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German president urges US not to forgo allies as he honors Biden
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he hoped the United States would remember its allies were indispensable as he awarded President Joe Biden Germany's highest order of ...
Oct 18, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden walks with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the day Biden signs the Golden Book, at Berlin's Bellevue castle in Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
Israel sends more troops into north Gaza, deepens raid
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday it sent another army unit to support its forces operating in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza's eight historic refugee camps, where residents said tan...
Oct 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians walk past destroyed houses, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
East Peoria hosts comprehensive plan open house
EAST PEORIA Ill. - East Peoria officials met with the public Thursday afternoon, to plan for the future. It was city's second "Comprehensive Plan Open House" of the year, focusing on what residents an...
Oct 17, 2024 (Casey Foreman & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
Peoria County Election Commission urges people to not delay getting vote-by-mail ballots
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria County Election Commission says those who are choosing to vote-by-mail should make plans sooner rather than later to do so. Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon sa...
Oct 17, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
2 teens arrested after shots fired in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - Two teenagers have been arrested after one was allegedly seen firing shots, from a vehicle, in Peoria Wednesday night. Peoria Police said the driver of a vehicle, a 15-year-old boy, was ...
Oct 17, 2024
Man found guilty for shooting at Peoria gas station in December 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty for his role in a shooting at a Peoria gas station nearly two years ago. A Peoria County jury on Thursday found 26-year-old Patrick Meyer guilty of Aggravate...
Oct 17, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Peoria pastor, Richard Hammonds, celebrated with street dedication
PEORIA Ill. - A staple in the Peoria community was honored Thursday morning. Pastor Richard Hammonds, who founded the Gospel Experience Church and has been serving the Peoria area for more than 45-yea...
Oct 17, 2024 (Casey Foreman & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
Review says U.S. Secret Service 'complacent', needs reform
(Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service has become bureaucratic and complacent and is in need of reform, an independent review into the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump concluded on Thursday, s...
Oct 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face while he is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US retail sales increase solidly in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales increased slightly more than expected in September, supporting views that the economy maintained a strong pace of growth in the third quarter. Retail sales ros...
Oct 17, 2024 Shoppers walk at a store during Black Friday sales in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment unexpectedly fell last week, but could remain elevated in the near-term amid the effects of Hurricanes Helene an...
Oct 17, 2024 A Chipotle restaurant advertises it is hiring in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., August 28, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
