Author Archives: Cooper Banks
ISAC: Nearly 1 in 3 Illinois borrowers could have student loans completely erased
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If all direct federal student loan borrowers in Illinois fell under the Biden Administration's income standards for debt forgiveness, nearly a third of them would have their stude...
Aug 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden announces student loan debt relief plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the U.S. government will forgive $10,000 in student loans for many debt-saddled college-goers, a move that could boost support for his ...
Aug 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO - A graduating student waits for the start of the Commencement ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Justice Department opens investigation into violent arrest in Arkansas
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the conduct of three Arkansas law enforcement officers caught in an online video over the weekend punching and ki...
Aug 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows Kountry Xpress the site where three Arkansas law enforcement appeared in video circulated widely online over the weekend showing them punching and kicking a suspect while he was on the ground outside a convenience store, in Mulberry, Arkansas, U.S., August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Michael Noble Jr.
U.S. to announce $3 billion in new military aid for Ukraine -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will announce a new security assistance package for Ukraine of about $3 billion as early as Wednesday, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, in what would be the sin...
Aug 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO - U.S. military aid, including Javelin anti-tank missiles, delivered as part of the security support package for Ukraine, is unloaded from a plane at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyivv, Ukraine February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Two alleged militia members found guilty of plot to abduct Michigan governor
(Reuters) -A jury on Tuesday convicted two men accused of conspiring to trigger "a second American revolution" by kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing the U.S. government a victory i...
Aug 23, 2022 (L-R) Adam Fox, 39, and Barry Croft Jr., 46, in a combination image. REUTERS/Kent County Sheriff Department
AG Raoul: Over $300K more owed to Rivian workers who weren't paid overtime
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Several subcontractors working with electric car maker Rivian are being required to pay more than $300,000 dollars more in back wages and penalties in updated settlements announced to...
Aug 23, 2022 Greg Gjerdingen / CC
Iran says U.S. delaying on nuclear deal, U.S. sees progress
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran accused the United States on Monday of procrastinating in efforts to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal - a charge denied by Washington, which said a deal was closer than two week...
Aug 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Iran's and U.S.' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Man facing DUI & drug possession after Peoria County crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria County man is facing DUI and drug possession charges after his car launched, allegedly at extremely high speed, into a ravine over the weekend. A Peoria County Sheriff's crash...
Aug 22, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Jury weighs case against two accused of plot to kidnap Michigan governor
(Reuters) -A jury in Michigan began deliberations on Monday in the retrial of two men accused by the prosecution of devising an elaborate plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, though the defense c...
Aug 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sits in a 2019 Chevrolet Traverse, assembled in Lansing, Michigan, at the General Motors display area during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook//File Photo
Bradley University move ins to continue with thousands arriving this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- We'll continue to see Bradley University students moving back in through this week, but it's a relief for many of the first year students, who accomplished their move-in, dodging the r...
Aug 21, 2022 Photo courtesy 25 News
