Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Bank of America CFO says loan books show no sign of recession
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of America Corp's Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick said on Monday that its loan portfolio was not showing any signs of a looming recession. "There's this question of...
Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Bank of America logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Gun reform deal forged by U.S. senators, with key Republican backing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S. gun law in decades, a bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement on a framework for a firearm...
Jun 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Flames strike two Peoria properties overnight, one requiring emergency demolition
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning about a pair of overnight garage fires in Peoria with somewhat different outcomes. One required the emergency demolition of an unoccupied house on Peoria's south side. T...
Jun 12, 2022 Midwest Communications
Members of white nationalist group charged with planning riot at Idaho pride event
(Reuters) - Police in northwest Idaho arrested more than two dozen members of a white nationalist group on Saturday and charged them with planning to stage a riot near a LGBTQ pride event, authorities...
Jun 12, 2022 Police officers guard a group of men, who police say are among 31 arrested for conspiracy to riot and are affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front, after they were found in the rear of a U Haul van in the vicinity of a North Idaho Pride Alliance LGBTQ+ event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 11, 2022 in this still image obtained from a social media video. North Country Off Grid/Youtube/via REUTERS
Accused cop killer now facing attempted murder indictment in Knox County
GALESBURG, Ill. -- The man accused of murdering a Central Illinois deputy during a high speech police chase weeks ago now faces an indictment for allegedly trying to shoot another law enforcement offi...
Jun 12, 2022 Courtesy Knox Co. Sheriff's Office FB Page
U.S. TV audience for Jan. 6 hearing reaches 20 million
(Reuters) -An estimated 20 million people tuned in to live U.S. television broadcasts of Thursday's hearing by lawmakers probing the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Nielsen ratings agency said on F...
Jun 11, 2022 An image is seen on a screen as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. gasoline average price tops $5 per gallon in historic first
(Reuters) -The price of U.S. gasoline averaged more than $5 a gallon for the first time on Saturday, data from the AAA showed, extending a surge in fuel costs that is driving rising inflation. The nat...
Jun 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People drive along the Governor Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, under rising gas prices and record inflation, in Keasbey, New Jersey, U.S., May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Richard Irvin makes campaign stops in Central Illinois Friday
MORTON, Ill. -- With just weeks to go until primary elections in Illinois, one Republican candidate for Governor spent a good portion of Friday in Central Illinois trying to make his case. Richard Irv...
Jun 11, 2022 State Rep. Avery Bourne and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin (from www.irvinbourne.com)
Gov. Pritzker signs expansion to Child Bereavement Leave Act
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed the Family Bereavement Act, which amends the Child Bereavement Leave Act expanding leave time requirements to cover pregnancy loss, failed adoptions,...
Jun 10, 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
Ivanka Trump tells U.S. Congress she rejects father's election fraud claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump told a congressional panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack that even she does not believe the former president's false cla...
Jun 09, 2022 Former White House Senior Adviser Ivanka Trump is seen on a video screen during the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
