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UPDATE: Teen arrested for death of nine-week-old child in Pekin
UPDATED 6:20 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - A Pekin teenager is jailed on murder charges in connection with the death of a nine-week-old child. Pekin Police say Hunter Waters, 19, is in the Tazewell County Jail o...
Nov 30, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Embattled US congressman George Santos says he'll not 'stand by' expulsion attempt
UPDATED 4:17 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Indicted U.S. Representative George Santos on Thursday was defiant ahead of an expected vote to expel him from Congress and lashed out at other lawmakers in wha...
Nov 30, 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
Fire damages South Peoria garage
PEORIA, Ill. - A garage caught fire Wednesday night in South Peoria, causing $10,000 damage. Crews arriving around 8:30 p.m. to S. Laramie, found heavy smoke and flames coming from the back of the two...
Nov 30, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria resident displaced by fire late Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A garden-level apartment was damaged by fire Wednesday night in Central Peoria, with officials saying food left on the stove was to blame. Crews responded to the building on W. Fallen O...
Nov 30, 2023 D4E / CC
Israel, Hamas extend Gaza truce by one day in last-minute deal
GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire for a seventh day, and Washington said it hoped the truce could be extended further to fr...
Nov 30, 2023 People wave Israeli flags following the release of hostages who were seized during the October 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas and held in the Gaza Strip, in Ofakim, Israel, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and ...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrives for a memorial service for late Social Democratic senior politician Egon Bahr at St. Mary's Church in Berlin, Germany, September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Peoria County Board to consider plan to get out from the debt of operating Heddington Oaks
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Board later this month will consider a plan that will help get out from under the debt it incurred owning and operating the now-former Heddington Oaks health care faci...
Nov 29, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Metamora man goes to federal prison for attempted sex trafficking
PEORIA, Ill. - A Metamora man will be going to federal prison for 15 years after he tried to solicit a young girl for sex through an online ad the FBI set up. Federal court records indicate Dana Curti...
Nov 29, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US life expectancy climbs in 2022 after COVID retreat
(Reuters) - U.S. babies born in 2022 gained roughly a year in life expectancy compared with babies born a year earlier, federal data showed on Wednesday, marking progress after two consecutive years o...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Seniors, who are 65 and over, wait in line at the Department of Health Sarasota COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Sarasota, Florida, U.S. January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Biden says Israeli-American hostage has been released
PUEBLO, Colorado (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday Israeli-American hostage Liat Beinin had been released by Hamas after being abducted during the militant group's attack on Israe...
Nov 29, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a prime-time address to the nation about his approaches to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, humanitarian assistance in Gaza and continued support for Ukraine in their war with Russia, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S. October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool/File Photo
