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U.S. investigating Minnesota train carrying ethanol that derailed, prompting evacuation
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Railroad Administration are investigating the derailment Thursday of a freight train carrying ethanol near a small town in Min...
TJ Carson Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Republican energy bill passes U.S. House, sends to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican energy reform bill intended to bolster U.S. oil and gas production while scaling back climate initiatives, the ...
TJ Carson Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
17-year-old injured in Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police says a teenager was injured in a shooting near Hightower Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Wednesday night. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden on Friday to visit Mississippi town devastated by tornado
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on Friday after the town was devastated by a tornado last week that killed 26 people, the...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks after getting off Marine One to board Air Force One, after surveying storm-damaged areas of California's central coast, in Moffett Federal Airfield, Santa Clara County, California, U.S., January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Fire damages East Peoria house
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The cause of a fire at an East Peoria single-family house Thursday morning is under investigation. The East Peoria Fire Department says they responded to the fire in the area of Jo...
TJ Carson Mar 30, 2023 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Canton man arrested on child porn charges
CANTON, Ill. -- A Canton man has been arrested for alleged production and possession of child pornography. Illinois State Police took 24-year-old Jonathan E. Allard into custody on Wednesday after a w...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois State Police)
US weekly jobless claims rise moderately; fourth-quarter GDP trimmed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, showing no signs yet that tightening credit conditions were having a material impa...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: Pope Francis in much better health after antibiotics, Vatican says
UPDATE: 1:59 P.M. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has seen a marked improvement in his health after receiving an infusion of antibiotics for an infectious bronchitis, the Vatican said in an upbea...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis speaks during a general audience at St Peter's Square, Vatican City, March, 29, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
Update: Nine killed in crash of two US Army helicopters in Kentucky
UPDATED: 1:19 P.M. (Reuters) -Nine soldiers were killed in a crash of two medical evacuation Black Hawk helicopters during a routine nighttime training mission over Kentucky, the U.S. Army said on Thu...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 A general view of the site after helicopters crashed in Trigg County, Kentucky, U.S., March 29, 2023. WKDZ Radio/Handout via REUTERS
Memorial for Nashville shooting victims: 'Our hearts are broken'
NASHVILLE (Reuters) -First lady Jill Biden joined a memorial vigil in Nashville on Wednesday for the three children and three adults shot to death this week at a Christian day school, including two ed...
Julia Bradley Mar 30, 2023 An aerial view of the Covenant School which was the site of a deadly shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr