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UPDATE: Peoria City Soccer to host championship games after thrilling finish Sunday
UPDATED 11:19 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria City Soccer will stay home, again, as they continue their USL2 playoff run. After a thrilling victory Sunday at Shea Stadium over the Des Moines Menace, Peoria...
Jul 22, 2024 (Peoria City Soccer)
Netanyahu heads to Washington, says Israel will remain key US ally whoever replaces Biden
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will be the United States' strongest ally in the Middle East regardless of who is elected president in November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday before fly...
Jul 22, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony marking a decade for Israeli fallen soldiers of the 2014 Gaza War also known as Operation Protective Edge, in the Hall of Remembrance at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, 16 July 2024. ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Eureka man arrested for alleged child abuse against 4-year-old
EUREKA, Ill. - Eureka Police say a man has been arrested after an investigation into child abuse. The department says it worked with the Woodford County Sheriff's Department and DCFS to investigate on...
Jul 22, 2024 (Woodford County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Backed by Biden, Harris moves to lock up White House bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris wasted no time launching her 2024 presidential campaign, seeking the support of fellow Democrats with the backing of President Joe Biden after he pul...
Jul 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: US Vice President Kamala Harris and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (not pictured) give a joint press conference at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany February 17, 2024. TOBIAS SCHWARZ/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Illinois legislators react to Biden ending Presidential campaign
PEORIA, Ill. - Legislators across Illinois are reacting to the decision by President Joe Biden to end his campaign for a second term in the White House. In a statement on X Sunday afternoon, Biden ann...
Jul 21, 2024 State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, in green, joined Governor JB Pritzker Mayor Rita Ali, and other leaders Monday at the Peoria Riverfront Museum to mark "substantial completion" of the Bob Michel Bridge expansion project. (State of Illinois video screenshot)
UPDATE: One man is dead after police-involved shooting in West Peoria
UPDATED 7/22 4:30 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting incident Sunday afternoon in West Peoria. Peoria Police says four officers responded to a call regarding a violen...
Jul 21, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Biden drops reelection bid, backs Harris to top Democratic ticket
REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) - President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump while endorsing...
Jul 21, 2024 REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Trump says he received no warnings of 'a problem' before assassination attempt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump said on Saturday nobody forewarned him of a problem in the lead-up to the former president's rally in Pennsylvania last week, when a would-be assassin shot him in t...
Jul 21, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, as he holds a campaign rally for the first time with his running mate, Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. July 20, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Trump mocks Democrats, insults Pelosi, in first campaign rally since assassination attempt
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Reuters) -Donald Trump held his first campaign rally on Saturday since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt one week ago, mocking Democrats and comparing former Democratic...
Jul 20, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump wears a flesh-colored bandage on his ear as he holds a campaign rally for the first time with his running mate, Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. July 20, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Trump to hold first campaign rally after assassination attempt
GRAND RAPIDS (Reuters) - Donald Trump will hold his first campaign rally on Saturday since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt one week ago and fresh from his nominating convention where his ...
Jul 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump is joined on stage by wife Melania and other relatives after he finished giving his acceptance speech on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
