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PPD honors fallen officers downtown with memorial ceremony
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria officers who have died in the line of duty were honored at an annual ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. Peoria Police hold the memorial service each year during National Police Wee...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2024 Peoria Police held their annual Fallen Officer Memorial ceremony Wednesday afternoon outside Peoria City Hall.
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US soldier held in Russia pleads guilty, RIA agency reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier being held in the Russian city of Vladivostok, has pleaded guilty to theft charges and is cooperating with investigators, Russia's RIA state news agenci...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Gordon Black, a U.S. serviceman detained in Russia, poses for a selfie in this picture obtained from social media, in an unspecified location, released on February, 2023. Gordon Black Via Facebook/via REUTERS/File Photo

UPDATE: Trump's lawyers cite Michael Cohen's insults to undercut his credibility
UPDATE: 10:06 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers sought to undermine the credibility of his former fixer Michael Cohen on Thursday at the Republican presidential candidate's criminal hus...
Julia Bradley May 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen a former attorney for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, departs to testify at Trump's criminal trial, over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo

US consumer inflation resumes downward trend as domestic demand cools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased less than expected in April, suggesting that inflation resumed its downward trend at the start of the second quarter in a boost to financial marke...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People shop at the Macy’s flagship store in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

LaHood/Sorensen make statement on USPS delaying the move of mail processing centers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Darin LaHood (IL-16) and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) have released a statement regarding a letter from the U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy saying that the U.S. Po...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2024 tsz01 / Depositphotos.com

UPDATE: Biden, Trump agree to debate on June 27 and Sept. 10
UPDATED 4:10 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to face off in two debates on June 27 and Sept. 10, setting up the highest stakes...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Combination picture showing former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo/File Photo

UPDATED: Slovak PM Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after being shot
UPDATED 2:19 P.M. BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (Reuters) -Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in a "politically motivated" assassination attempt when l...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2024 Security guards react at the scene of a shooting incident of Slovak PM Robert Fico after Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

Blinken says U.S. rushing ammunition, weapons to Ukraine amid fierce new fighting
KYIV (Reuters) - The United States is rushing ammunition and weapons to the front lines in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday during a visit to the country which has lately f...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

Illinois' Fallen firefighters honored at Memorial service
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - (Capitol News Illinois) Firefighters, families, and dignitaries from around the state gathered in Springfield on Tuesday to remember the firefighters who died in the line of duty i...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2024 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Firefighters' Memorial Statue.

Quest Charter Academy rallies to keep the school open ahead of IBE decision
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A day before the state board of education decides its fate, the Quest Charter Academy community rallied in support of keeping the school open. The Illinois Board of Education will ...
Julia Bradley May 15, 2024 (1470/100.3 WMBD)


