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Distillery Labs Innovation Hub opens in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Distillery Labs new innovation hub was unveiled in downtown Peoria on Tuesday. The facility's Executive Director Doug Cruitt says it will serve as a launch pad for the next generation o...
Jul 30, 2024 The exterior of the new Distillery Labs hub in downtown Peoria. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday, July 30. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
Raging California wildfire grows bigger than city of Los Angeles
(Reuters) - The largest wildfire in the U.S. swelled to over 600 square miles on Tuesday, bigger than the city of Los Angeles, fire officials in California said, as thousands of firefighters battled t...
Jul 30, 2024 A vehicle passes firefighters standing by the road as the Park Fire burns, near Jonesville, California, U.S., July 28, 2024. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
Olympics-Gymnastics-Triumphant Biles leads U.S. to gymnastics team gold
PARIS (Reuters) -Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women's gymnastics team final at the Paris Games on Tuesday, reinforcing her status as one of...
Jul 30, 2024 Paris 2024 Olympics - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Team Final - Bercy Arena, Paris, France - July 30, 2024. Simone Biles of United States celebrates after her performance on the Uneven Bars with her coach. REUTERS/Mike Blake
US Senate passes major online child safety reforms, House fate unclear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate passed major online child safety reforms in a nearly unanimous vote on Tuesday, although the legislation, which has drawn mixed reactions from the tech industry, ...
Jul 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Capitol, following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 election subversion in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File photo
Israel targets senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut air strike
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM/MANILA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike targeted a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut's southern suburbs late on Tuesday in what the Israeli military said was retaliation for a cro...
Jul 30, 2024 People gather near a site hit by what security sources said was a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Grayeb joins Peoria mayoral race with announcement
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Councilman Chuck Grayeb announced his candidacy for mayor on Tuesday. Grayeb has served on the City Council for 23 years, as both an At-Large member and representing Peoria'...
Jul 30, 2024 (City of Peoria)
UPDATE: Trump shooter posted violent content online, FBI official says
UPDATED 11:43 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The man who tried to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears to have posted violent antisemitic and anti-immigration content online ...
Jul 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face while he is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
PARIS OLYMPICS 2024: What you need to know right now
PARIS (Reuters) -Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all-time, will aim to win her fifth Olympic gold when she appears for the United States in the women's team final later on Tuesday. Meanwhi...
Jul 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships - Swimming - Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka, Japan - July 25, 2023 Australia's Lani Pallister in action during the women's 1500m freestyle final REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Biden proposes term limits, code of conduct to rein in 'extreme' Supreme Court
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Monday proposed sweeping changes to the U.S. Supreme Court that he said were needed to rein in a conservative-led court that was being weaponized to und...
Jul 30, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, U.S., July 29, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Tesla recalls over 1.8 million US vehicles over unlatched hood issue
(Reuters) - Tesla is recalling over 1.8 million vehicles in the United States due to risk of software failure to detect an unlatched hood, the national auto safety regulator said on Tuesday. An unlatc...
Jul 30, 2024 A person drives a Tesla vehicle as the company is recalling over 2 million vehicles in the U.S. to install new safeguards in its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system, after a federal safety regulator cited safety concerns, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S. December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/ File Photo
