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3.4-magnitude earthquake hits Illinois overnight
SOMONAUK, Ill. - The U.S. The Geological Survey says a 3.4-magnitude earthquake hit Illinois early Monday morning. It happened at approximately 2:53 a.m. near Somonauk, Illinois, in Southern DeKalb Co...
Julia Bradley Jul 15, 2024 gmac84 / Depositphotos.com

After attempt on his life, Trump sees moment for unity
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Donald Trump was in Milwaukee on Monday to make final preparations for the Republican presidential nomination later this week after narrowly escaping an assassination attempt that...
Julia Bradley Jul 15, 2024 Supporters react as Trump Force One, carrying Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, lands in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 14, 2024 a day after he survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

UPDATE: Trump, Biden seek calm as Republicans gather after shooting
UPDATED 5:22 A.M. 7/15/24 MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Donald Trump's Republican Party convenes on Monday hoping to chart his return to the White House after he survived an assassination attempt that prompte...
Ed Hammond Jul 14, 2024 U.S President Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 14, 2024. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS

Trump rally shooting victim died shielding family from bullets
(Reuters) -The person shot and killed at former President Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday was a 50-year-old volunteer firefighter who shielded his family to protect them as gunshots r...
Ed Hammond Jul 14, 2024 A satellite image around Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump's rally location in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. June 2, 2023. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS

Here's what we know about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected Trump rally shooter
BETHEL PARK, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the suspect in Saturday's attempted assassination of former U.S. President Do...
Ed Hammond Jul 14, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by security personnel after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Trump: "Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening"
BUTLER, Pa: Former President Donald Trump has reacted to being injured during a shooting that occurred Saturday at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania outside Pittsburgh. Posting on his Truth Soc...
Ed Hammond Jul 14, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face as multiple shots rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

World leaders react to Trump shooting at rally
LONDON (Reuters) -Following are reactions from world leaders to the shooting attack on Donald Trump at an election rally on Saturday in which the former U.S. president was wounded in the ear: BRITISH ...
Ed Hammond Jul 14, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by guards during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Shannen Doherty, '90210' actress, dies at 53, People magazine reports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Shannen Doherty, best known for her role as high school student Brenda Walsh on hit 1990s television drama "Beverly Hills, 90210," has died at age 53 following a years-lo...
Ed Hammond Jul 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Cast member Shannen Doherty applauds during a panel for the Fox television series "BH90210" at the Summer TCA (Television Critics Association) Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

Illinois lawmakers react to shooting at Pennsylvania rally with former President Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lawmakers across the political aisle in Illinois are reacting to the shooting at former President Trump's rally in Butler Pennsylvania Saturday afternoon. Democratic U.S. Senator Di...
TJ Carson Jul 13, 2024 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com

Pop, pop, pop, then a bloodied Trump rushed from election rally
BUTLER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Donald Trump was standing on a stage behind a podium, six minutes into his speech at an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, his head turned to the right, under a cl...
Ed Hammond Jul 13, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid


