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UPDATE: Netanyahu, Hamas leader indicate deal on Gaza truce and hostages is close
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The leader of Hamas said on Tuesday a truce deal with Israel was close and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hoped for good news soon about hostages, the most optimis...
Nov 21, 2023 Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Report: CO2 pipeline application to be withdrawn, refiled
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Wolf Carbon Solutions says it still wants to build a carbon dioxide pipeline that would go directly through the Tri-Counties, but it won't do it under the current application it ha...
Nov 20, 2023 (25 News)
Rivian CEO Scaringe assumes direct responsibility for product development
(Reuters) - Rivian Automotive said on Monday its Chief Executive Officer RJ Scaringe would directly oversee all product development as the electric-vehicle maker works to ramp up its production. Chief...
Nov 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An electric pick-up truck is pictured at the Rivian Automotive Inc facility in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
PPD Officer injured, suspect arrested, during weapons incident
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria Police officer suffered minor injuries as he attempted to arrest a suspect Sunday night. Police say the officer is expected to be okay, after Billy Moore, 52, allegedly started...
Nov 20, 2023 Billy Moore (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Peoria Police report 24th homicide of 2023
UPDATED 5:07 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One person is dead in what Peoria Police says is the city's 24th homicide of the year. Police Monday released details of the incident reported Saturday morning. A man ...
Nov 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
UAW clinches record Detroit deals, turns to organizing Tesla, foreign automakers
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) said Monday that 64% of workers at the Detroit Three automakers voted to ratify new record contracts after a six-week targeted strike, as the union turns its a...
Nov 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain greets workers at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Elk reported lost spotted near Springfield
COULTERVILLE, Ill. - Of all the things you expect to see around the Illinois State Capitol, elk might not be one of them. Until now. Authorities believe an elk is making its way through that part of t...
Nov 20, 2023 tpeters11 / CC
Biden pardons two turkeys, sparing them from Thanksgiving diners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned two enormous white-plumed turkeys from Minnesota on Monday, granting Liberty and Bell freedom from Thanksgiving dinner tables as Americans prep...
Nov 20, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Liberty, during the annual ceremony on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Overturned corn stalk bales cause North Peoria traffic tie-up
PEORIA, Ill. - Here's something you don't see every day that caused a traffic obstruction in Peoria: bales of corn stalks. Authorities say the area of University and Pioneer Parkway in North Peoria re...
Nov 20, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Victims in fatal crash near Kickapoo identified
KICKAPOO, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner says both people who died as a result of an accident near Kickapoo Friday night died instantly and from severe multiple blunt force trauma injuries. Coroner ...
Nov 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
