UPDATE: 23-year-old dies after reportedly being shot at South Peoria gas station
UPDATED 10:48 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 23-year-old man has died after reportedly being shot at a South Peoria gas station Wednesday night. Peoria Police says officers responded to the Phillips 66 on Western just before 11:00 P.M. after reports of a single shot was fired. The 23-year-old was found at the gas station with a...
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White House offers no hint of Iran war cost as it seeks military funding surge
By Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday he could not estimate the cost of the Iran war, as he defended President Donald Trump's request for a massive $1.5 trillion annual military budget against bipartisan criticism from U.S. l...
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Australian former soldier gets bail on Afghanistan war crime charges
SYDNEY, April 17 (Reuters) - An Australian court ordered bail with travel restrictions on Friday for the country's most decorated soldier, following his arrest on accusations of war crimes while deployed in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. Police a...
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Romanian defence ministry says radars caught Russian drone breaching air space
BUCHAREST, April 17 (Reuters) - Romanian radar systems caught a drone breaching its national airspace during a Russian overnight attack on neighbouring Ukraine before losing contact southeast of the border village of Chilia Veche, the defence mi...
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Wall Street banks trade derivatives to bet on pain in private credit, FT reports
April 17 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and other Wall Street banks have started trading credit default swaps against flagship private credit funds run by Blackstone, Apollo Global and Ares Management in recent days, the Financial Ti...
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