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GasBuddy says Peoria gas prices still dropping
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped 5.7 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71 on Monday, according to Gas Buddy's survey of local stations. Peoria's prices are just over 12 cen...
May 13, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Cohen testifies Trump signed off on hush money payment to porn star
UPDATED 2:58 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen told jurors on Monday that the Republican presidential candidate personally signed off on a hush money payment to a porn...
May 13, 2024 Michael Cohen, former lawyer for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump departs his home in Manhattan to testify in Trump's criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in New York City, U.S., May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Peoria garage fire deemed accidental. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on John Gwynn Avenue Sunday evening for a fire. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says crews arrived at 6:42 p.m., finding heavy smoke and flam...
May 13, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of 3,500 bombs over concerns they could be used in the Gazan city of Rafah, sa...
May 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod, in Ashdod, Israel, May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/File Photo
Trump says not considering Nikki Haley as running mate
(Reuters) - Donald Trump said on Saturday that former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not being considered to be his running mate in the November election, dismissing a report by new...
May 12, 2024 October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Trump again attacks New York prosecutor, floats economic plans at New Jersey rally
WILDWOOD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked the Manhattan judge and prosecutor in his New York criminal trial, while hinting at a range of possible economi...
May 12, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, U.S., May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible 'hot summer of protest'
DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) - About a dozen students arrested by police clearing a sit-in at a Denver college campus emerged from detainment to cheers from fellow pro-Palestinian protesters, several wa...
May 12, 2024 Protesters stand and link arms during a demonstration in support of Palestinians, at the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colorado, U.S. May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Brad Brooks
Protesters return to streets across Israel, demanding hostage release
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government do more to secure the release of hostages being held in the Gaz...
May 11, 2024 People attend a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 11, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
As Peoria celebrates its "More Than Pink" Walk, a survivor says early detection and screenings are key
PEORIA, Ill. - On Saturday, hundreds of breast cancer survivors and their family and friends are walking in Peoria's Susan G. Komen "More Than Pink" Walk. The event, formerly "Race For The Cure", has ...
May 11, 2024 minervastock / Depositphotos.com
Ex-Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr. to stand trial for rape
READER DISCRETION ADVISED DOUGLAS COUNTY, KS - (Reuters) - Former Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr. will stand trial for first-degree felony rape and felony sexual aggravated battery next month, a Ka...
May 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Mar 30, 2024; Boston, MA, USA; Illinois Fighting Illini guard Terrence Shannon Jr. (0) reacts against the Connecticut Huskies in the finals of the East Regional of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
