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US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy, reports say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. military service member who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington over the weekend, in an apparent act of protest against the war in Gaza, has ...
Feb 26, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Work to convert Adams and Jefferson into two-way streets downtown begins
PEORIA, Ill. - A big project a long time in the making for downtown Peoria begins Monday. Work to convert Adams and Jefferson Streets downtown back to two-lane roads will take place - starting with so...
Feb 26, 2024 (City of Peoria)
How Trump defeated Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's big primary victory on Saturday over Nikki Haley in her home state of South Carolina was the result of a ruthless and methodical campaign to eliminate her as a threat, accor...
Feb 26, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks as she brings her campaign tour to Troy, Michigan, U.S., February 25, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Republican Party leader to step down after pressure from Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Party chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said on Monday she was leaving the job, after weeks of public pressure from the party's likely 2024 presidential candidate, Donald Trum...
Feb 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks to the audience at the third Republican candidates' U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Another gas price hike in Peoria, but not as steep as last week. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Another week, another increase in the price of gasoline in Peoria - this time, though, not as steep of an increase as the week before. GasBuddy says the average price of the Peoria-area...
Feb 26, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
UPDATE: US Supreme Court weighs Florida, Texas laws regulating social media companies
UPDATED 10:05 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday explored free speech rights in the digital age in a pair of cases testing the legality of Republican-backed laws in Florida an...
Feb 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: General view shows the United States Supreme Court, in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
'Chaotic' US Congress faces whirlwind of shutdown, impeachment, border fights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress lurches into a new week of political chaos on Monday, as lawmakers struggle to avoid a partial government shutdown in just five days, while pushing for an elec...
Feb 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man uses his mobile phone near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
AT&T to give billing credits to consumers impacted by outage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -AT&T will award billing credits to consumers impacted or potentially impacted earlier this week by a significant wireless outage because of the disruption, the company said l...
Feb 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The company logo for AT&T is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US, British forces carry out more strikes against Houthis in Yemen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and British forces carried out strikes against more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, officials said, the latest round of military action against the Iran-l...
Feb 25, 2024 Smoke rises in the sky following U.S-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, February 25, 2024. REUTERS/Adel Al Khader
State trooper shoots, kills suspect in McLean County, investigation continues
LEXINGTON, Ill. - At least one person is dead following what Illinois State Police calls an officer-involved shooting in McLean County. Troopers say it was first spotted around 12:45 Saturday afternoo...
Feb 25, 2024 Midwest Communications
