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Biden calls Xi a dictator after carefully planned summit
WOODSIDE, California (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had not changed his view that Chinese President Xi Jinping was effectively a dictator, a comment likely to land with a thu...
Nov 16, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Federal jury convicts man in hammer attack on Pelosi's husband
(Reuters) - A federal jury on Thursday convicted a right-wing conspiracy theorist of a hammer attack on the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, prosecutors said. David Wayne DePape, 43,...
Nov 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: David Wayne DePape appears at U.S. District Court for federal charges over the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 15, 2022 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Vicki Behringer
Medics fear for patients inside main Gaza hospital, Israel says hostage's body found nearby
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian medics said on Thursday they are increasingly afraid for the lives of hundreds of patients and medical staff at Gaza's biggest hospital, cut off from all links to...
Nov 16, 2023 Smoke rises following an airstrike in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Washington resident recalls tornado ten years ago
WASHINGTON, Ill. - November 17th, 2013 is a day Central Illinois won't forget. That's when an EF-4 tornado hit Washington, Pekin, East Peoria and surrounding communities. Jenn Schrock-Smith recalls it...
Nov 16, 2023 In November 2013, the Smith family of Washington, Illinois, stands outside in the snow where their home once stood before an EF-4 tornado struck their town. (Courtesy of Jenn Schrock-Smith)
Stark County man faces Child Porn charges from IL Attorney General
CHICAGO - The Illinois Attorney General's Office is filing charges against a Stark County man after he allegedly was caught with child pornography. Attorney General Kwame Raoul says Matthew Shipp, 19 ...
Nov 16, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Two hurt in early morning Farmington fire
FARMINGTON, Ill. - Two people were hurt and a home was damaged by an early morning fire in Farmington Thursday. Farmington fire says the response brought mutual aid from four other departments. Two pe...
Nov 16, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATED: Peoria High football team forced to forfeit wins. Here's what we know
UPDATED 2:50 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Residency requirements is what's being cited in the Peoria High football team forfeiting seven wins from the 2023 season. Illinois High School Association Executive Di...
Nov 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UAW ratifies labor deal with General Motors
DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors' tentative labor deal with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has clinched ratification, making its workers the first of those at the Detroit Three automakers to app...
Nov 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook//File Photo
UPDATE: Embattled US Rep George Santos won't run for reelection after damning ethics report
UPDATED 11:05 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Embattled U.S. Representative George Santos on Thursday said he won't run for reelection shortly after a damning report by his fellow lawmakers referred "addit...
Nov 16, 2023 U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) speaks to members of the media after his Congressional colleagues voted not to expel him from the House, after he was indicted on 23 federal corruption charges, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Options for evacuating Gaza's Al Shifa hospital limited - WHO official
CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Nations is looking for ways to evacuate Al Shifa hospital in Gaza but options are limited by security and logistical constraints, a senior World Health Organization offici...
Nov 16, 2023 Tents and shelters used by displaced Palestinians stand at the yard of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS/File Photo
