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Zelenskiy seeks 'truly just peace' for Ukraine during US visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in the United States on Sunday to attend sessions at the U.N. General Assembly and urged his partners to help achieve "a shared vi...
Sep 23, 2024 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 22, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Trump says he will not run again if he loses in November, 'that will be it'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the U.S. presidency if he loses the Nov. 5 election, saying "that will be it" in an interview rel...
Sep 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S., September 21, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped nearly 5.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.43 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's pri...
Sep 23, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Israel mounts airstrikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, tells citizens to evacuate
JERUSALEM, BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of air strikes against Hezbollah on Monday and warned Lebanese citizens to evacuate areas where the armed group was storing weapo...
Sep 23, 2024 Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Exclusive-Harris to release new economic proposals this week on US wealth creation, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to roll out a new set of economic policies this week that aim to help Americans build wealth and set economic incentives for businesses to...
Sep 22, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris departs from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, enroute to New York. Matt Rourke/Pool via REUTERS
Four dead in mass shooting in Alabama
Birmingham, AL (Fox News) - A mass shooting at a popular nightlife district in Birmingham, Alabama has left four people dead. Fox News reported at least 18 others are injured. The shooting occurred in...
Sep 22, 2024 WBRC-TV via FoxNews.com
Road closures in Peoria and East Peoria this week
PEORIA, Ill. - There are a couple of road projects that will affect area motorists this week. Beginning at 7 am Monday, a portion of W. Lake Avenue in Peoria will be closed just west of Sterling and t...
Sep 22, 2024 Midwest Communications
Israeli strike kills seven in Gaza school compound, Palestinian medics say
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed seven people in a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City on Sunday, Palestinian health officials said, with the Israeli military saying it had ...
Sep 22, 2024 A Palestinian man inspects the damage to a school sheltering displaced people after it was hit by an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City, September 22, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Russian strike on apartment block in Kharkiv injures 21
(Reuters) - Russian forces struck a multi-story apartment building in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, on Saturday evening, wounding 21 people and prompting an evacuation of some of its residen...
Sep 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view shows a site of a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/File Photo
Southwest Airlines warns staff of 'tough decisions' ahead, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) - Southwest Airlines has warned employees that it will soon make tough decisions as part of a strategy to restore profits and counter demands from activist investor Elliott Investment Manage...
Sep 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Southwest airline pilots approach to land at San Diego International airport in San Diego, California, U.S., May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
