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UPDATE: Israel on war footing, Hamas threatens to kill captives
UPDATED 5:49 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Monday it had called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and was imposing a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, in a sign it m...
Oct 09, 2023 An Israeli tank is positioned near Israel's border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Woman arrested for arson fire at Lexington Hills Apartments
PEORIA, Ill. -- An arrest has been made in connection with the suspected arson at the Lexington Hills Apartments in Peoria late Thursday night. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth confirms 56-year-old Bec...
Oct 09, 2023 (Peoria County Jail)
Israel war adds urgency to US Republican House speaker crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives face new pressure to select a speaker after Israel declared war on Sunday, following a rare attack by Hamas militants that has pr...
Oct 09, 2023 An Israeli tank drives on a road following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, near Sderot in southern Israel October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
UAW says its 'strike is working,' holds off on more walkouts
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers held off on additional strikes against Detroit Three auto plants on Friday, citing General Motors' unexpected willingness to allow workers at joint-venture ...
Oct 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket on a street corner in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Disrupting Saudi-Israel ties may have motivated Hamas attack, Blinken says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said part of the motivation for Hamas' latest attack on Israel could have been disrupting a potential normalizing of Israel-Saudi Arabia t...
Oct 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) speaks about the conflict in Israel, after Hamas launched its biggest attack in decades, while making a statement about the crisis, at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Central Illinois family prepares for move to Kenya to help with domestic violence victims in the country
PEORIA, Ill. - A central Illinois couple is preparing for a big move for a worthwhile cause. Terry and Veronicah Richards and their six-year-old daughter will soon make their home in Kenya. The reason...
Oct 08, 2023 (Imani Rescue Center Facebook)
Powerball jackpot grows again after no winners in Saturday night's drawing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - No one hit all the numbers to win life-changing money in Saturday night's Powerball drawing. The jackpot has now grown to $1.55 billion, which makes it the 3rd largest in the game'...
Oct 08, 2023 (Powerball)
Israel pounds Gaza after deadly Hamas raid as conflict threatens to spiral
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Israel battered Gaza on Sunday, a day after suffering its bloodiest attack in decades when Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting an un...
Oct 08, 2023 The contrails of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel are seen from Sderot, southern Israel October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
UPDATE: US ready to offer Israel support after attacks- Biden
UPDATED 12:02 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States was ready to offer "all appropriate means of support" to Israel after an attack from Palestinian Is...
Oct 07, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the September Jobs Report and National Manufacturing Day in the Roosevelt room at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
UN Security Council to meet Sunday over attacks on Israel -diplomats
(Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Sunday after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday, diplomats said. U.N. Secreta...
Oct 07, 2023 Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in Gaza City, October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
