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Israeli military says Gaza hostage rescued in complex operation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops have recovered an Israeli hostage in "a complex rescue operation" in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said on Tuesday, more than 10 months after he was abduct...
Aug 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An Israeli tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, August 26, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Crewed SpaceX mission delayed after leak in ground equipment
(Reuters) - The launch of SpaceX's four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company said on Tuesday,...
Aug 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is prepared for launch of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 26, 2024. Two crew members are expected to attempt the first-ever private spacewalk. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Funding on the way for PIA's air traffic control tower project
PEORIA, Ill. - 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen has announced over $14 million in additional federal funding for Peoria International Airport's new air traffic control tower. Sorensen secured t...
Aug 27, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles, drones for second day in row, Kyiv says
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks targeting scores of Ukrainian regions and killing at least four people, Ukraine's military said early on Tuesday, a day after...
Aug 27, 2024 Rescuers work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine August 27, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 content
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration had pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic, adding that he wo...
Aug 27, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a meeting with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Tazewell County fatal crash victim identified
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A 90-year-old man from rural Tremont was the victim in a fatal crash Saturday afternoon in rural Green Valley. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says Elmer Papenhause was ...
Aug 26, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Special counsel asks court to revive charges against Trump in documents case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked a federal appeals court to revive the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of retaining classified documents, after a lower court d...
Aug 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump makes remarks during his visit to the frontier with Mexico in Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, U.S. August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Trump tries to tie rival Harris to chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump used the third anniversary on Monday of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to try to pin the chaotic pullout on his Democratic r...
Aug 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Man injured after Peoria East Bluff shooting Monday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was taken to a local hospital after being shot Monday afternoon in Peoria's East Bluff. Peoria Police says 26 shots in total were reportedly fired just after 1:15 P.M. in the area...
Aug 26, 2024
US regulator's Kroger trial opens with battle over grocery prices
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission squared off in federal court on Monday with grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons over whether a proposed merger would hurt or help shopper...
Aug 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The Albertsons logo is seen on an Albertsons grocery store, as Kroger agrees to buy rival Albertsons in a deal to combine the two supermarket chains, in Riverside, California, U.S., October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
