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Gas prices drop again in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices are still on a downward trend in central Illinois. GasBuddy reports an average of $3.34/g Monday in the Peoria area, down 2.4 cents in the past week. Their average is 23.1 ce...
Oct 07, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary under shadow of escalating war
REIM, Israel (Reuters) -Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict...
Oct 07, 2024 A woman reacts as she takes part in a march towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's private residence, to mark one year since the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, in Jerusalem, October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Man reportedly with shotgun arrested Sunday in Tremont
TREMONT, Ill. - A man reportedly with a shotgun was arrested by Tremont Police Sunday afternoon. Tremont Police says the 38-year-old was spotted in the area of James and Elm at around 4:15 P.M. Police...
Oct 07, 2024
US Supreme Court kicks off new term with important cases ahead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cases concerning guns, transgender rights, online pornography, workplace discrimination and more are set to be heard during the U.S. Supreme Court's new nine-month term that beg...
Oct 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Hezbollah strikes Israel on Gaza war anniversary; fears grow over Middle East instability
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third largest city Haifa early on Monday as the country looked poised to expand ground incursions into southern Lebanon on the first anniversa...
Oct 07, 2024 An Israeli police officer inspects the damage to a residential building caused by a rocket fired towards Israel from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Haifa, Israel, October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Rami Shlush
Israeli strikes batter Beirut in heaviest bombardment so far, witnesses say
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air attacks battered Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday, the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply escalated it...
Oct 06, 2024 Smoke rises over Dahiyeh in Beirut's southern suburbs, after Israeli air strikes, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Trump appears before large crowd at site of assassination attempt in Pennsylvania
BUTLER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday returned to the rural Pennsylvania site where he was nearly assassinated, rallying a large crowd in the crit...
Oct 05, 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania, October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Trump returns to site of assassination attempt in Pennsylvania
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday will return to the rural Pennsylvania site where he was nearly assassinated for a rally in the critical battleground state exactl...
Oct 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face as multiple shots rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
In Michigan, Harris meets Arab American leaders angry over Israel
WASHINGTON/FLINT, Michigan (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris met with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Flint, Michigan, on Friday, as her presidential campaign seeks to win back voters angry...
Oct 05, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves during a campaign event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, U.S., October 4, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Donald Trump tries to blunt Democrats' momentum in North Carolina
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) -Donald Trump was en route to North Carolina on Friday for the fourth time in a month, as the Republican presidential candidate tries to firm up support in a sta...
Oct 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/ File Photo
