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Undecided voters await Biden-Trump debate with eye on economy, border and age
(Reuters) - Gina Gannon, a retiree in the battleground state of Georgia, voted for Republican Donald Trump in 2016 before ditching him for Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 - and is now looking to next week'...
Jun 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Combination picture showing former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Russia's Putin in Vietnam calls for strengthening "strategic partnership"
HANOI (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday that strengthening strategic ties is "one of his priorities" as he continued a swing through Asia se...
Jun 20, 2024 Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to Vietnam's President To Lam during an official visit at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam June 20, 2024. NHAC NGUYEN/Pool via REUTERS
Emergency crews respond to rollover crash near Mapleton
PEORIA, Ill. - Police and firefighters were called to the scene of a fiery crash on Rt. 24 Wednesday night, just east of Rt. 9, near Mapleton. Rt. 24 was shut down in both directions for a little over...
Jun 20, 2024 (25 News)
Louisiana requires display of Ten Commandments in all classrooms
(Reuters) - Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes the state the only one in the country to require displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classr...
Jun 19, 2024 Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry speaks during general session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Peoria man arrested on multiple drug charges Monday
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A 33-year-old Peoria man was arrested Monday morning on drug charges. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says multiple agencies executed a search warrant at around 7:00 A.M. at ...
Jun 19, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
African-American Civil War veterans from Tazewell County honored at Juneteenth celebration
PEKIN, Ill. - For NAACP Peoria President Marvin Hightower, Juneteenth is not just about remembering the end of slavery in America, but learning from it. "History is there to let us know how we got to ...
Jun 19, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, forcing people to flee again
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli tanks backed by warplanes and drones advanced deeper into the western part of the Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Wednesday, killing eight people, according to residents and Pale...
Jun 19, 2024 Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, June 19, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
There are plenty of ways to explore and keep cool at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - If you're looking for fun things to do this week indoors, look no further than the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Renae Kerrigan, the Museum's Curator of Science and Planetarium Director, sa...
Jun 19, 2024 "Sharks" exhibit will be on display through Labor Day Weekend at Peoria Riverfront Museum. (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Peoria County Sheriff investigating attempted kidnapping in Bellevue
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible attempted kidnapping. In a release, Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies were called around 7 p.m. Tuesday to the 50...
Jun 19, 2024
On US-Mexico bridge, two sides of Biden border crackdown
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - A group of migrants walked into Mexico on Saturday against pedestrian traffic on the international bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez minutes after being deport...
Jun 19, 2024 Venezuelan migrant Yenny Cisneros sits with her daughter, and other migrants after being admitted into the United States using the CBP One app, outside a shopfront in El Paso, Texas, U.S., June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Hay
