Author Archives: Cooper Banks
Minnesota ex-cop testifies at trial over killing of Daunte Wright
(Reuters) - Kimberly Potter, the white former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright in April after claiming she mistook her handgun for her Taser, took the stand on Friday i...
Dec 17, 2021 Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran who resigned from the Brooklyn Center police force, poses for a booking photograph at Hennepin County Jail for fatally shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 14, 2021 in a combination of photographs. Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Illinois driver's license expiration deadlines extended into early 2022
Peoria, Ill -- Driver's License Exipiration dates are being extended in Illinois thanks to a COVID-stressed licensing and I.D. system. The announcement came early Friday from Illinois Secretary of Sta...
Dec 17, 2021 A woman enters a Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles drivers license service center, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Hialeah, Fla. The U.S. Census Bureau has asked the 50 states for drivers' license information, months after President Donald Trump ordered the collection of citizenship information. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Biden signs bill raising U.S. debt limit into law - White House
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill raising the U.S. debt limit into law, the White House said in a statement, averting what would have been an unprecedented default. The U.S. Co...
Dec 16, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden holds a Cabinet meeting to discuss the implementation of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 12, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
UnityPoint hospital E.R. waits increase amid "surge" in COVID-19 cases
Peoria, Ill -- Critical care beds are now at full capacity at UnityPoint Health facilities in the Peoria area. Doctors and nurses are now forced to treat some critical care patients in the emergency r...
Dec 16, 2021 Midwest Communications
Putin and Xi cement partnership in face of Western pressure
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and China should stand firm in rejecting Western interference and defending each other's security interests, presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping agreed in a video call o...
Dec 15, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at his residence outside Moscow, Russia December 15, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
'Don't hesitate to ask for anything,' Biden tells tornado-ravaged Kentucky
MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) - President Joe Biden walked through the battered remains of Mayfield, Kentucky, on Wednesday to get a first-hand view of the destruction wrought by one of the deadliest tornad...
Dec 15, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with local leaders and members of Kentucky Emergency Management for a briefing about storm damage from the tornadoes and extreme weather, in Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S., December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Court ruling means vaccine mandates are back for many health care workers in Illinois
(Reuters) -A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday revived in 26 states a Biden administration COVID-19 mandate requiring millions of U.S. healthcare workers to get vaccinated if they work in federa...
Dec 15, 2021 Midwest Communications
Accused Michigan school shooter appears in virtual court, will stay in adult jail
(Reuters) - The Michigan teenager charged in the deadliest U.S. school shooting of 2021 calmly answered questions via video link on Monday during a hearing in which his lawyers unsuccessfully pleaded ...
Dec 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Jail booking photos taken of Ethan Robert Crumbley, 15, charged with first-degree murder in a high school shooting in Michigan, U.S. December 1, 2021, in a combination photograph with his parents Jennifer Lynn Crumbley and James Robert Crumbley who were taken into custody December 3, 2021. Oakland County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Shooting victim discovered on Peoria's south side
Peoria, Ill -- We've confirmed there is one person wounded in the wake of a shooting in Peoria, although the investigation is just now getting underway. Police say around 11:30 a.m. officers found a p...
Dec 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Many people trapped after roof collapse at Amazon warehouse near St. Louis
UPDATED 6:12 A.M. 12/11/21 (Reuters) -Many people were trapped after a roof partially collapsed at an Amazon.com Inc warehouse near the U.S. city of St. Louis late on Friday, after tornadoes and stron...
Dec 10, 2021 Emergency vehicles surround the site of an Amazon distribution warehouse with a collapsed roof, after storms hit the area of Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S. December 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant
