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Ukraine says advance into Russia 'going well', creates strategic buffer
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's forces advanced further into Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday as Kyiv said its gains would provide a strategic buffer zone to protect its border areas from Russian attacks....
Aug 14, 2024 A man reacts while standing next to burnt-out remains of cars in the courtyard of a multi-storey residential building, which according to local authorities was hit by debris from a destroyed Ukrainian missile, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Kursk, Russia August 11, 2024. Kommersant Photo/Anatoliy Zhdanov via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria man accused in shooting death of girlfriend ordered detained
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge ordered a man accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend to remain in jail. 25 News reports prosecutors testified at 43-year-old Stevie Linwood's detention hea...
Aug 14, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria City Council debates homeless encampments and ban on public camping
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria is looking to address homeless encampments with a measure aimed at banning public camping. The issue was brought up for the first time at Tuesday night's meeting. No ...
Aug 14, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mapleton man who died in Peoria County crash identified
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says a Mapleton man likely died instantly after a crash earlier this week. Jamie Harwood says an autopsy reveals 31-year-old Kyle Jepson suffered multip...
Aug 14, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Hunter Biden contacted US ambassador in 2016 over Burisma deal, NYT reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hunter Biden reached out to the U.S. ambassador to Italy while his father, Joe Biden, was vice president in 2016 amid efforts to pursue a geothermal project at the Ukrainian com...
Aug 14, 2024 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
US annual consumer price increase slows to below 3% as inflation ebbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rose moderately in July and the annual increase in inflation slowed to below 3% for the first time in nearly 3-1/2 years, opening the door wider for the Fed...
Aug 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person arranges groceries in El Progreso Market in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
UPDATE: Ernesto intensifies into Category 1 hurricane as it moves away from Puerto Rico
UPDATED 11 A.M. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday as it churned away from the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, leaving more t...
Aug 14, 2024 A red flag indicating strong currents waves in La Pared Beach as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches, in Luquillo, Puerto Rico August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
Trump loses third bid for judge to step aside in hush money case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York judge declined for a third time to step aside from the case in which Donald Trump was convicted of charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, dismissing the forme...
Aug 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he campaigns in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Hamas to stay out of Gaza truce talks, Iran considers Israel attack
CAIRO (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Wednesday it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, dimming hopes for a negotiated truc...
Aug 14, 2024 Palestinian children stand at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Trump heads to North Carolina as allies push for messaging shift
(Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump will head to the swing state of North Carolina on Wednesday, struggling to turn the page on a difficult stretch of a White House campaign in which his lead in opini...
Aug 14, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on a panel of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent Alban
