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Trump's rivals pledge to back Israel amid swipes at third Republican debate
MIAMI (Reuters) -Donald Trump's rivals for the Republican presidential nomination talked tough about the Israel-Hamas conflict at Wednesday's debate, pledging unconditional support for Israel and atta...
Nov 08, 2023 Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) pose together at the third Republican candidates' 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.
Hollywood actors reach tentative deal with studios to end strike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood actors reached a tentative agreement with major studios on Wednesday to resolve the second of two strikes that rocked the entertainment industry this year as workers d...
Nov 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: SAG-AFTRA member Jim Kulick reacts as he and other SAG-AFTRA members walk the picket line on the 100th day of their ongoing strike, outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
US carries out new strikes against facility used by Iran in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States, for the second time in recent weeks, carried out strikes on Wednesday against a weapon storage facility in eastern Syria that the Pentagon said was used by Ira...
Nov 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a news conference in Riga, Latvia on August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
Israeli, Hamas fighters in close combat in Gaza City as civilians flee
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces and Hamas militants appeared to be battling at close range in Gaza City as thousands of civilians fled south on Wednesday to avoid being trapped in the heart o...
Nov 08, 2023 Palestinian rescuers search for casualties under the rubble of a house hit by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mutasem Murtaja
Helping children staying at the hospital through education
PEORIA, Ill. - It can be difficult enough to see your child undergo a hospital stay, especially with a major medical issue. But OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois has been trying to make it easier, b...
Nov 08, 2023 Ellie Schwab, 9, shows off a miniature human heart she helped make during a "National STEAM Day" activity at OSF Children's Hospital of Illinois. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rolling Acres Middle School placed on brief lockdown after shots fired in area
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating shots fired from Wednesday afternoon that placed Rolling Acres Middle School on a brief lockdown. A PPD spokeswoman says officers responded to the area o...
Nov 08, 2023 Midwest Communications
Ivanka Trump says at NY fraud trial she doesn't recall deal details
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump testified on Wednesday that she did not recall details of real-estate deals she worked on at her father's company, in a New York civil fraud tr...
Nov 08, 2023 Ivanka Trump is shown multiple exhibits on the witness stand by Louis Solomon of the New York attorney general's office as defense lawyer Christopher Kise objects during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial before Judge Arthur Engoron in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 8, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
US House Republicans will subpoena president's son, brother to appear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House Oversight Committee said on Wednesday it has subpoenaed President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, and brother, James Biden, to appear for depo...
Nov 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives at federal court to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Trump's rivals tie him to Republican election losses ahead of debate
MIAMI (Reuters) -Donald Trump's rivals for the Republican presidential nomination tried to tie him to the party's disappointing showing in a string of local elections as they prepared to face off on W...
Nov 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis look over at each other during the second Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, U.S. September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Peoria Heights hires new chief for fire department. Here's what we know
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria Heights has chosen a new leader for its fire department. 25 News reports Dan Decker will take over the role after the resignation of the previous full-time chie...
Nov 08, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
