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Blinken meets Turkish counterpart in Ankara as part of Middle East tour
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Gaza on Monday with Turkey's foreign minister, part of Blinken's efforts to calm regional tensions over the war bet...
Nov 06, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, after a meeting, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Turkey, November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
UPDATE: Trump defiant at NY fraud trial, judge threatens to cut off testimony
UPDATED 1:16 PM. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump complained of unfair treatment in defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at his New York civil business-fraud trial on Monday, prompting ...
Nov 06, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is questioned by Kevin Wallace of the New York Attorney General's Office, during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Electrical fire damages Peoria home Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home on E. Frye in Peoria Sunday night. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says around 8:15 p.m., crews found heavy smoke coming from the one-story h...
Nov 06, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATE: UN says Gaza war must stop as reported death toll tops 10,000
UPDATED 11:30 A.M. GAZA (Reuters) - U.N. agency leaders saying "enough is enough" demanded a humanitarian ceasefire on Monday nearly a month into the war in Gaza, where Palestinian health authorities ...
Nov 06, 2023 A tank manoeuvres inside Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Sderot, Israel, November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
More than 300 Americans got out of Gaza, more remain -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 300 Americans have left Gaza, but there are still U.S. citizens who remain in the besieged enclave, a White House official said on Sunday. A number of Americans remain ...
Nov 05, 2023 Ken Jones / CC
Protesters oppose Biden war policy in large pro-Palestinian rally in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington on Saturday to demand a ceasefire in Gaza where thousands have been killed in an Israeli offensive since an attack by Palestinian ...
Nov 05, 2023 Demonstrators rally in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at Freedom Plaza in Washington, U.S., Nov. 4, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Coroner identifies person who died in fatal crash in Woodford County after trio flees from police
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. (25 News) - The burglary suspect who died in a vehicle crash in Woodford County early Friday morning has been identified. 25 News reports 38-year-old Jazzmon D. Perdue was pronou...
Nov 05, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Gaza evacuations suspended; Palestinian president presses US to secure Gaza ceasefire
UPDATED 9:10 A.M. GAZA/RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Efforts were under way on Sunday to resume evacuations of injured Gazans and foreign passport holders through the Rafah crossing to Egypt, suspended since Sa...
Nov 05, 2023 A Palestinian man reacts, as people search for casualties, at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Magazi Refugee Camp, in central Gaza Strip, November 5, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Peoria crews keep garage fire from spreading to nearby home
PEORIA, Il.. - A fire late Friday night damaged a garage and a car inside, but Peoria crews were able to keep the flames from spreading to a nearby home. The fire broke out near the corner of E. Nebra...
Nov 04, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Palestinians say Israeli strike hits U.N.-run school; Blinken meets Arab leaders
UPDATED: 9:18 A.M. GAZA/AMMAN (Reuters) - Palestinians reported a deadly Israeli strike on a U.N.-run school in northern Gaza serving as a shelter on Saturday ahead of talks in Jordan at which U.S. Se...
Nov 04, 2023 Palestinians pull an ambulance after a convoy of ambulances was hit, at the entrance of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef
