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Peoria group preparing for journey to Ukraine to provide aid to refugees
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A group of medical professionals from Peoria are joining Omaha Rapid Response to travel to Ternopil, Ukraine to offer relief to more than 80,000 refugees. According to the Uni...
Feb 02, 2024 Members of the Omaha Rapid Response team in Ukraine (25 News)
Several fatalities reported after small plane crashes into Florida mobile home park
(Reuters) -Several fatalities were reported on Thursday after a small plane crashed into and demolished a mobile home in Clearwater, Florida, officials said. Images posted online by the Clearwater Fir...
Feb 02, 2024 A plume of smoke rises after a small plane crashes in a trailer park in Clearwater, Florida, U.S., February 1, 2024, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Steven Ascari/via REUTERS
Duckworth speaks on servicemember deaths in Middle East, urges caution against declaring war
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tammy Duckworth says "not so fast" when it comes to attacking Iran following the weekend drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers and injured dozens more. Duckworth, an ...
Feb 01, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Teen, accused of shooting, now also accused of threatening a judge
(NOTE: This story contains profane language.) PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager, already in jail after he was arrested last week in connection with some recent shooting incidents, now also faces a felo...
Feb 01, 2024 Taiwand Hughes Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Senate nears release of bipartisan border deal Trump rejects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan negotiators in the U.S. Senate will release as early as Friday a long-sought - and politically charged - agreement to stem the flow of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico ...
Feb 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during the weekly Democratic Caucus lunch press conference at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoadese
Trump civil fraud verdict now expected by mid-February
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A ruling in the New York state attorney general's $370 million civil fraud case against former U.S. president Donald Trump will not come until early to-mid February, a court spokes...
Feb 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally ahead of the Republican caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ronda Churchill
US said to back strikes on Iran targets in Iraq, Syria as Gaza truce hopes rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The planned targets for U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of three U.S. soldiers by a drone in Jordan include "Iranian personnel and facilities", CBS News...
Feb 01, 2024 A man with a gun tucked into in his belt poses for a picture next to tributes to the victims of the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at a fountain in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Former teacher in Lewistown charged after reportedly supplying students with alcohol
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - A former Lewistown High School teacher has received multiple charges after allegedly providing alcohol to juvenile students. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office says an investigation ...
Feb 01, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
Biden imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers accused of West Bank violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on four Israeli men it accused of being involved in settler violence in the West Bank, signaling growing U.S. displeasure w...
Feb 01, 2024 Israeli troops stand guard near a shooting scene in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo
Driver hospitalized after car hits house in Rome
ROME, Ill. - One person was taken to a hospital after the car they were driving crashed into a Peoria County home. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says it happened around 9:30 a.m. Thursday on Kno...
Feb 01, 2024 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
