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Collins: Chance of severe storms Monday-Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - There is potential for some severe weather Monday and Tuesday, according to 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins. "We could see isolated severe cells this (Monday) afte...
May 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Iran's hardliner President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed after his helicopter crashed in poor weather in mountai...
May 20, 2024 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on the Azerbaijan-Iran border, May 19, 2024. Iran's Presidency/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
GasBuddy: Prices still falling ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 3.1 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.68 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 1...
May 20, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day
LONDON (Reuters) - A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. docume...
May 19, 2024 A Julian Assange supporter holds a sign. London, Britain, March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Trump pledges to "roll back" Biden gun rules, fire ATF chief at NRA rally
DALLAS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to unravel gun regulations put in place by Democratic President Joe Biden during a lengthy speech to the National Rifle Associ...
May 19, 2024 Crowds cheer, as shirts are tossed into the audience, ahead of the former U.S. president Donald Trump speech at the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) meeting in Dallas, Texas, U.S., May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
Biden speaks to Morehouse grads after season of campus unrest over Gaza
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Sunday delivers a commencement address at Morehouse College, a venue offering the U.S. president an election-year opportunity to address anger over his support for Isr...
May 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at Mary Mac's Tea Room during a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Mercedes workers in Alabama reject union, dealing setback to UAW
VANCE, Alabama (Reuters) - Workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama handed a stinging loss to the United Auto Workers on Friday, rejecting the union in a vote it had expected would build on a win a...
May 19, 2024 UAW President Shawn Fain speaks after workers at a Mercedes plant in Alabama rejected joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) union outside Vance, Alabama, U.S., May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Nora Eckert
Pope says tension and debate are inevitable, embrace them
VERONA, Italy (Reuters) - Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, warning that trying to impose a uniform vis...
May 18, 2024 Pope Francis speaks during the "Arena of Peace: Justice and Peace Embrace" meeting at Verona Arena during his visit to Verona, Italy, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
Penguins boss Mike Sullivan to coach 2026 U.S. Olympic hockey team
(Reuters-Field Level Media) - USA Hockey named Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan to lead Team USA for the 2025 Four Nations Face-Off and the 2026 United States Men's Olympic hockey team on ...
May 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Dec 18, 2023; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan (right) talks with center Lars Eller (20) at the bench against the Minnesota Wild during the third period at PPG Paints Arena. Pittsburgh won 4-3. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
Actor Dabney Coleman, villainous boss in "9 to 5," dies at 92
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Dabney Coleman, a character actor who brought a glorious touch of smarm to the screen in playing comedic villains, mean-spirited bosses and outright jerks in films such as "9...
May 18, 2024 Dabney Coleman speaks at a ceremony where the actor received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles November 6, 2014. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/ File Photo
