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Two dead, 16 hurt in shooting among Florida Halloween revelers; one man arrested
(Reuters) - Police in Tampa, Florida, have arrested a man suspected of killing two people in gun violence that sparked chaos on Sunday around a clutch of bars and clubs as people celebrated Halloween,...
Julia Bradley Oct 30, 2023 Tony Webster / CC

Judge reinstates gag order in Trump federal election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Sunday reinstated a gag order she imposed on Donald Trump in the Washington case accusing him of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, denying his bid f...
Julia Bradley Oct 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to supporters at the Club 47 USA event in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Maine shooting suspect found dead in cargo trailer, motive still a mystery
LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -The U.S. Army reservist who sprayed a bowling alley and bar with gunfire this week in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, took his own life inside a cargo trailer parked on ...
TJ Carson Oct 29, 2023 Ashley Roberts, Josh Roberts and Cindy Roberts embrace during a candlelight vigil for victims of Lewiston mass shooting, in Lisbon, Maine, U.S., October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

UAW expands GM walkout after deal to end Stellantis strike
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers on Saturday expanded its strike against General Motors to include its Spring Hill, Tennessee, engine plant, a move that could stall GM's large pickup production and ...
TJ Carson Oct 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain addresses the audience during a rally in support of striking UAW members in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo

Israel expanding ground operation in Gaza, comms blackout eases
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli forces are expanding ground operations in Gaza while their fighter jets have struck hundreds more Hamas targets, the Israeli military said on Sunday, in what Prime Mi...
TJ Carson Oct 29, 2023 A view of the remains of a mosque and houses destroyed by Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa

Peoria Fire responds to chimney fire in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at a two-story home in Peoria's East Bluff was contained to the chimney. Peoria Fire says crews responded to the area of Seneca and Maryland just after 10:45 P.M., and found heav...
TJ Carson Oct 29, 2023 D4E / CC

Former US VP Pence drops out of Republican presidential campaign
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence ended his cash-strapped presidential campaign on Saturday, after struggling for months to convince Republican voters he was the best alternat...
Will Stevenson Oct 28, 2023 Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence waves with his wife Karen as he leaves the stage after announcing he is withdrawing from the presidential campaign, during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

'Death investigation' after male found down in road following reported shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are so far only calling it a "death investigation" after a man was found down in a roadway early Saturday morning, after officers were sent to the area for a reported shoo...
Will Stevenson Oct 28, 2023 (Midwest Communications)

UPDATE: 'Friends' star Matthew Perry dies of possible drowning at 54
UPDATED 10/29 9:21 A.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Actor Matthew Perry, beloved star of the top-rated 1990s U.S. television sitcom "Friends" as the wise-cracking Chandler Bing, died on Saturday after appa...
Will Stevenson Oct 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Matthew Perry waits to announce the nominations for the Golden Globe Awards during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California, December 14, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo

US strikes Iranian targets in Syria -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military carried out strikes against two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and groups it backs, the Pentagon said on Thursday,...
Will Stevenson Oct 28, 2023 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group ahead of a two-day NATO Defense Ministers Council at the alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 11, 2023. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo


