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NATO allies aim to send more air defence aid to Ukraine but make no concrete pledges
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO alliance members agreed on Thursday to scour their arsenals for more air defence systems to protect Ukraine from Russian ballistic missile attacks, as the alliance marked a 75...
Apr 04, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith attend a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, in Brussels, Belgium April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool
Olympics-Macron says he has no doubt Russia will target Paris Olympics
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that he had no doubt Russia would malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer. "I have no doubt whatsoever, including in terms...
Apr 04, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron talks to children after their swimming performance during the inauguration of the Olympic Aquatics Centre (CAO), a multifunctional venue for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games construction site which is under the management of the "Metropole Grand Paris" in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool
In Chicago visit, Attorney General Garland announces $78M anti-violence initiative
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In a visit to Chicago on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced $78 million in federal grant funding for community-based anti-violence programs. G...
Apr 04, 2024 Garland: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland addresses the second annual Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative conference. Garland highlighted federal investments in community-based organizations focused on stemming gun violence. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
UPDATED: Arrested man escapes police near Bradley, then recaptured
UPDATED 3:52 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police had to track down a man who escaped from one of its transport vans Wednesday night. Police say 32-year-old Daniel Moody was being transported to the Peor...
Apr 04, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Israel beefs up defenses, on alert after Iran revenge threat
UPDATED 10:56 A.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel braced on Thursday for the possibility of a retaliatory attack after its suspected killing of Iranian generals in Damascus this week, saying it would res...
Apr 04, 2024 Israeli military personnel drive an armoured personnel carrier (APC) near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
There's still no Powerball winner
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Powerball jackpot keeps growing after no one matched all six numbers on Wednesday night. The winning numbers were 11, 38, 41, 62, 65 and the Powerball of 15. The estimated value of...
Apr 04, 2024 (Powerball)
Explainer-Key facts about the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge
(Reuters) -Work is underway to begin clearing the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge more than a week after a faltering cargo ship crashed into it, sending the span collapsing into the h...
Apr 04, 2024 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators work on the cargo vessel Dali, which struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. March 27, 2024. Peter Knudson/NTSB/Handout via REUTERS
Rivian rolls 100,000th vehicle off the line in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. -- Rivian Automotive has rolled its 100,000th vehicle off the production line in Normal, Illinois. The news comes just days after the electric vehicle maker announced nearly 14,000 EVs we...
Apr 04, 2024 The 100,000th vehicle has rolled off he line at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois.
(Rivian Automotive Facebook)
Texas, CDC say bird flu detected in person exposed to dairy cattle
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Texas and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected ...
Apr 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Cows are walked outside the exhibition hall during the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Brewer/ File Photo
Lawmakers question Pritzker's plan for new early childhood agency
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker's plan to consolidate the state's early childhood programs into one new cabinet-level agency ran into tough questions this week during a Ho...
Apr 03, 2024 WHALEN: Ann Whalen, the early childhood transition director for Gov. JB Pritzker, testifies before a House budget committee about a plan to create a new state Department of Early Childhood. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
