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Biden NATO summit a chance to show voters, allies he can still lead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes the heads of NATO member states to Washington on Tuesday for an annual summit that gives the embattled Democrat an international stage to convi...
Jul 09, 2024 A view of the U.S. flag alongside the NATO flag outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., July 8, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Pekin waives taxes for some small home-based businesses
PEKIN, Ill. - The Pekin City Council solidified its decision Monday night to waive taxing people wanting to sell food and beverages out of their homes. The original motion, put before the council in M...
Jul 09, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Storm Beryl kills three, knocks out power for 2.7 million in Texas
(Reuters) -Tropical Storm Beryl brought howling winds and torrential rain to southeast Texas on Monday, killing at least three people, flooding highways, closing oil ports, canceling more than 1,300 f...
Jul 09, 2024 A drone view shows a flooded area, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, in Houston, Texas, U.S. July 8, 2024, in this screen grab taken from a social media video. @cjblain10 via X/via REUTERS
Biden is not being treated for Parkinson's, White House says after NYT report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is not being treated for Parkinson's disease and has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physicals, the White House said on Monday, after the Ne...
Jul 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks to deliver remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 election subversion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Boeing in talks with US Defense Department on impact of guilty plea, source says
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) -Boeing is in talks with the U.S. Defense Department over how the planemaker's planned guilty plea could affect its extensive government contracts, a person briefed on the m...
Jul 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are assembled at the company’s plant in Renton, Washington, U.S. June 25, 2024. Jennifer Buchanan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria Police investigating man reportedly shot in backside Sunday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for suspects after a man was reportedly shot in the backside early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the area of Hurlburt and Richard Pryor Place just afte...
Jul 08, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Russian missile attack kills 36, hits children's hospital, Ukraine says
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia blasted the main children's hospital in Kyiv with a missile in broad daylight on Monday and rained missiles down on other cities across Ukraine, killing at least 36 civilians in...
Jul 08, 2024 Rescuers work at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital that was damaged during a Russian missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 8, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Teenager from Bloomington-Normal area identified as drowning victim from Saturday in Bartonville
PEORIA, Ill. - A 14-year-old from the Bloomington-Normal area has been identified as the victim found in the Illinois River Saturday near Bartonville. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the body...
Jul 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Sen. Menendez put power up for sale, prosecutor says as corruption trial closes
UPDATED 2:53 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bob Menendez "put his power up for sale" and helped businessmen who showered the once-powerful senator and his wife with bribes, a prosecutor said on Monday in h...
Jul 08, 2024 U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, (D-NJ) arrives at Federal Court, for his bribery trial in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City, U.S., July 8, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
US airlines cancel over 1,300 flights due to Hurricane Beryl
(Reuters) - Airlines in the United States canceled more than 1,300 flights on Monday as Hurricane Beryl intensified and made landfall in Texas. A total of 1,331 flights were canceled and 505 flights w...
Jul 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Hurricane warning sign is pictured in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. July 7, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo
