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US weekly jobless claims highest in more than eight months
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in more than eight months, further evidence that the labor market was coo...
May 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Israeli defense minister tells 'friends and enemies' Israel will achieve war aims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Israel's "enemies and friends" on Wednesday that it would do whatever necessary achieve its war aims in Gaza and the north, in an apparent resp...
May 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at Israel's Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel December 18, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura/File Photo
Shots fired into West Peoria homes overnight. Here's what we know
UPDATE 9:17 A.M. WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County detectives are investigating a shooting incident overnight in West Peoria. Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies responded to reports of shots fired in...
May 09, 2024
Seven residents displaced by Peoria fire Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Fieldstone Drive Wednesday night on reports of a fire. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling says when they arrived around 7:50 p.m., crews ...
May 09, 2024 D4E / CC
Putin warns of global clash as Russia marks victory in World War Two
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West on Thursday of risking a global conflict and said no one would be allowed to threaten the world's biggest nuclear power as Russia ma...
May 09, 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a military parade on Victory Day, which marks the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool via REUTERS
Baby hit by glass after bullet shatters windshield in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say a nine-month-old was hit by shattered glass after a bullet struck the vehicle the baby and its mother were in. Officers were called just after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to S...
May 09, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Komen "More Than Pink" Walk returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's "More Than Pink" Walk returns this weekend, bringing together breast cancer survivors, their families, and friends who've supported their journeys. For many years, the event wa...
May 09, 2024 (File-Susan G. Komen)
House quickly defeats Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday quickly defeated an effort by firebrand Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove fellow Republican Speaker Mike Johnson from his...
May 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Home for young single mothers in central Illinois hosted by Dream Center Peoria opens its doors
WASHINGTON, Ill. - A home for young single mothers needing some assistance with life and their babies is now open in Washington. Dream Center Peoria's Zoe House opened its doors on Tuesday with a ribb...
May 08, 2024 (Dream Center Peoria)
UPDATE: CEFCU says debit card PIN issues fixed
UPDATED 4:09 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - CEFCU says debit card PIN transactions should be back to normal after issues earlier Wednesday. The credit union says the issue was caused by system maintenance perfor...
May 08, 2024 (25 News)
