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US port strike ends leaving cargo backlog
(Reuters) -U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly half ...
Oct 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen stacked in Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), as port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike, in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Biden student debt relief plan blocked again by different judge
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's administration from implementing a plan to forgive student loan debt held by millions of Americans. The ruling ...
Oct 04, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, as he visits storm-damaged areas in the wake of Hurricane Helene, at Shiloh Pecan Farm, near Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., October 3, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
US job growth surges in September; unemployment rate falls to 4.1%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in September and the unemployment slipped to 4.1%, further reducing the need for the Federal Reserve to maintain large interest rate cuts at its rema...
Oct 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A 'Help Wanted' sign hangs in restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Makeup artist's lawsuit accuses Garth Brooks of rape
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music superstar Garth Brooks was accused of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit filed by an unnamed hair and makeup artist on Thursday. In a complaint submitted to Sup...
Oct 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Garth Brooks hosts at the 58th Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards in Frisco, Texas, U.S. May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Liz Cheney, campaigning with Harris, says Trump 'not fit to lead'
RIPON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump is not fit to lead the U.S., urging voters...
Oct 04, 2024 Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) attends a campaign event with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (not pictured) in Ripon, Wisconsin, U.S., October 3, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Donald Trump tries to blunt Democrats' momentum in North Carolina
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Donald Trump is heading to North Carolina on Friday for the fourth time in a month, as the Republican presidential candidate tries to firm up support in a stat...
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
Illinois governor urges more facilities like West Peoria's Young Minds Center across state
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker wants to see more facilities like Trillium Place's Young Minds Center across the state. Pritzker stopped by the facility on Thursday during a visit ...
Oct 03, 2024 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker speaks with Chad and Jenna Manbeck of Peoria at the Young Minds Center in West Peoria. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
7 displaced in Peoria house fire that killed dog, rabbits inside
PEORIA Ill.- A fire Thursday morning displaced a family of seven -- and killed three animals. Limestone Fire Chief, Dale Hoerr, told 25NEWS, just after 9am -- a neighbor called fire crews to the house...
Oct 03, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Man Charged with Killing 10-Year-Old
PEORIA Ill. - The man suspected of shooting and killing a 10-year-old in South Peoria, over the weekend, has been charged with First-Degree murder. 33-year-old, Maurice Sargent, was charged Thursday, ...
Oct 03, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US backs Israel's operations in Lebanon despite risk of expanding conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration believes it is appropriate for Israel to continue with its ground and air attacks on Hezbollah for now, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Mille...
Oct 03, 2024 An Israeli Apache attack helicopter flies, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from northern Israel, October 3, 2024. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
