Board of Elections is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Congress returns for final act before curtain rises on new Trump era
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-led U.S. Senate returned on Monday for a showdown with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over government spending, disaster relief and defense pol...
Dec 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC, U.S. on November 13, 2024. ALLISON ROBBERT/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
