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Biden faces protest vote over Gaza in Michigan; polls show Trump beating Haley
DETROIT (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's support for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza will be put to a test on Tuesday in Michigan, home to a large Arab American constituency where Democratic voter...
Feb 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Waterford Township, Michigan, U.S., February 17, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Pentagon absolves itself after Austin's secret hospitalization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday released the results of a 30-day review that effectively absolved itself of any wrongdoing in U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization...
Feb 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III addresses service members assigned Naval Support Activity, after participating in the Virtual Red Sea Security Summit at NAVCENT headquarters in Manama, Bahrain December 19, 2023. Chad McNeeley/Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Alec Baldwin 'Rust' shooting trial set for July
SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) -Alec Baldwin's manslaughter trial for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie "Rust" is set for July 10, a New Mexico judge...
Feb 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Actor Alec Baldwin departs his home, as he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust", in New York, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
Delavan man facing child sex crime charges in Woodford County
EL PASO, Ill. - A Delavan man was arrested this past weekend in Woodford County on alleged child sex crime charges. James Blagg, 36, was arrested by El Paso Police on Saturday after an investigation. ...
Feb 26, 2024 Woodford County mugshot of James Blagg. (Woodford County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Peoria Manual art teacher honored with naming of street after him near the school
PEORIA, Ill. - Former students and family members came together to honor a man who has been described as the "Godfather of Peoria's Talent Shows." On Monday, the corner of Lincoln and Griswold was nam...
Feb 26, 2024 Former Peoria Manual art teacher Larry Hendricks Jr. stands below the street sign that honors him after a ceremony to dedicate it on February 26, 2024. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man faces charges for trying to meet child for sex
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Police in Chillicothe say an East Peoria man is jailed for trying to have sexual contact with a child. Police say Cameron McNutt, 24, was taken to the Peoria County Jail on a host ...
Feb 26, 2024 Cameron McNutt (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
US FTC suing to block $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons supermarket deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and eight states said on Monday they are suing to block supermarket chain Kroger's $24.6 billion deal to buy smaller rival Albertsons, saying it...
Feb 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The Kroger supermarket chain's headquarters is shown in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Lisa Baertlein/File Photo/File Photo
Sweden clears final hurdle to join NATO as Hungary approves accession
BUDAPEST/STOCKHOLM, Reuters - Hungary's parliament approved Sweden's NATO accession on Monday, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through t...
Feb 26, 2024 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen look on, before the voting of the ratification of Sweden's NATO membership in Budapest, Hungary, February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
UPDATE: Biden, Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border on same day
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden and Donald Trump will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on the same day this week, highlighting how illegal immigration has become one of the most importan...
Feb 26, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a black-tie dinner for U.S. governors attending the National Governors Association winter meeting, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
US new home sales miss expectations in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rose less than expected in January, likely curbed by frigid weather, but demand for new construction remains underpinned by a persistent sh...
Feb 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
