Category Archives: Top Stories

'Paradise is still paradise' - Floridians vow to rebuild after two hurricanes
SIESTA KEY, Florida (Reuters) - Chris Fiore was supposed to be accepting delivery of new household appliances and furniture, replacing items that were swamped by Hurricane Helene just a few weeks ago....
Ed Hammond Oct 12, 2024 A drone view shows a car driving through a flooded street after Hurricane Milton made landfall in South Daytona, Florida, U.S., October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo

Trump ratchets up rhetoric, calls for death penalty for migrants who kill Americans
AURORA, Colorado (Reuters) - Donald Trump portrayed migrants as dangerous criminals during a rally in Aurora, Colorado, on Friday, calling for the death penalty for migrants who kill U.S. citizens as ...
Ed Hammond Oct 12, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally at Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, U.S., October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Isaiah J. Downing

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs, delay first 777X jet as strike hits finances
(Reuters) - Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs -- 10% of its global workforce -- delay first deliveries of its 777X jet by a year and record $5 billion in losses in the third quarter, as the U.S. planemaker ...
Ed Hammond Oct 12, 2024 Boeing workers Maria Hamshaw and Tim Mattingly, who are siblings, hold inflatable airplanes on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing production facility in Renton, Washington, U.S. October 11, 2024. REUTERS/David Ryder

Wildlife Prairie Park starts scary weekend festivities
PEORIA Ill. - From here on out, every weekend in October at the "Wildlife Prairie Park" will be a scary one... This weekend is the first, for the park's annual "Scary Festivities" - featuring haunted ...
Casey Foreman Oct 11, 2024 (Wildlife Prairie Park)

Election judges training for Nov. 5th and helping early voters
PEORIA Ill. - Peoria County election judges are already getting prepared for November 5th... Thursday, the Peoria County Election Commission held two in-person training sessions for those volunteering...
Casey Foreman Oct 11, 2024

TD Bank to pay $3 billion, face asset cap to resolve US money-laundering probe
TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) -TD Bank <TD.TO> became the largest bank in U.S. history to plead guilty to violating a federal law aimed at preventing money laundering, and agreed to pay over $3 bil...
Casey Foreman Oct 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A sign for TD Canada Trust in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo

US producer prices flat in September; details mixed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. producer prices were unchanged in September as a modest rise in the cost of services was offset by cheaper goods, pointing to a still-favorable inflation outlook and support...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Vegetables are pictured at a produce shop at Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo

Bodies recovered after deadly Texas refinery incident, says Pemex CEO
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The two victims of a chemical leak at the Deer Park refinery in Texas have been recovered and an investigation into what may have caused the deadly incident launched, the top ex...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Deer Park Manufacturing Complex is seen in Deer Park, Texas, U.S. August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo

Harris, Trump tied across U.S. swing states, WSJ poll finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump are tied across seven battleground states that could decide the November presidential e...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks about her economic plan during a campaign event, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

UPDATE: Suspect in robbery of Peoria Walgreens found in Mercer County
UPDATED 5:10 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The man wanted by Peoria Police for a robbery at a Walgreens last month has been taken into custody. Peoria Police say 41-year-old Jeffrey Holbrook was found in Aledo,...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2024 (Peoria Police Department)


