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Chair of DeSantis super PAC quits in latest blow to presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chairman of the main political action committee supporting the presidential campaign of Ron DeSantis has stepped down, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, in...
Dec 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the third Republican candidates' U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
US working with Israel on plan to protect civilians in southern Gaza -US official
(Reuters) -The United States is working on a plan with Israel to minimize harm to civilians in any military operation in southern Gaza, a senior U.S. official said on Friday as Israel's military resum...
Dec 01, 2023 A house destroyed in an Israeli strike lies in ruins after a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel expired, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Fadi Shana
High schoolers receive hands-on experiences and construction work opportunities at Caterpillar in Edwards
EDWARDS, Ill. - Construction unions and contractors from central Illinois made their pitch to high school students today to have a career with them. It was made at the SkillsUSA Illinois Construction ...
Dec 01, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Detention hearing for Pekin resident charged with murder of infant continued
PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin man charged this week with the death of a nine-week-old infant will remain in custody for now, as a judge won't decide for another week and a half whether he gets out of jail or ...
Dec 01, 2023 Hunter Waters (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Tazewell County Jail via 25 News)
Peoria Fire stresses fire safety and prevention with 'Keep the Wreath Red' campaign
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department is decorating for the holidays, but the meaning goes farther than that. Each fire station has a wreath outside it, with 25 red light bulbs. Every time there's...
Dec 01, 2023 Nate Rice, Peoria Fire Division Chief of Fire Prevention, speaks outside Peoria Fire's Central Fire Station Friday about the "Keep the Wreath Red" campaign. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US appeals court says Trump must face lawsuits over US Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Donald Trump must face civil lawsuits over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by his supporters, rejecting the former p...
Dec 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a 2024 presidential election campaign event in Summerville, South Carolina, U.S. September 25, 2023. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe/File Photo
Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dies at 93 -Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, whose centrist views and shrewd negotiating skills allowed her to steer the nation's law for much...
Dec 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (R) speaks next to Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the lunch session of "The Women's Conference 2010" in Long Beach, California October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
UPDATE: Indicted Republican lawmaker George Santos expelled from U.S. House
Updated 10:26 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Indicted Republican George Santos' brief career in the U.S. House of Representatives came to an end on Friday, when fellow lawmakers voted to expel him over cr...
Dec 01, 2023 U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) holds a press conference to address efforts to expel him from the House of Representatives, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Peoria anti-violence group shuts down due to lack of funding
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - After nine years of supporting victims of violence, Peoria Community Against Violence (PCAV) closed its doors Thursday. PCAV's last effort to save the non-profit organization ...
Dec 01, 2023 (Peoria Police Department via Facebook)
War resumes in Gaza after truce collapses
GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza, sending scores of wounded and dead pouring into hospitals, and rocket sirens blared in southern Israel on Friday as war resumed after a week-old truce r...
Dec 01, 2023 Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel, after a temporary truce expired between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
