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Israel bombs northern Gaza; Palestinians say 166 killed in 24 hours
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel bombed areas of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, with fighting throughout Sunday morning, residents and Palestinian media said, as Gaza health authoritie...
Dec 24, 2023 An Israeli military Apache helicopter fires a missile near Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, December 23, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
Laura Lynch, founding member of 'Dixie Chicks,' dies in car crash
(Reuters) -Laura Lynch, a founding member of the U.S. country band "Dixie Chicks," died in a head-on car crash on a Texas highway, law enforcement said on Saturday. "We are shocked and saddened to lea...
Dec 24, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Somber Bethlehem marks Christmas with vigil as bombs rain on Gaza
BETHLEHEM, Occupied West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Christians held a somber Christmas vigil in Bethlehem on Saturday, with candle-lit hymns and prayers for peace in Gaza instead of the usual festiv...
Dec 24, 2023 A person lights a candle at a Christmas installation of a grotto with figures standing amid rubble surrounded by a razor wire, outside the Church of the Nativity, in support of Gaza, on Manger Square in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 23, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
UPDATE: Autopsy completed on body found in Laura Bradley Park. Here's what we know
UPDATED 7:24 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner has completed an autopsy on the body found Saturday morning at Laura Bradley Park. Coroner Jamie Harwood says Michael Shropshire, 35, Peoria,...
Dec 23, 2023 (25 News)
JOLT and Peoria County Coroner warn about new combination drug linked to recent overdose deaths
PEORIA, Ill. - Community leaders are speaking out about a recent string of overdose deaths in Peoria from a drug that's being sold as heroin. The drug is a polysubstance that is hard and gray and is a...
Dec 23, 2023 (JOLT Harm Reduction)
Bells ring across Czech Republic to mourn victims of mass shooting
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Bells rang across the Czech Republic on Saturday and flags flew at half mast as the country mourned victims of the country's worst mass shooting that killed 14 at a Prague universit...
Dec 23, 2023 People attend a mass commemorating the victims of a shooting at one of Charles University's buildings, as people observe a national mourning day, at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic, December 23, 2023. REUTERS/Eva Korinkova
Fighting rages in northern Gaza after U.N. stops short of ceasefire call
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces fought Hamas militants on Saturday in northern Gaza, where it is seeking full control so it can focus on the south, a day after the U.N. Security Council call...
Dec 23, 2023 Israeli army operates in a location given as Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza strip in this screen grab taken from a handout video obtained on December 22, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Mexico to boost measures aimed at curbing migration to US
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday his government will reinforce measures to contain migration as he seeks to help the United States cope with record ...
Dec 23, 2023 Migrants sit on a plane bound for southern Mexico as part of a repatriation flight to their countries, at the Piedras Negras International Airport, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, December 22, 2023. Government of the State of Coahuila/Handout via REUTERS
Springfield Clinic back in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Two years after they were kicked off, Blue Cross Blue Shield is back on at Springfield Clinic. The clinic made a brief announcement Friday that they and Blue Cross Blue Shield of I...
Dec 22, 2023 (Springfield Clinic/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois)
CDC says JN.1 variant accounts for 39%-50% of COVID cases in US
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for 39% to 50% of cases in the United States as of Dec. 23, according to the ag...
Dec 22, 2023 David Rooney, a student at Michigan's Clarkston Junior High School, gets a temperature check before boarding a tour bus during his 8th grade trip to Washington, in Sterling, VA, U.S., U.S., June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Photo
