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Pentagon tells Israel it will adjust US troops in Middle East
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has informed Israel about current and future changes to U.S. forces in the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday, amid threats from Iran a...
Aug 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives at Camp Aguinaldo, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
In month since SCOTUS bribery decision, Madigan-related corruption cases forge ahead
Attorneys on both sides of the federal corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan didn't agree on much this past month, but they are aligned on one thing: they're prepared t...
Aug 02, 2024 Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3. Attorneys for Madigan and those caught up in related corruption cases argue a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowing the federal bribery statute should result in the dismissal of charges or acquittal of convictions. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Cause of death for 8-year-old girl from Missouri who died on flight diverted to Peoria revealed
PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of death for an eight-year-old girl from Missouri who died last month after a medical emergency on a flight diverted to Peoria has been revealed. Peoria County Coroner Jamie H...
Aug 02, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
U.S. sues TikTok over 'massive-scale' privacy violations of kids under 13
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against TikTok and parent company ByteDance for failing to protect children's privacy on the social media app. The government ...
Aug 02, 2024 TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew looks on during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Kamala Harris secures delegate votes needed to become Democratic nominee
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Kamala Harris on Friday secured the delegate votes needed to clinch the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination and become the first woman of color at the top of a major party tick...
Aug 02, 2024 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.'s 60th International Biennial Boule event in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Sharp slowdown in US job growth boosts unemployment rate to 4.3%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to near a three-year high of 4.3% in July amid a significant slowdown in hiring, heightening fears the labor market was deteriorating and poten...
Aug 02, 2024 A pedestrian passes a "Now Hiring" sign at a Chase Bank branch in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Non-profit started in Peoria continues to send ambulances to Ukraine
PEORIA, Ill. - Saving lives with donated ambulances, fire engines and SUVs. That's the mission of U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine, a non-profit that got its start two years ago in Peoria. OSF HealthCare's...
Aug 02, 2024 A former AMT ambulance is delivered to Ukraine in 2022. (File-OSF HealthCare)
US judge throws out $4.7 billion verdict against NFL in 'Sunday Ticket' lawsuit
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge in California on Thursday threw out a $4.7 billion verdict against the National Football League in a lawsuit claiming it overcharged subscribers to its Sunday Ticket game telec...
Aug 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The NFL logo is pictured at an event in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Thursday, hours after being freed from Russian detention in the big...
Aug 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet Evan Gershkovic, who was released from detention in Russia, upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Slain Hamas leader Haniyeh's funeral held in Qatar, Israel is warned of revenge
DUBAI (Reuters) -The funeral of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh took place in Qatar on Friday following his assassination two days ago in Iran's capital Tehran - one in a series of killings of senior figu...
Aug 02, 2024 Mourners carry the coffin of assassinated Hamas chief, Ismail Haniyeh during his funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) Handout via REUTERS
