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UPDATE: Israel pulverizes Gaza after Hamas attack as it collects its dead
UPDATED 3:12 P.M. JERUSALEM/GAZA/KFER AZA (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes hammered Gaza on Tuesday, razing entire districts and filling morgues with dead Palestinians as Israel took revenge for the Ham...
Oct 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in Gaza, October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Greater Peoria Honor Flight headed to D.C. Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The final Greater Peoria Honor Flight of the year is taking off for Washington, D.C. Tuesday morning. Local veterans and their guardians are set to leave Peoria International Airport ar...
Oct 10, 2023 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Official: '...There's a job for everybody in manufacturing'
PEORIA, Ill. - Believe it or not, the head of the Illinois Manufacturers Association says state lawmakers and Governor JB Pritzker have actually done some things to make doing business in Illinois bet...
Oct 09, 2023 The Illinois Manufacturers Association's "Makers on the Move" bus tour, done with the Peoria-based Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center, stopped at Peoria Production Solutions on Townline Road Monday. It's the third day of an eight-day tour of the state. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. not planning to put military on ground following attack on Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has no intention of putting military on the ground following the attacks on Israel by Islamist militant group Hamas, but it will protect U.S. interests in th...
Oct 09, 2023 John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson speaks during White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Hollywood writers union ratifies three-year labor contract after strike
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) approved a new three-year contract with major studios on Monday, five months after the union called a strike that plunged Hollywood...
Oct 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: SAG-AFTRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers walk the picket line outside Disney Studios in Burbank, California, U.S., July 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
US automakers increase strike layoffs by more than 800
(Reuters) - Chrysler-parent Stellantis said on Monday it is laying off another 570 workers and General Motors announced cuts of nearly 200 employee due to the United Auto Workers strike. Ford said Mon...
Oct 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Nurses unions push for mandatory staff-to-patient ratios
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Unions representing nurses in Illinois are pushing for legislation that would impose mandatory staff-to-patient ratios in hospitals, nursing homes and other...
Oct 09, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
US Army chief says Congress must act to ensure arms to both Israel and Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army on Monday said it would need Congress to approve additional funding to ensure the Pentagon's munitions production and acquisition plans can simultaneously meet the...
Oct 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Secretary of the U.S. Army Christine E. Wormuth testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on budget estimates for fiscal year 2022 for the Army on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
UAW workers strike Mack Trucks after rejecting contract
(Reuters) -Union workers at Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks went on strike on Monday morning after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed five-year contract deal, the United Auto Workers said, making it th...
Oct 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A United Auto Workers union member holds a sign outside Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, to mark the beginning of contract negotiations in Sterling Heights, Michigan, U.S. July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Two arrested in separate weapons incidents over the weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say two people were arrested on weapons charges over the weekend in two separate cases. Police say the first happened around 12:45 Friday afternoon near Lincoln and Wester...
Oct 09, 2023 Javion Younger (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
