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UPDATE: Biden to push for new taxes, appeal for unity in State of the Union speech -- LIVE COVERAGE TONIGHT
UPDATED 4:19 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will face Republicans who question his legitimacy and a public concerned about the country's direction in Tuesday's State of the Union...
Julia Bradley Feb 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S, March 1, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Rescuers dig through rubble as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 7,800
UPDATED 3:50 p.m. ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 7,800 people on Tuesday as rescuers worked against time in hars...
Julia Bradley Feb 07, 2023 A woman looks on as rescuers search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Biden says U.S.-China relations not weakened by balloon incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Monday that relations between Washington and Beijing were not weakened by the United States' downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the week...
Will Stevenson Feb 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden listens during a meeting of the White House Competition Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Pritzker announces $40 million grant program to promote development-ready 'megasites'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday announced the creation of a $40 million grant program to incentivize the creation of large development-ready areas known as "me...
Will Stevenson Feb 06, 2023 (State of Illinois)
U.S. failed to detect past Chinese spy balloons over United States -U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A senior U.S. general responsible for bringing down a Chinese spy balloon said on Monday the military had not detected previous spy balloons before the one that appeared on Jan. ...
Will Stevenson Feb 06, 2023 A jet flies by a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floats off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Randall Hill
More teens arrested in connection to car theft
PEORIA, Ill. - Two more Peoria juveniles are in trouble with the law for allegedly stealing a car. Police say it happened Saturday evening, but details are just coming out now. Officers spotted the ve...
Will Stevenson Feb 06, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man arrested after shot fired early Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man face a criminal charge after a report of a shot being fired early Sunday. Peoria Police say they were sent to Leroy and Albany in Central Peoria just before 1:00 a.m. for a...
Will Stevenson Feb 06, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
U.S. House Speaker McCarthy to address debt ceiling ahead of Biden speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, locked in a standoff with Democratic President Joe Biden over raising the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, plans to address th...
TJ Carson Feb 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters after he met with U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss the federal debt limit and spending, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Local gas prices take slight decline
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas Prices in the Peoria area have taken another slight dip downward in two surveys. GasBuddy.com says their Peoria-area average has fallen 4.2 cents in the past week, averaging $3.53 f...
Will Stevenson Feb 06, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Bridge project to readjust CityLink routes
PEORIA, Ill. - CityLink is making temporary adjustments to a few of its bus routes before a bridge project begins next month. IDOT is planning to start improvements to the Bob Michel Bridge starting o...
TJ Carson Feb 06, 2023 (25 News)
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