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Israeli military intelligence head resigns over Oct. 7 failures
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The head of Israeli military intelligence has resigned after accepting responsibility for the failures that allowed the devastating Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the milit...
Julia Bradley Apr 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises following Israeli strikes in Gaza, October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Biden to unveil $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for residential solar projects that will power nearly a million low-income households, the White H...
Julia Bradley Apr 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the White House initiative on climate change, at the White House in Washington, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump schemed to corrupt 2016 election, prosecutors say in hush money trial
UPDATE: 9:35 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York prosecutors on Monday began telling a jury why Donald Trump's alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the ...
Julia Bradley Apr 22, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump departs Trump tower in Manhattan to attend his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in New York City, U.S., April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop slightly
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have fallen 5.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.78 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are...
Julia Bradley Apr 22, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Two dead, six injured in Memphis block party shooting, police say
MEMPHIS, TN - (Reuters) -At least two people are dead and six others injured in a shooting at a block party in Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, according to police. Police say the block party was unsa...
Ed Hammond Apr 21, 2024
U.S. House passes $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package, sends to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday with broad bipartisan support passed a $95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, ...
Ed Hammond Apr 20, 2024 View of the U.S. Capitol, April 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
After VW plant victory, UAW sets its sights on Mercedes in Alabama
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers has made history by winning its first unionization vote at an auto factory in the U.S. South. Now it needs to prove the success wasn't a fluke...
Ed Hammond Apr 20, 2024 A logo of the Mercedes-Benz is seen outside a Mercedes-Benz car dealer in Brussels, Belgium March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/FILE PHOTO
Iran's foreign minister downplays drone attack, says Tehran investigating
WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Friday said Tehran was investigating an overnight attack on Iran, adding that so far a link to Israel had not been proven as he downplayed the s...
Ed Hammond Apr 20, 2024 Iranians rest near the Zayandeh Rud River, after a reported Israeli attack on Iran, in Isfahan Province, Iran April 19, 2024. Rasoul Shojaie/IRNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Iraq's PMF force says base was attacked, army investigates
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack whil...
Ed Hammond Apr 20, 2024 A general view shows the Kalso military base after it was hit by a huge explosion on late Friday, in Babil Province, Iraq April 20, 2024. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
U.S. House to vote on long-awaited $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday is set to vote on, and expected to pass, a $95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to U...
Ed Hammond Apr 20, 2024 People walk past the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/FILE PHOTO
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