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Israeli tanks push deeper into Gaza, as Biden urges peace
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli forces pressed deeper into areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas fighters, while Palestinian health officials said on Thursday that Israeli strik...
Aug 22, 2024 An Israeli soldier gestures on a top of a tank as Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
DNC brings thousands of pro-Palestine protestors to Chicago's streets
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Protestors in Chicago this week have shut down streets, broken through security fencing, clashed with police and interrupted events associated with the Democrat...
Aug 21, 2024 A masked protestor holds up a green smoke bomb during a protest march on Monday near the site of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Fed steaming toward September rate cut, minutes from meeting show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve appears to be very much on track for an interest rate cut in September after a "vast majority" of officials said such an action was likely, according to the ...
Aug 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A jogger runs past the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, U.S., August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
Peoria shopping center sold to new owners
PEORIA, Ill. - A shopping center in the heart of Peoria will have new owners. In a social media post Wednesday, Eric Brinker says his family has decided to sell the Metro Centre after 52 years. He say...
Aug 21, 2024 (Metro Centre Facebook)
Amid a 'really, really big week for labor,' Illinois unions, Democrats held up as model
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Organized labor has been everywhere at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, from the main stage to the Illinois delegation's morning breakfa...
Aug 21, 2024 Illinois AFL-CIO President Tim Drea addresses the Illinois delegation at its Wednesday morning breakfast. He said it’s been a “really, really big week for labor” thus far as the Democratic National Convention continues in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Biden to speak with Netanyahu on Gaza ceasefire talks, US official says
BUELLTON, California (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden planned to talk by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday about ways to keep a potential Gaza ceasefire and hostages...
Aug 21, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Peoria Public Schools bus involved in Wednesday morning crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Public Schools bus was involved in a crash Wednesday morning. Peoria Police says the crash occurred just before 9:45 A.M. in the area of Glen Oak and Fayette between a PPS bus ...
Aug 21, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Peoria's Duck Race for the Center for Prevention of Abuse returns Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - The 36th annual Duck Race benefiting Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse is back this weekend. The Center's Carol Merna says they have about 3,000 ducks still up for adoption, havin...
Aug 21, 2024 david010167 / Depositphotos.com
Walz, Pelosi, Bill Clinton headline day three of Democratic convention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday with 11 weeks to go before he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris face Repu...
Aug 21, 2024 Attendees react during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
US job growth in year through March was far lower than estimated
(Reuters) -U.S. employers added far fewer jobs than originally reported in the year through March, the Labor Department said on Wednesday, underscoring the growing concerns the Federal Reserve has abo...
Aug 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
