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US on high alert for Iran threat in region after Israeli strike in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is on high alert and preparing for a possible attack by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Israel's strike on the Iranian em...
Apr 06, 2024 The U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill, seen during sunset in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
P&G recalls 8.2 million defective laundry pod bags in U.S. amid safety concerns
(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble is recalling 8.2 million defective bags of some of its laundry detergent pods in the U.S. due to a packaging flaw that could pose a risk of injury to children, the Tid...
Apr 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A plant wall with Procter & Gamble's logo is pictured at the entrance to the company's highly automated cleaning products factory in Tabler Station, West Virginia, U.S., May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Timothy Aeppel/File Photo
UPDATE: Man in stable condition after Friday afternoon shooting in Peoria
UPDATED 3:52 P.M. Peoria Police are investigating a shooting from Friday afternoon that injured a man. Police say eleven shots were fired in the area of Marquette and Madison Park Terrace at around 2:...
Apr 05, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Businessman behind Trump's NY bond says he charged him a 'low fee'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Don Hankey, the billionaire businessman whose company Knight Specialty Insurance provided the $175 million bond that Donald Trump posted in his New York civil fraud case, told Reu...
Apr 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at one of his properties after attending a hearing in his criminal court case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Man arrested early Thursday morning on drugs and weapons charges in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested early Thursday morning in South Peoria after a drug investigation. Peoria Police say 44-year-old Matthew Morris was taken into custody at around 6:00 A.M. after a sea...
Apr 05, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Salvation Army wants input on Labor Temple building
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army is seeking options on what to do with a building it purchased last year. The organization bought the former Labor Temple building on Jefferson and Spalding in ...
Apr 05, 2024 Peoria AFL-CIO Labor Temple Building (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Riverfront Museum set to host solar eclipse viewing party Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - Monday's total solar eclipse is an event so rare, you won't have another opportunity to see one in the U.S. again until 2045. Whether you're watching it in the "Zone of Totality" or her...
Apr 05, 2024 peoriariverfrontmuseum.org
UPDATE: Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits New York City region, USGS says
UPDATED: 5:43 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near New York City on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, shaking buildings up and down the East Coast and surpri...
Apr 05, 2024 An emergency alert of a magnitude 4.7 earthquake is seen on a cellphone in New York City, U.S., April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
US job growth beats expectations in March; wages increase steadily
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired far more workers than expected March while raising wages, suggesting the economy ended the first quarter on solid ground and potentially delaying anticipate...
Apr 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
US welcomes Israel moves on Gaza aid; 'proof is in the results'
LEUVEN, Belgium (Reuters) -The United States welcomes Israel's latest efforts to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, but said success would be meas...
Apr 05, 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the American Corner Lekki Ribbon Cutting at 21st Century Technologies in Lagos, Nigeria, January 24, 2024. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo
