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UN chief rejects Israel accusations he justified Hamas attacks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejected accusations by Israel that, in a statement to the Security Council, he had justified attacks by the Pa...
Oct 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media, after visiting the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, at Al Arish Airport, Egypt, October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden stresses 'path to peace' in Israel-Gaza crisis
UPDATED 2:06 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Israel-Gaza crisis should have "a path to peace" including independent states for the Israelis and Palestinians ...
Oct 25, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese listens during an official White House State Arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
UPDATE: Netanyahu says Israel is preparing ground invasion of Gaza
UPDATED 12:48 P.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel is preparing a ground invasion of Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement on Wednesday, but he declined to provide any deta...
Oct 25, 2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, October 24, 2023. Christophe Ena/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: Donald Trump fined $10,000 for second gag order violation in civil fraud case
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump was fined $10,000 on Wednesday after the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial found that the former U.S. president violated a gag order in the case...
Oct 25, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump watches as his lawyer Alina Habba cross examines Michael Cohen before Judge Arthur F. Engoron during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 25, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Sam Bankman-Fried will testify at criminal trial, lawyer says
NEW YORK (Reuters) -FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify in his own defense at his criminal fraud trial, defense lawyer Mark Cohen said during a telephone hearing on ...
Oct 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves following a hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
UPDATED: PPS school bus involved in head-on crash in Peoria. Here's what we know
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. One person was taken to a local hospital after suffering injuries in a three vehicle accident involving a school bus this (Wednesday) morning. The Peoria Fire Department says there w...
Oct 25, 2023 A crash at the intersection of Knoxville and McClure in Peoria Wednesday morning. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy White).
Richard Roundtree, Black action hero who played 'Shaft,' dead at 81
(Reuters) - Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing Black actor who played the private eye John Shaft in the "Shaft" films of the 1970s and also took on dramatic roles dealing with race relations in America...
Oct 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Cast member Richard Roundtree poses at the premiere of the movie "What Men Want" in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Southern Gaza in Israel's sights as world leaders seek pause in fighting
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's military intensified its bombing of southern Gaza overnight after one of the deadliest days for Palestinians since the conflict began, amid international calls for a...
Oct 25, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
US House Republicans to see if Mike Johnson can win speaker's gavel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Republicans nominated Mike Johnson to lead the House of Representatives on Tuesday, though it was unclear whether he would merely become the latest hopeful to fall victim to...
Oct 25, 2023 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson is surrounded by fellow members as he speaks to reporters after securing the nomination for House Speaker from the Republican conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATED: Peoria's water system won't be going public
UPDATED 12:56 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria won't own the water system at least for the next five years following city council action Tuesday night. The council voted 7-4 to stay with the sta...
Oct 25, 2023 Illinois American Water
