Category Archives: Top Stories
RFK Jr. declares independent 2024 presidential run, raises millions more
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist and son of the former senator, announced on Monday in Philadelphia that he is dropping his Democratic Party...
Oct 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers his political speech at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo/File Photo
US House Republicans plot next moves on leader, McCarthy says he would go back
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a week after becoming the first U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives voted out by his own caucus, Republican Kevin McCarthy told a radio interviewer on Monday ...
Oct 09, 2023 Clouds float above the U.S. Capitol, while inside the building, House Republicans search for a new Speaker of the House following the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Downward trend of gas prices continue in central Illinois. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Central Illinois gas prices are continuing to fall. GasBuddy reports the average price for unleaded in the Peoria area is $3.65/g. The average is 6.8 cents lower than last week, 17.8 ce...
Oct 09, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
U.S. says nine Americans killed in Israel, others still missing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday said nine Americans were killed in Israel and other U.S. citizens were missing, following Saturday's unprecedented Hamas attack that killed 700 Israel...
Oct 09, 2023 Smoke rises following Israeli strikes in Gaza, October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Saleh Salem
Historical marker unveiled at George Washington Carver Community Center
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News - After 100 years, the George Washington Carver Community Center is officially receiving recognition from the Illinois State Historical Society. The marker was unveiled Sunday du...
Oct 09, 2023 (25 News)--Unveiling of an historical marker over the weekend at the George Washington Carver Community Center in Peoria.
UPDATE: Israel on war footing, Hamas threatens to kill captives
UPDATED 5:49 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Monday it had called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and was imposing a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, in a sign it m...
Oct 09, 2023 An Israeli tank is positioned near Israel's border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Woman arrested for arson fire at Lexington Hills Apartments
PEORIA, Ill. -- An arrest has been made in connection with the suspected arson at the Lexington Hills Apartments in Peoria late Thursday night. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth confirms 56-year-old Bec...
Oct 09, 2023 (Peoria County Jail)
Israel war adds urgency to US Republican House speaker crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives face new pressure to select a speaker after Israel declared war on Sunday, following a rare attack by Hamas militants that has pr...
Oct 09, 2023 An Israeli tank drives on a road following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, near Sderot in southern Israel October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
UAW says its 'strike is working,' holds off on more walkouts
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers held off on additional strikes against Detroit Three auto plants on Friday, citing General Motors' unexpected willingness to allow workers at joint-venture ...
Oct 09, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket on a street corner in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Disrupting Saudi-Israel ties may have motivated Hamas attack, Blinken says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said part of the motivation for Hamas' latest attack on Israel could have been disrupting a potential normalizing of Israel-Saudi Arabia t...
Oct 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, as U.S. President Joe Biden (not pictured) speaks about the conflict in Israel, after Hamas launched its biggest attack in decades, while making a statement about the crisis, at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
