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Biden casts early ballot for Harris as Election Day nears
NEW CASTLE, Delaware (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday cast his ballot in the U.S. presidential election, voting early in his home state of Delaware for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris...
Oct 28, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden helps a woman in a wheelchair as he arrives to vote in the 2024 presidential election, in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Craig Hudson
NATO chief says he can confirm North Korean troops are in Russia's Kursk
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region...
Oct 28, 2024 NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte holds a press conference, ahead of a meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels, Belgium October 16, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
Another winning weekend for Morton High's marching band
MORTON, Ill. - Just a week after a first-place finish at the Illinois Marching Band Championships in Normal, the Morton High School Marching Band came home with more honors this weekend from the Bands...
Oct 28, 2024 The Morton High School Marching Band competes at the Bands of America St. Louis Super Regional over the weekend.
(Photo courtesy of Paul Friend)
Harris campaigns in Michigan, Trump in Georgia in final stretch of White House race
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris travels to Michigan on Monday to focus on the economy, while former President Donald Trump heads to Georgia to shore up support among relig...
Oct 28, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech at The Alan Horwitz "Sixth Man" Center, a youth basketball facility, as she campaigns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Photo
Peoria gas prices down a few cents, as prices nationally are the lowest since January
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have fallen 5.3 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.32 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are 6...
Oct 28, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump headlines Madison Square Garden rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sunday that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of th...
Oct 28, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Israeli strikes kill dozens in north Gaza, medics say, as ceasefire talks resume
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli military strikes killed at least 45 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, most of them in the north of the enclave, Palestinian health officials said, as efforts to se...
Oct 27, 2024 Palestinians view the damage after Israeli forces withdrew from the area around Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip October 26, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Peoria Fire responds to multiple blazes overnight Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire crews were busy overnight Saturday into Sunday morning battling multiple blazes. The first fire was called in on Peoria's South Side just before 11:45 A.M., to a single stor...
Oct 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Michelle Obama backs Harris in Michigan, where Trump courts Muslim vote
NOVI/KALAMAZOO, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump appealed to Muslim voters in Michigan on Saturday as Michelle Obama made an impassioned plea on behalf of Kamala Harris at the Democrat's o...
Oct 27, 2024 Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 26, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Harris focuses on abortion in Texas, as Trump heads to Michigan
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took a detour from barnstorming the battleground states that will decide November's election with Friday stops in Texas, a conservative state that was...
Oct 26, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during her campaign rally with singer Beyonce, in Houston, Texas, U.S., October 25, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
