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GasBuddy: Gas prices continue to fall; prices could be below $3.00 a gallon soon
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 4.8 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.61 on Tuesday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria prices are 13...
Sep 03, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
US seizes Venezuelan president's plane in Dominican Republic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after determining that its purchase violated ...
Sep 02, 2024 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech during a rally to celebrate the results of last month's presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Fausto Torrealba/File photo
DirecTV subscribers lose access to Disney networks after failure to reach deal
(Reuters) -Walt Disney and satellite TV provider DirecTV failed to reach a new distribution deal for ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned networks, the companies said on Sunday, resulting in more than 11 ...
Sep 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Thousands line streets for funeral of American-Israeli hostage killed in Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Jerusalem on Monday to bid farewell to slain American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the best-known faces of those seized...
Sep 02, 2024 Israel's President Isaac Herzog looks on as his wife Michal Herzog embraces Rachel Goldberg, mother of killed US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin whose body was recovered with five other hostages in Gaza, during his funeral in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/Pool via REUTERS
Central Illinois unions parade through downtown Peoria to honor workers
PEORIA, Ill. - A wide range of labor unions that serve central Illinois and beyond marched with pride Monday morning through the streets of downtown Peoria. Teachers unions, Teamsters, the UAW, electr...
Sep 02, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure hostage deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and the ...
Sep 02, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a state memorial ceremony for Zeev Jabotinsky, founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, August 4, 2024. Naama Grynbaum/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump says he had 'every right' to interfere in 2020 election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who faces federal and state charges for allegedly trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, insists he had "every rig...
Sep 02, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a fireside chat during the Moms for Liberty National "Joyful Warriors" Summit, in Washington, U.S., August 30, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Man shot early Sunday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called to the 1400 block of SW Jefferson Avenue early Sunday morning for a shooting. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says a ShotSpotter alert indicated five rounds we...
Sep 02, 2024
49ers WR Ricky Pearsall out of hospital after being shot in robbery attempt
San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was released from the hospital on Sunday after being shot in the chest in a robbery attempt on Saturday in the city's Union Square district, the...
Sep 02, 2024 May 10, 2024; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall (14) smiles during the 49ers rookie minicamp at LeviÕs Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. Mandatory Credit: Robert Kupbens-USA TODAY Sports/ File Photo
Biden, Harris campaign in Pennsylvania as Israel crisis intensifies
REHOBOTH BEACH (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will join Vice President Kamala Harris on the campaign trail this week for the first time since Harris replaced him at the top of the Democratic tic...
Sep 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden raises the hand of Vice President Kamala Harris, at an event on Medicare drug price negotiations, in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
