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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
Unclaimed decedents to be buried in Peoria, says coroner's office
PEORIA Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner's Office announced yesterday, it will be holding a burial for remains that have been unclaimed. 58 unclaimed decedents, who have been cremated, will be buried i...
Oct 26, 2024 (Peoria County Coroner)
Israel attacks Iran military targets, Tehran says damage 'limited'
DUBAI/JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel struck military sites in Iran early on Saturday, but its retaliation for an Iranian attack this month did not appear aimed at the country's most sensitive oil ...
Oct 26, 2024 A general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard, in Tehran, Iran, October 26, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
2 injured after late-afternoon pileup on Murray Baker Bridge
PEORIA Ill. - Two people were taken to the hospital after a reported five-vehicle crash on the Tazewell County side of the Murray Baker Bridge. Illinois State Police said the crash happened around 3:1...
Oct 25, 2024 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
State, Cook County use similar arguments to defend assault weapon bans
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Attorneys in the offices of Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx made similar arguments in recent court filings as both de...
Oct 25, 2024 Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx (right) and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul (left) are pictured at the Illinois Statehouse in 2019. They’re both defending state and county bans on assault weapons in federal court cases. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
PCCEO announces exit of CEO, Charles White
PEORIA Ill. - As of Friday, the Peoria Citizen Committee for Economic Opportunity is looking for a new CEO... The non-profit recently announced the exit of Charles White as Chief Executive Officer. Th...
Oct 25, 2024
Suspect arrested in Goodfield after multi-county police chase
PEORIA Ill. - A man has been arrested after a vehicle chase with local law enforcement, this morning (Friday). 20-year-old Elijah Sack, of Iowa, was taken into custody on numerous charges of theft and...
Oct 25, 2024
US, Japanese, South Korean aides express 'grave concern' over North Korean troops in Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S., South Korean and Japanese national security advisers expressed "grave concern" on Friday over the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia for possible use against ...
Oct 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects field training of troops at a major military operations base in the western region of the country, as he ordered heightened readiness for war, KCNA news agency reported, in North Korea, in this picture released on March 7, 2024 by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
Former Abercrombie CEO Jeffries to plead not guilty to sex trafficking
CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (Reuters) -Mike Jeffries, the former longtime chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch, will plead not guilty to charges he ran an international sex trafficking scheme while ...
Oct 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Mike Jeffries, the former longtime chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch, leaves federal court after he was criminally charged with sex trafficking and prostitution involving dozens of men, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. October 22, 2024 in a still image from video. REUTERS/Stringr.com/File Photo
E. coli infections tied to McDonald's burgers rise to 75, US FDA says
(Reuters) -The number of people infected by the E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers increased to 75 from 49, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. Of the 61,...
Oct 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger, fries and a coke, are seen in an illustration picture taken in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
