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Jackpot winning Illinois Lottery ticket sold Friday night in Peoria Heights
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - It was someone's lucky day in Peoria Heights on Friday night. That's where an Illinois Lottery Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $1.45 million was sold at the BP gas station on North...
Feb 12, 2024 (Illinois Lottery)
UPDATE: Scholz says it is 'dangerous' to relativize NATO mutual defence clause after Trump comments
UPDATED 1:39 P.M. BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that any relativization of NATO's mutual defence clause was "dangerous" and only served Russia, following comment...
Feb 12, 2024 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a joint statement to the media with French President Macron (not pictured) as part of their meeting at Elysee Palace, Paris, France, 12 February 2024. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS
US Senate forges ahead on Ukraine, Israel aid as 'Putin is watching'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday will attempt to steer a $95.34 billion package containing aid for Ukraine and Israel to passage this week following months of delays, even as it lacked...
Feb 12, 2024 Tourists walk near the U.S. Capitol as the Senate votes to begin work on a bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Biden to meet Jordan's king, who wants Gaza ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House on Monday, coming face-to-face with a longtime ally who has been vocal in calling for a Gaza ceasefi...
Feb 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Israel frees two hostages, Gaza officials say airstrikes kill 67
DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli rescue operation freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held by Hamas militants in Rafah on Monday, but supporting airstrikes killed nearly 70 Palestinians in the s...
Feb 12, 2024 Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Hare, two Israeli hostages who, according to the Israeli military, were freed in a special forces operation in Rafah, Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, reunite with loved ones at the Sheba Medical Center, in Ramat Gan, Israel, February 12, 2024. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria car fire causes $30K in damages on Sunday
PEORIA, Ill. - A car fire in Peoria on Sunday caused $30,000 in damages after spreading to a home nearby. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews responded to the fire around 11:40 a.m., f...
Feb 12, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Off-duty cops stop female shooter at Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch
(Reuters) -Two off-duty law enforcement officers in Houston took down a woman who opened fire on Sunday at Lakewood Church, one of the largest evangelical churches in the U.S. led by televangelist Joe...
Feb 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Vehicles queue to deliver supplies for Hurricane Harvey evacuees at the nondenominational Lakewood Church, founded by pastor Joel Osteen, in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
Peoria area gas prices rising, expected to go even higher. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have risen 4.8 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.26 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are 2...
Feb 12, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
NFL-Chiefs QB Mahomes wins Super Bowl MVP award for third time
UPDATED 10:30 P.M. LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes won his third Super Bowl MVP award after leading the Chiefs to a thrilling 25-22 overtime victory against the San...
Feb 11, 2024 Football - NFL - Super Bowl LVIII - Kansas City Chiefs v San Francisco 49ers - Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - February 11, 2024 Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes celebrates after winning Super Bowl LVIII REUTERS/Mike Blake
NFL-Chiefs beat 49ers to repeat as Super Bowl champions
UPDATED 10:34 P.M. LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Patrick Mahomes threw a touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman to give the Kansas City Chiefs a 25-22 overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers in a Sin City Super Bo...
Feb 11, 2024 Football - NFL - Super Bowl LVIII - Kansas City Chiefs v San Francisco 49ers - Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - February 11, 2024 Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LVIII REUTERS/Mike Blake
