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U.S. Justice Dept says Trump team may have moved classified papers amid probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department said it had evidence that classified documents were deliberately concealed from the FBI when it tried to retrieve them in June from former President D...
Aug 31, 2022 A redacted FBI photograph of documents and classified cover sheets recovered from a container stored in former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida estate, and which was included in a U.S. Department of Justice filing and released August 30, 2022. U.S. Department of Justice/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATED: DEA warns of "colored fentanyl pills" appearing as candies
WASHINGTON -- The DEA is informing Americans about an emerging new trend which suggests to federal agents that drug cartels are disguising dangerous doses of addictive fentanyl as colored candies. An ...
Aug 31, 2022
IL Secy of State tests negative for COVID-19 following week of isolation
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has reportedly tested negative for COVID-19 following an isolation period related to the illness. An updated news release issued today says fol...
Aug 31, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Trump adds ex-Florida solicitor general to Mar-a-Lago legal team - source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican former President Donald Trump has added former Florida Solicitor General Chris Kise to his legal team in the case involving classified documents he stored at his Mar-a...
Aug 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
PPS: Students' must still "earn" eligibility to attend games after Friday brawl at PHS
PEORIA, Ill. --Peoria Public School officials have released more information about new and ongoing rules at interscholastic youth sporting events, including high school football games, following a vio...
Aug 30, 2022
Illinois, others get EPA waivers to preserve Midwest fuel supply
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a successful effort to grant the state an EPA waiver to protect the state's fuel supply in the wake of an oil refinery disaster earlier t...
Aug 30, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
U.S. first lady Jill Biden tests negative for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will return to Washington from Delaware on Aug. 30, a spokeswoman said on Monday. Jill Biden, 71, had tested posi...
Aug 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: First lady Jill Biden walks with U.S. President Joe Biden towards Marine One after he spoke to the media before departing the White House for a weekend in Rehoboth, Delaware, at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Effort re-booted to bring Jim Thome statue to Louisville Slugger Sports Complex
PEORIA, Ill. --Local organizers are re-booting a fundraiser aimed at celebrating one of Peoria's favorite sons and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome. The re-boot announcement came during a...
Aug 26, 2022 (File-25 News)
U.S. Justice Dept. releases redacted document that underpins Trump search
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released a redacted version of the legal document that allowed the FBI to seize classified government records from former President Donald T...
Aug 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is seen in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
U.S. judge tells Justice Dept. to release redacted Trump search affidavit
UPDATED 3:12 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge in Florida on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to publicly release a redacted version of its affidavit that underpinned the FBI's Au...
Aug 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents searched it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
