Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Stellantis-owned Chrysler to recall about 1.2 million vehicles, US regulators say
(Reuters) -Stellantis-owned Chrysler is recalling about 1.2 million U.S. vehicles due to a software malfunction in the anti-lock brake system that can increase the risk of a crash, the National Highwa...
Sep 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Stellantis is seen on the company's building in Velizy-Villacoublay near Paris, France, March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
Without astronauts, Boeing's Starliner returns to Earth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday, capping a three-month test mission hobbled by technical issues that forced the astronauts it...
Sep 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose ahead of the launch of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Peoria shooting becomes city's tenth homicide, suspect arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police have one suspect in custody in connection with a fatal shooting, the city's tenth homicide of 2024. Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Main Street around 2:30 a....
Sep 01, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
South Carolina F Ashlyn Watkins arrested after alleged assault
REUTERS - South Carolina forward Ashlyn Watkins is facing a first-degree assault charge along with battery and kidnapping charges after she was arrested on Saturday after an on-campus incident, per co...
Sep 01, 2024 Apr 5, 2024; Cleveland, OH, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks forward Ashlyn Watkins (2) talks to the media after defeating the NC State Wolfpack in the semifinals of the Final Four of the womens 2024 NCAA Tournament at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports/ File Photo
Harris calls Trump cemetery visit disrespectful, political stunt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Saturday over a visit he made to soldiers' graves at Arlington National Cemetery that was l...
Aug 31, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House, Washington, U.S., July 22, 2024 and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024 in a combination of file photographs. REUTERS/Nathan Howard, Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Doctor charged in death of 'Friends' star Matthew Perry 'incredibly remorseful'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One of two doctors who are among the five people charged in the ketamine overdose death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry was barred by a federal judge on Friday from practicing ...
Aug 31, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A makeshift memorial for actor Matthew Perry, the wise-cracking co-star of the 1990s hit television sitcom "Friends," who was found dead at his Los Angeles home October 28, is pictured on Bedford Street in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Chet Tomczyk appointed Peoria city treasurer
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a new man in charge of the Peoria city treasurer's office. The Peoria Council Tuesday unanimously appointed Chester "Chet" Tomczyk to the post. Tomczyk takes over Wednesday for ...
Aug 27, 2024
Peoria man sentenced for threatening a federal judge
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is sentenced to 42 months in federal prison after threatening a federal judge in May, 2022. Federal prosecutors say Paul Jordan Klawer, 34, was representing himself as a pa...
Aug 27, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Three arrested after alleged armed robbery of postal worker
PEORIA, Ill. - An adult and two juveniles are in custody in connection with the alleged armed robbery of a postal service worker. It happened around 1:30 Monday afternoon in the 300 block of N. Republ...
Aug 27, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Trump adds RFK Jr. and Gabbard to transition team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump has added former White House hopefuls Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard to his transition team if he wins November's U.S. presidential election, his campaign ...
Aug 27, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a rally in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
