Author Archives: Ed Hammond
Wall St ends volatile session lower in aftermath of global tech outage
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks extended their slump on Friday as lingering chaos related to a global technical outage caused by a software glitch added uncertainty to an already-anxious market. The f...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 3, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File photo
Trump offers dramatic account of assassination attempt, accepts Republican nomination
MILWAUKEE/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) -Donald Trump described on Thursday how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life, telling a rapt audience at the Republican National Convention in his f...
Jul 18, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist from the stage on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
After years of controversy, state pauses CO2 pipeline construction, for now
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - New safety requirements for carbon dioxide pipelines as well as a temporary ban on their construction are now in effect after Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday s...
Jul 18, 2024 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs a bill to pause then further regulate carbon capture technology in Illinois. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
South Peoria shooting leaves one man shot in the leg
PEORIA, Ill: - Peoria police are investigating a shooting in South Peoria. Officers responded to a Shot Spotter alert of ten rounds fired in the area of Starr and Westmoreland around 11 p.m. Wednesday...
Jul 18, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
North Peoria vehicle burglaries under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria police are investigating the alleged break-in of approximately ten vehicles in North Peoria. Officers responded to the area of Bluebonnet Drive on a report of a possible vehicle ...
Jul 18, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Once defiant, Biden is now 'soul searching' about dropping out of race, source says
REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is taking calls to step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate seriously and multiple Democratic officials think an exit is ...
Jul 18, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden looks on at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Lou Dobbs, former Fox Business and CNN host, dead at 78
(Reuters) - Lou Dobbs, a former Fox Business and CNN host who was a vocal supporter of Republican former President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 78, his friends and a statement posted on his so...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Lou Dobbs speaks at a press conference marking his return to anchor CNN's business news program Moneyline News hour in New York in this April 10, 2001 file photo. CNN host Dobbs said on November 11, 2009 that he is leaving CNN after nearly 30 years, saying he wanted a freer platform to advocate issues affecting the United States. REUTERS/Poeter Morgan/Files/File Photo
Actor Bob Newhart, famous for deadpan humor, dies at age 94
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Newhart, who fled the tedium of an accounting job to become a master of stammering, deadpan humor as a standup comedian and later as a U.S. television sitcom star, died on ...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Actor Bob Newhart poses backstage with the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for "The Big Bang Theory" at the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn/File Photo
Civil rights lawsuit filed against Washington landlord
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington landlord is accused of sexually harassing female tenants and housing applicants. The U.S. Justice Department outlined the charges against Michael DeWitte in a civil rights ...
Jul 18, 2024 Midwest Communications
Illinois unemployment rate up in June
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois' unemployment rate in June was 5.0 percent, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The rate is a 0.1% increase from May. IDES says the industry secto...
Jul 18, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
