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UPDATE: Israeli forces seize Rafah border crossing, choking off vital aid
UPDATED 12:06 P.M. RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO -Israeli forces seized the main border crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza on Tuesday, shutting down a vital aid route into the Palestinian enclave that...
May 07, 2024 An Israeli tank maneuvers, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza Border, in southern Israel, May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Woman injured in shooting Monday night in Peoria. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Police say a woman was shot in the arm Monday night after ShotSpotter detected multiple rounds fired in Central Peoria. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says it happened around 9:...
May 07, 2024
Fate of Gaza ceasefire uncertain, Israel vows to continue Rafah operation
RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands and pres...
May 06, 2024 Smoke rises over Gaza following an explosion, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Peoria man pleads guilty in relation to his daughter's death in 2022
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has pleaded guilty to First Degree Murder in relation to the death of his daughter in Peoria two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 27-year-old Shamari Wi...
May 06, 2024 courtroom gavel
Peoria County jury awards girl $2 million for negligent procedure when she was a baby
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has awarded $2 million for a 13-year-old girl after it found a pediatric surgeon at OSF Children's Hospital negligent. In a statement Monday from Romanucci and Blan...
May 06, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden meets Jordan's King Abdullah amid no agreement over ceasefire proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden is meeting Middle East ally, Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the White House on Monday as Hamas said it accepted a ceasefire proposal but Israel said it was una...
May 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about student protests at U.S. universities, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, during brief remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Teenager pleads guilty for role in Bartonville shooting incident in February
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old had pleaded guilty for his role in a February shooting in Bartonville that injured two teenagers. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says Donald Grant pleaded gui...
May 06, 2024 courtroom gavel
Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce head stepping down
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce will be looking for a new leader. The chamber announced Monday that President and CEO Joshua Gunn will be stepping down from the role on May 31st. He...
May 06, 2024 Joshua Gunn speaking at event to speak of results from The Big Table/T.J. Carson 1470 and 100.3 WMBD
Holocaust survivors march in Auschwitz in shadow of Oct 7 attacks
OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) - Several thousand Jews, including Holocaust survivors personally affected by the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, walked through the former Auschwitz Nazi German death camp ...
May 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A wooden guard tower is pictured at the site of former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau during ceremonies marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day, in Brzezinka near Oswiecim, Poland January 27, 2022. Jakub Porzycki/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS/File Photo
Columbia cancels university-wide commencement ceremony after protests
(Reuters) -Columbia University on Monday canceled its university-wide commencement ceremony scheduled for May 15 in favor of smaller, school-based events after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests roiled...
May 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Protesters link arms outside Hamilton Hall barricading students inside the building at Columbia University, despite an order to disband the protest encampment supporting Palestinians or face suspension, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
