Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Pence to Central Illinois Republicans: "We're going to win it all back"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former Vice President Mike Pence delivered a rallying cry for Illinois Republicans Monday night at the Peoria Civic Center and promised "we've only just begun." The former Indiana Gove...
Jun 20, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
Fauci, face of U.S. battle against COVID-19, tests positive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Anthony Fauci, a public health official who became the face of U.S. government efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the Na...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci wears his mask as he testifies during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2023 for the National Institutes of Health on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 17, 2022. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS
Fed hikes rates by 0.75 percentage point, flags slowing economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday to stem a disruptive surge in inflation, and projected a slowing economy...
Jun 15, 2022 The exterior of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Biden announces new $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a fresh infusion of $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine that sources familiar with the package said included anti-ship rocket systems, ar...
Jun 15, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden returns to the White House in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell'
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - As 10-metre high mounds of sunflower meal smoulder among the blackened ruins of one of Ukraine's top agricultural terminals, farmers in this front-line region are scrambl...
Jun 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Wheat farmers talk to Reuters in a wheat farm outside Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region, as Russia's attacks on Ukraine continue, Ukraine June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Critically injured motorcyclist dies at OSF despite 'aggressive' care and treatment
PEORIA, Ill. -- An Illinois crash victim reportedly died after being flown by emergency helicopter to OSF Healthcare in Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is releasing details today in the de...
Jun 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Gov. Pritzker applauds bi-partisan gun deal in U.S. Senate
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says he applauds the bi-partisan Senate gun safety deal in Washington, but that more could be done. He says Illinois has tighter gun safety measure...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Governor of Illinois Jay Robert Pritzker speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Weekend rollover crash outside Dunlap sends one to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. -- A weekend rollover crash in Peoria County resulted in one person being sent to the hospital with likely minor injuries. A crash report from the Peoria County Sheriff's Office says a de...
Jun 13, 2022 Midwest Communications
Trump advisers say they told him election fraud claims were illegitimate
WASHINGTON(Reuters) -Top advisers to then-President Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were not legitimate and would not reverse his election loss, according to video testimon...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally to boost Ohio Republican candidates ahead of their May 3 primary election, at the county fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, U.S. April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse/File Photo
White nationalist group members face riot-planning charges in Idaho court
(Reuters) -Thirty-one members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front were expected to appear in an Idaho court on Monday for an arraignment following their weekend arrest on suspicion of plottin...
Jun 13, 2022 Thirty men, who police say are affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front, pose for jail booking photographs released by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 12, 2022. The men and leader Thomas Rousseau (not shown) were arrested for conspiracy to riot after they were found in the rear of a U Haul van in the vicinity of a North Idaho Pride Alliance LGBTQ+ event on June 11. From top left, L-R each row: Alexander Sisenstein, Branden Haney, Cameron Pruitt, Colton Brown, Connor Moran, Dakota Tabler, Derek Smith, Devin Center, Dylan Corio, Forrest Rankin, Garret Garland, Graham Whitsom, James Johnson, James Michael Johnson, Jared Boyce, Josiah Buster, Justin Oleary, Kieran Morris, Lawrence Norman, Mishael Buster, Mitchell Wagner, Nathan Brenner, Nathaniel Whitfield, Richard Jessop, Robert Whitted, Spencer Simpson, Steven Tucker, Wesley Van Horn and Winston Durham. Kootenai County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
