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Why voters in a handful of swing states will decide the US presidential election
(Reuters) -The winner of November's U.S. presidential election will govern a nation of more than 330 million people, but the contest will almost certainly be decided by just tens of thousands of voter...
Nov 05, 2024 A voting sign sits outside of a voting location to let people know where to go as Georgians turned out a day after the battleground state opened early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner
Two residents displaced in Peoria fire Monday evening
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home in the 300 block of East Forrest Hill Monday evening on reports of a fire. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arrived around 5 p.m., ...
Nov 05, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Voters turning out in communities across central Illinois on Election Day
UPDATE 2:17 P.M. PEORIA/CHILLICOTHE/WASHINGTON, Ill. - Voters are making their way to the polls on Election Day as they vote on a wide range of candidates and issues. For some people, such as John Spr...
Nov 05, 2024
Control of US Congress at stake in tight election battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Control of the U.S. Congress is at stake on Tuesday in elections that could flip both the House of Representatives and the Senate, while still leaving Capitol Hill divided betwee...
Nov 05, 2024 A man wears an hat with stickers, on Election Day for the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Boeing strike ends as workers accept new contract
SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer on Monday, ending a bitter seven-week strike that halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis a...
Nov 05, 2024 Jon Holden, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, announces that union members voted to approve a new contract proposal from Boeing while addressing members at a union hall in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 4, 2024. REUTERS/David Ryder
Two Central Illinois communities come together to start Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaigns
PEORIA, Ill. - The annual Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign began Monday night for two central Illinois communities who plan to work together this year. At a tree lighting ceremony at Peoria's No...
Nov 04, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker's budget office projects $3.2B deficit in early look at upcoming fiscal year
CAPITAL NEWS ILLINOIS - The first extensive public look at next year's state finances contains a warning to lawmakers from the governor's office: "The ability to fund new programs will be severely lim...
Nov 04, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker talks with lawmakers on the floor of the Illinois House in April. His office last week issued a report projecting a $3.2 billion deficit for the fiscal year that begins in July. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Why we may not know the winner of the US presidential election on Nov. 5
(Reuters) -The U.S. presidential election will take place on Nov. 5, but the winner of the razor-thin race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump may not be known for days after th...
Nov 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris are seen in a combination of file photographs taken in New York City October 17, 2024 and in Chandler, Arizona, U.S., October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid & Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Peoria house fire under further investigation
PEORIA Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department is investigating the cause of a house-fire on the 1600 block of North-North Street, that happened Monday afternoon. Crews were called to the home just after 1p...
Nov 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Israel officially informs UN of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it was cancelling the agreement that regulated its relations with the main U.N. relief organization for Palestinian refugee...
Nov 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA, following an Israeli raid, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 12, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
