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US House ties government funding to voting bill as shutdown deadline nears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will vote on legislation on Wednesday that pairs a must-pass spending bill with tighter voting rules, setting up an electi...
Sep 18, 2024 A man passes by the U.S. Capitol on his scooter in Washington, DC, U.S., September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Morton dismisses fire chief, interim chief selected
MORTON, Ill. - The Morton Village Board will not reinstate the fire chief, after 25 years on the job. Mayor Jeff Kaufman removed Fire Chief Joe Kelley from his position on August 29, explaining why at...
Sep 18, 2024
Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south and in Beirut's southern suburbs, a security source and a witness said, further stoking tensions with...
Sep 18, 2024 People gather as smoke rises from a mobile shop in Sidon, Lebanon September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Hassan Hankir
US FBI strikes second Chinese hacking group, director says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group nicknamed "Flax Typhoon," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday, wresting thousands of compromi...
Sep 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the word "hacker" in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Tupperware files for bankruptcy as its colorful containers lose relevance
(Reuters) -Tupperware Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late on Tuesday, succumbing to mounting losses amid poor demand for its once-iconic food storage containers. The company's popul...
Sep 18, 2024 Tamer_Soliman / Depositphotos.com
US 30-year mortgage rate falls to two-year low of 6.15%
(Reuters) - The interest rate for the most popular U.S. home loan fell last week to its lowest level in two years, on anticipation the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates on Wednesday, p...
Sep 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "sold" sign is seen outside of a recently purchased home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
UN to demand Israel end 'unlawful' presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly will on Wednesday adopt a Palestinian-drafted resolution that demands Israel end "its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Terri...
Sep 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians walk past the rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli military offensive, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Blinken holds talks in Egypt as Lebanon blasts renew escalation fears
CAIRO (Reuters) -An escalation in tensions in the Middle East over the detonation of Hezbollah pagers threatened to overshadow U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's latest regional diplomacy push, ...
Sep 18, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for Egypt at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
Peoria County Coroner says death of one-month-old in Peoria's East Bluff "preventable"
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says the death of a one-month-old boy is a "daunting situation." Jamie Harwood announced Tuesday that Grayson Luncsford died of severe dehydration and hyperthe...
Sep 17, 2024 Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood speaks on the death of one-month-old Grayson Luncsford at a press conference on September 17th, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Testimony continues in 2nd Amendment challenge to Illinois' assault weapons ban
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - An engineer who spent decades designing weapons for one of the world's leading gun manufacturers testified Tuesday that the assault-style weapons now ban...
Sep 17, 2024 The federal district courthouse in East St. Louis is pictured. A case challenging Illinois’ assault weapons ban continued there on Tuesday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
