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Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees just one cut in 2024 despite inflation progress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and pushed out the start of rate cuts to perhaps as late as December, with officials projecting only a single quarter-...
Jun 12, 2024 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers remarks during a press conference following the announcement that the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, in Washington, U.S., June 12, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria Chamber finds new leader from within organization
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce has its new leader. The chamber announced Wednesday Jessica Linder Gallo as the new President and CEO, effective immediately. She takes over for Josh...
Jun 12, 2024 (Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce)
Man arrested by Peoria Police on attempted murder charge after alleged domestic dispute
PEORIA, Ill. - A reported domestic dispute in Peoria Tuesday night led to a man being arrested on an attempted murder charge. Police arrived to the area of Wilcox and North just before 8:30 P.M., find...
Jun 12, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Blinken says some Hamas proposals unworkable but work on ceasefire to continue
DOHA (Reuters) - Hamas proposed "numerous changes" in its response to a ceasefire proposal to end the Gaza war including some unworkable changes, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesd...
Jun 12, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken adjusts his earpiece at a joint press conference with the Qatari prime minister in Doha, Qatar, June 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari/Pool
NBA all-time great Jerry West dead at 86
UPDATED 11:11 A.M. (Reuters) -Jerry West, widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all-time whose silhouette was the inspiration for the National Basketball Association's logo, has...
Jun 12, 2024 Nov 24, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; LA Clippers special consultant Jerry West watches during the game against the New Orleans Pelicans at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/ File Photo
US consumer prices unchanged in May as inflation pressures abate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices were unexpectedly unchanged in May as cheaper gasoline offset higher costs for rental housing, but inflation likely remains too high for the Federal Reserve...
Jun 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man asks for the price of some purses sold at a local street, in middle Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 25, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Peoria home a total loss after fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Fire crews were called to a home on W. Marquette Avenue overnight in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says just before 11:30 p.m., firefighters encountered a fully involved st...
Jun 12, 2024 duskbabe / Depositphotos.com
Biden heads to G7 summit focused on Ukraine aid, China's support for Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden flies to Italy on Wednesday for meetings with Group of Seven leaders aimed at increasing pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine and China for i...
Jun 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (not pictured), during the G7 Summit at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
31st Peoria Honor Flight headed to Washington, D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - The 31st Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria International Airport early Wednesday morning, bound for Washington D.C. The plane, filled with 74 veterans and...
Jun 12, 2024 (File-Craig Collins/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Gaza ceasefire plan hangs in balance as US says Hamas seeking changes
UPDATED 3:48 P.M. DOHA/GENEVA/CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes, some unworkable, to a U.S.-backed proposal for a ceas...
Jun 12, 2024 Family members and supporters demand the immediate release of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, as they protest outside a meeting attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
