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UPDATE: Yemen's Houthis vow response after US, British strikes
UPDATED 9:11 A.M. WASHINGTON/ADEN/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen, in the second day of major U.S. operations against Iran-linked ...
Feb 04, 2024 Houthi tribesmen gather to show defiance after U.S. and UK air strikes on Houthi positions near Sanaa, Yemen February 4, 2024.REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Israel keeps pressure on last two refugee cities, kills 18, health officials say
DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes killed 18 Palestinians in Rafah and Deir Al-Balah, Gaza health officials said on Saturday, in the last two Gaza Strip cities where troops had not been deploye...
Feb 03, 2024 People look at the Gaza Strip from a viewpoint, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Sderot, Israel, February 3, 2024. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Trump looms over Texas border rally targeting illegal immigration
QUEMADO, Texas (Reuters) - Protesters who trekked in a vehicle convoy to Texas this week, including some flying pro-Donald Trump banners alongside American and Texas flags, are expected to rally again...
Feb 03, 2024 A participant of 'Take Back Our Border' rally against migrants crossing from Mexico, rides a motorcycle before the event starts at Cornerstone Children's Ranch in Quemado, Texas, U.S., February 2, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
Anchor store leaving Peoria's Northwoods Mall. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - One of the anchor stores at Northwoods Mall will be closing down. 25 News reports Chicago-based The RoomPlace has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring. The move will close eigh...
Feb 03, 2024 (Northwoods Mall Facebook Page)
Group challenging Trump's ballot access in Cook County court hopes for quick decision
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A national voting rights organization is asking a Cook County judge to overturn a ruling from the Illinois State Board of Elections and block former Preside...
Feb 03, 2024 Donald Trump faces a legal review in Cook County court after the Illinois State Board of Elections rejected a request to remove his name from the 2024 ballot. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams. Original photo by Gage Skidmore used under CC-SA 2.0 license.)
U.S. launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq, Syria; nearly 40 reported killed
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States launched airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, reportedly ki...
Feb 03, 2024 A plane takes off from an unidentified location, as the U.S. launches airstrikes on targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, in the screen grab from a handout video released on February 2, 2024. US Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS
Man arrested Thursday evening in Peoria after reported altercation led to stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A reported altercation led to a stabbing Thursday evening near downtown Peoria. Peoria Police say officers arrived in the area of Green St. and Madison Ave. just after 9:30 P.M., findin...
Feb 02, 2024 Damion Gulliford Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Copays take effect for immigrant health programs as cost estimates continue to decline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Cost estimates for a pair of state-funded health care programs serving certain low-income noncitizens have declined by tens of millions of dollars in recent...
Feb 02, 2024 Data from the Department on Healthcare and Family Services shows the per-patient costs for a pair of health programs that serve certain immigrant populations have declined in recent months as the JB Pritzker administration has initiated cost-saving measures. (Capitol News Illinois graphic by Jerry Nowicki)
Tazewell County government nearly recovered from November cyber incident
PEKIN, Ill. - Operations in Tazewell County government are nearly back to normal after a cyber attack in November affected phone and computer systems. County Board Chairman David Zimmerman offered an ...
Feb 02, 2024 (Tazewell County)
UPDATE: US carries out retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran-linked targets
UPDATED 5:07 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States carried out retaliatory airstrikes on Friday in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and th...
Feb 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Air Force General Charles Q. Brown attend the dignified transfer of the remains of Army Reserve Sergeants William Rivers, Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Moffett, three U.S. service members who were killed in Jordan during a drone attack carried out by Iran-backed militants, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., February 2, 2024. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
