Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Motorcyclist killed in Sunday crash in Pekin -- Police
PEKIN, Ill. -- We're learning more about a fatal motorcycle crash over the weekend in Pekin. Local police say they responded to the area of Veterans Drive and Towerline Road near the Walmart, where th...
May 23, 2022 Midwest Communications
Russian soldier jailed for life in first war crimes trial of Ukraine war
KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion. Vadim Shishimari...
May 23, 2022 Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin, 21, suspected of violations of the laws and norms of war, sits inside a cage during a court hearing, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
COVID restrictions for migrants at U.S. border cannot end yet, judge rules
(Reuters) -U.S. authorities were blocked by a federal judge on Friday from lifting COVID-19 restrictions that empower agents at the U.S.-Mexico border to turn back migrants without giving them a chanc...
May 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Cuban migrants, who were expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, walk near the at the Lerdo Stanton International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Crews make progress toward demolition at BioUrja Renewables site
PEORIA, Ill. -- "It's been a very fluid situation" It's the characterization used by Interim Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger throughout the BioUrja plant failure, explosion and fire response which ...
May 23, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
First baby formula shipment arrives in U.S. from Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A military cargo plane carrying the first shipment of infant formula from Europe to help address a critical shortage in the United States landed in Indianapolis on Sunday, and th...
May 23, 2022 Pallets of infant formula being shipped from Europe to the United States during Operation Fly Formula are seen in a transport aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in a photograph released May 22, 2022. The White House/Handout via REUTERS
In Tokyo, Biden says would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression in a comment that seemed to stretch the limits of the ambiguous U....
May 23, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend a press conference at Akasaka guest house, in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022. Nicolas Datiche/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: One killed in Bigelow Street shooting - Peoria Police
PEORIA, Ill. -- Authorities are releasing more details about a man shot and killed in Peoria over the weekend, as well as details about a sustained effort to save the man's life. Authorities say Peori...
May 22, 2022 Midwest Communications
Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters fourth month
(Reuters) - Russia heads into the fourth month of its invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday with no end in sight to the fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble. Aft...
May 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above Azovstal steelworks, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this still image obtained from a recent drone video posted on social media. MARIUPOL CITY COUNCIL/via REUTERS
Russia halts gas flow to Finland, says Mariupol steelworks siege has ended
KYIV/OSLO (Reuters) - Russia stopped delivering gas to Finland in an escalation of a dispute over energy payments with Western nations, and claimed victory in a weeks-long battle for Mariupol's devast...
May 21, 2022 A view shows Azovstal steel mill during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Bear market beckons as U.S. stock slide deepens
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The stock market's brutal year neared a grim milestone as the S&P 500's slide on Friday threatened to leave it in a bear market for the first time since March 2020, fueled by ...
May 20, 2022 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S. May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
