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UPDATE: Two shot overnight in South Peoria
UPDATED 3:12 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were shot in South Peoria early Monday morning. Peoria Police say the two were hit around 1:00 a.m. on Southwest Jefferson near Leland Street, but both were...
Julia Bradley Oct 23, 2023 Midwest Communications

Detroit synagogue president murdered, police seek motive
(Reuters) - The president of a Detroit synagogue was found stabbed to death on Saturday outside her home in the Lafayette Park neighborhood, police said. The death of Samantha Woll, 40, an adviser to ...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Detroit skyline, dominated by General Motors headquarters (R), is seen from Windsor, Onatario, Canada January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Talks between studios, striking U.S. actors to restart Tuesday
(Reuters) - Negotiations between media companies and the union representing striking U.S. actors will restart on Tuesday, the two sides said in a joint statement on Saturday. Talks broke down last wee...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 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

Culinary union says members in Las Vegas to rally, participate in civil disobedience next week
(Reuters) -The Culinary Workers Union said on Saturday that thousands of members will participate in a rally next week on the Las Vegas Strip and some will participate in a civil disobedience action, ...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Gun laws, scholarship tax credits, nuclear energy - but not new spending - on table for veto session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - When lawmakers return to the Capitol next week for their annual fall veto session, they have a full agenda, including a handful of vetoes from Gov. JB Pritz...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Five displaced after Saturday fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Five people were left without a home after a fire Saturday caused at least some damage to it. Peoria firefighters say the fire near Starr and Folkers was found in a first floor bedroom,...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

U.S. sending additional air defense systems to Middle East - Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and additional Patriot air defense missile system battalions to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sat...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Israel did not strike Gaza hospital, Canada says
(Reuters) - Canada's National Department of Defense said on Saturday that Israel was not behind the Al-Ahli hospital strike in Gaza on Oct. 17. "Analysis conducted independently by the Canadian Forces...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 People inspect the area of Al-Ahli hospital where hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other, and where Palestinians who fled their homes were sheltering amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, in Gaza City, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot

Israel strikes militant compound under West Bank mosque, military says
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli aircraft struck a compound beneath a mosque in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday that the military said was being used by militants to organize attacks, and...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 People inspect the damage after an Israeli strike hit a compound beneath a mosque that the Israeli military said was being used by militants to organize attacks, in Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammad Ateeq

Israel tells Gazans to move south or risk being seen as 'terrorist' partner
GAZA (Reuters) -Palestinians said they had received renewed warnings from Israel's military to move from north Gaza to the south of the strip, with the added warning that they could be identified as s...
Will Stevenson Oct 22, 2023 An Israeli flag flutters from a self-propelled howitzer near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura


