Category Archives: Top Stories
Hamas hands over 16 hostages to Israel from Gaza Strip
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Sixteen hostages were released on Wednesday by Hamas on the final day of a two-day extension of a truce in the Gaza war between Israel and the Palestinian militants. The grou...
Nov 29, 2023 A Red Cross vehicle, as part of a convoy carrying hostages abducted by Hamas militants during the October 7 attack on Israel, arrives at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 29, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter returned to Georgia hometown for burial
PLAINS, Georgia (Reuters) - A private funeral was held on Wednesday for Rosalynn Carter at a church in her hometown of Plains, Georgia, marking the end of three days of tributes celebrating the life a...
Nov 29, 2023 Members of an Armed Forces body bearer team moves the casket after the funeral service for former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, U.S. November 29, 2023. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS
US Supreme Court is again asked to block Illinois assault weapons ban
(Reuters) - An Illinois firearms retailer and a national gun rights group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time to block a Democratic-backed state ban on assault-style rifles and...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man examines an AR-10 for sale at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Expo Center Gun Show, after the state of Illinois passed its "assault weapons" ban into law, in Belleville, Illinois, U.S., January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Kate Munsch/File Photo
Process underway to build new city hall building for West Peoria
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - The city of West Peoria is outgrowing the only building its city hall has ever been housed in. "The clerk's office is really small. The mayor's office and the administrator's offic...
Nov 29, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
OSF affected by third party data breach. Here's who to contact for help
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF HealthCare says it is impacted by the same data breach that other health care providers are dealing with right now. The Peoria-based firm confirms that a third party vendor owned by...
Nov 29, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
Several contested races emerge for March primary
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There will be several contested primaries and a new candidate in March for seats in the Illinois Legislature representing parts of Central Illinois, now that the candidate filing p...
Nov 29, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Commodity market analyst discusses corn and soybean markets for 2024 at Greater Peoria Farm Show
PEORIA, Ill. - There's too much corn and not enough soybeans. That's the analysis of DTN Lead Market Analyst Todd Hultman about what to expect in farm markets for 2024. Hultman is a featured speaker a...
Nov 29, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Olympics-France 2030, Salt Lake City 2034 are preferred Winter Games bids - IOC
PARIS (Reuters) -France's 2030 Winter Olympics bid and Salt Lake City's 2034 proposal were picked as preferred hosts and will go into a dialogue with the International Olympic Committee, the IOC said ...
Nov 29, 2023 Olympics - IOC Executive Board meeting press conference - Salon Hoche, Paris, France - November 29, 2023 President of the Austrian Olympic Committee Karl Stoss during the press conference REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
UPDATE: Indicted Republican George Santos to face US House expulsion vote Friday
UPDATED 4:18 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday on whether to expel scandal-plagued Republican George Santos, who faces criminal corruption char...
Nov 29, 2023 U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) leaves the U.S. Capitol the day after two Democratic lawmakers moved to force a vote to expel him from the House of Representatives, in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Top US Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer warns against surge of antisemitism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned on Wednesday against blaming Jewish Americans for the actions of Israel's government, as antisemitism swelled in the U.S. following t...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addresses reporters during a news conference following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
