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Democratic congressman Dean Phillips announces 2024 challenge to Biden
(Reuters) -U.S. congressman Dean Phillips of Minnesota launched his long-shot challenge to President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, seizing on Biden's lackluster appro...
Oct 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) with the Problem Solvers Caucus and other members, speaks at a news conference on the forthcoming passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Arson destroys garage in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire in Peoria early Friday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says crews responded to reports of a garage on fire on S. Charles Street just be...
Oct 27, 2023 Midwest Communications
Fire destroys I-DOT truck west of Peoria
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Fire destroyed a dump truck at an Illinois Department of Transportation maintenance facility west of Peoria on Thursday. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says there was al...
Oct 27, 2023 D4E / CC
US puts new sanctions on Hamas, members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Friday issued a second round of sanctions on the Palestinian group Hamas following its attack this month on Israeli communities, including by targeting a Hamas offic...
Oct 27, 2023 An Israeli soldier walks past a house that was damaged following a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri, southern Israel, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Striking Hollywood actors pass counter offer ahead of further talks with studios
(Reuters) -Striking Hollywood actors have passed a comprehensive counter-offer to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the SAG-AFTRA actors' union said in a post on social ...
Oct 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: 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
Hamas official says ceasefire needed before hostages can be freed - Russian newspaper
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Palestinian Hamas group that controls Gaza cannot release hostages seized during its attack on Israel until a ceasefire is agreed, the Russian newspaper Kommersant quoted a membe...
Oct 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises in the air following Israeli bombings in Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
UPDATE: Maine police trawl river in manhunt for Lewiston mass shooter suspect
UPDATED 11:24 A.M. LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -Police in Maine planned to trawl the waters of the Androscoggin River with divers and sonar on Friday in their search for U.S. army reservist Robert R. Ca...
Oct 27, 2023 Members of law enforcement search a farm, as the search for the suspect in the deadly mass shootings in Lewiston continues, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, U.S. October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Federal grant could help revitalize part of South Peoria, say city and Peoria Housing Authority
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria and the Peoria Housing Authority are celebrating a federal grant that they say will begin the process of transforming an important part of South Peoria. The $500,000 ...
Oct 26, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Charges filed against man now wanted for Monday shooting at Big Al's
PEORIA, Ill. -The Peoria County State's Attorney says a man is wanted for the shooting that occurred early Monday Morning at Big Al's in Downtown Peoria. Jodi Hoos' office says she's filed charges aga...
Oct 26, 2023 Tywahnn Tillman (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2021)
Biden warns Iran against targeting US troops in Middle East
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has sent a rare message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning Tehran against targeting U.S. personnel in the Middle East, the White House s...
Oct 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a graduation ceremony for armed forces officers at the Imam Ali academy in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2023. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
