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Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision said on S...
Nov 18, 2024 Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump taps Big Tech critic Carr to chair Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration's telecom policies and Big Tech, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, ...
Nov 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Commissioner of Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr testifies during an oversight hearing held by the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to examine the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in Washington, U.S. June 24, 2020. Alex Wong/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Russia pounds Ukraine's power grid in 'massive' air strike
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia unleashed its largest air strike on Ukraine in almost three months on Sunday, launching 120 missiles and 90 drones that killed at least seven people and caused severe damage to ...
Nov 17, 2024 Russian missile strike, Kyiv, November 17, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Limestone Rockets fall short in girls' volleyball state championship
NORMAL, Ill. - The Limestone Community High School girls' volleyball team came a set short from becoming the best in Illinois. The Rockets fell to Mahomet-Seymour in three sets in the Class 3A state c...
Nov 17, 2024 (Illinois High School Association)
Busy Corner does not anticipate reopening until next year
GOODFIELD, Ill. - A Woodford County restaurant says it will not reopen until next year after a fire earlier this week forced its closure. In a Facebook post Saturday afternoon, Busy Corner in Goodfiel...
Nov 17, 2024 (Busy Corner Facebook)
Two injured after being shot at Peoria apartment complex Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were injured after being shot Saturday in Peoria. 25 News reports officers were called just after 11:45 A.M. to the Lexington Hills Apartments. Police say they found a man wi...
Nov 17, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Xi vows to work with Trump team as he meets Biden in Peru
LIMA (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to work with the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump as he held his final talks with outgoing President Joe Biden on conflicts f...
Nov 17, 2024 Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, APEC Summit, Lima, November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
DOJ investigates Sangamon Co. Sheriff's Office following Sonya Massey's death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office following the police killing of Sonya Massey. In a letter released on Thursda...
Nov 16, 2024 Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department)
Boxing-Paul beats Tyson as former heavyweight champ can't turn back clock
ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) -Jake Paul beat boxing legend Mike Tyson by unanimous decision to win an intergenerational heavyweight battle in Texas on Friday that failed to live up to its enormous hype....
Nov 16, 2024 Nov 15, 2024; Arlington, Texas, UNITED STATES; Mike Tyson (black gloves) fights Jake Paul (silver gloves) at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
Trump picks campaign aide Karoline Leavitt for White House press secretary
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump reached into his inner circle on Friday and chose his transition spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, as his White House press secretary, p...
Nov 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Karoline Leavitt, spokeswoman for former U.S. President Donald Trump, walks into the courtroom behind Trump as she attends the Trump criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, Wednesday, May, 29, 2024. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
