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Paris attack near Eiffel Tower leaves German tourist dead and two hurt
PARIS (Reuters) -A German tourist died and two other people, including a British citizen, were hurt after an attack by a man armed with a knife and hammer near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday, i...
Dec 03, 2023 French police secures the access to the Bir-Hakeim bridge after a security incident in Paris, France December 2, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
Israeli bombing of Gaza intensifies, refugee camp reported hit
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel forces bombed wide areas of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, as civilians in the besieged territory sought shelter in an ever-shrinki...
Dec 03, 2023 Smoke from an explosion rises in Gaza, after a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas expired, as seen from southern Israel, December 3, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Trump calls on supporters to 'guard the vote' in Democratic-run US cities
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) -Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, told his supporters on Saturday to "go into" Philadelphia and two other Democratic-run cities to...
Dec 03, 2023 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rallies with supporters at a "commit to caucus" event at a Whiskey bar in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S. December 2, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
State grant money for walking trails awarded to two central Illinois communities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State grants have been awarded to two central Illinois communities to help with their walking trails. East Peoria and Germantown Hills are each receiving $200,000 from the Illinois...
Dec 02, 2023 (City of East Peoria)
One person injured after Peoria house fire early Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A house fire from early Saturday morning in Peoria was ruled to be accidental. Peoria Fire crews responded to a home at 3:04 A.M. in the 800-block of West Maywood. The first crews on sc...
Dec 02, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Eureka College remembers Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor after her passing
EUREKA, Ill. - Eureka College is honoring the life of a former Supreme Court justice who was appointed by one of their alumni. President Jamel Wright says flags are flying at half-mast on campus in ho...
Dec 02, 2023 (Eureka College)
Southern Gaza under bombardment after Israel-Hamas truce collapses
GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes and artillery bombardments hit Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday as Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants with renewed force aft...
Dec 02, 2023 Smoke rises amid damaged buildings in Gaza, after a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas expired, as seen from southern Israel, December 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
US lays out plan at COP 28 to slash climate 'super pollutant' methane from oil and gas
DUBAI (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Saturday unveiled final rules aimed at cracking down on U.S. oil and gas industry releases of methane, part of a global plan to rein in emissions that cont...
Dec 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An oil pump jack is seen in the Loco Hills region, New Mexico, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Liz Hampton/File Photo
Illinois Supreme Court rules teen bicyclist is covered by father's auto insurance policy
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that automobile insurance policies must cover people against uninsured motorists and hit-and-run accidents, even i...
Dec 01, 2023 Justice Lisa Holder White is pictured in a file photo during the Illinois Supreme Court's oral arguments at Chicago State University in May. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Inmate charged with attempted murder after George Floyd killer Chauvin stabbed 22 times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal inmate was charged on Friday with attempted murder and other offenses for allegedly stabbing Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the deat...
Dec 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
