Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Mexico hails unspecified 'important' deals with US in talks on migration, trade
UPDATED 10:49 A.M. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico said on Thursday it had struck unspecified "important" deals with the United States after talks that U.S. officials sought to focus on curbing record-h...
Dec 28, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a meeting with Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to discuss migration amid concern about increased crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border, in Mexico City, Mexico December 27, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose mother claimed she suffered from various illnesses, released from prison early after Second Degree Murder conviction
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Gypsy Rose Blanchard was released from prison Thursday - three years early. Her case drew tabloid attention and documentaries. Blanchard had been serving a ten year prison sentence ...
Dec 28, 2023 A young Gypsy Rose Blanchard, and her mother, Dee Dee. (File photo via FOX News)
Concern grows after multiple drug overdoses in Peoria on Christmas Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Local officials are once again sounding an alarm after first responders went to reports of overdoses in Peoria five times on Christmas Day. This, after there were four overdose deaths i...
Dec 28, 2023 Marco Verch / CC
New exodus causes havoc in central Gaza as Israel pushes advance
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of already displaced Palestinian families took flight again in a new mass exodus in central Gaza on Thursday, where Israeli forces mounting a major advance poun...
Dec 28, 2023 A military helicopter flies over Tel Aviv after lifting off from the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Israel, December 27, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Powerball jackpot goes up again, Mega Millions also increasing
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The lottery jackpots are getting big again. The multi-state Powerball drawing rolled over one more time Wednesday night after no one matched all five numbers and the red Powerball ...
Dec 28, 2023 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
China's military lashes out at US after breakthrough talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's defense ministry lashed out at the United States on Thursday, a week after their top military officials resumed high-level talks, criticizing its continued meddling in the ...
Dec 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are set up before a meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
US to provide up to $250 million in arms, equipment to Ukraine - Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will provide up to $250 million in arms and equipment to Ukraine in the final package of aid this year to help Kyiv in its war with Russia, Secretary of State Antony Bli...
Dec 28, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken descends from a vehicle during his visit to discuss migration amid concern about increased crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border, in Mexico City, Mexico December 27, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
Mexico asks for border crossings to reopen during Blinken visit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico pressed U.S. officials to reopen border crossings during a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Wednesday, as U.S. official...
Dec 27, 2023 U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken upon his arrival at Felipe Angeles International Airport in Zumpango, Mexico December 27, 2023 REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
14-year-old accused in August shooting death of 17-year-old in Peoria's East Bluff to be tried as an adult
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager accused of murdering another teenager in August in Peoria's East Bluff will be tried as an adult for First-Degree Murder. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a p...
Dec 27, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
North Korea's Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations -state media
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered its military, the munitions industry and the nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented ...
Dec 27, 2023 North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the 5th National Meeting of Mothers in Pyongyang in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on December 5, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
