Category Archives: National
Theo Epstein steps down as Chicago Cubs' President of Baseball Operations
CHICAGO -- Theo Epstein, Chicago Cubs' President of Baseball Operations that led the organization to the end of its 108-year World Series drought, announced Tuesday that he is stepping down. Epstein h...
Nov 17, 2020 Scott Slingsby / CC
Facebook, Twitter and the fight against false information
PEORIA, Ill. -- Users on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter most likely noticed messages on posts last week during the election. On Twitter, many of President Donald Trump's tweets even c...
Nov 11, 2020 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Biden selects experienced Ron Klain as White House chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience across Democratic presidential administra...
Nov 11, 2020 AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Supreme Court arguments indicate Affordable Care Act likely to survive
WASHINGTON (AP) - A more conservative Supreme Court appears unwilling to do what Republicans have long desired: kill off the Affordable Care Act, including its key protections for pre-existing health ...
Nov 10, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Biden wins Michigan and Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the "blue wall" that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramaticall...
Nov 04, 2020 AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Trump suing in Michigan, calling for "meaningful access"
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in Michigan state court demanding "meaningful access" to locations where ballots are being counted. Michigan is one of the undecided states tha...
Nov 04, 2020 AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
US formally exits Paris Agreement aiming to curb climate change
BERLIN (AP) - The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact it helped forge five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. The move, long threaten...
Nov 04, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File
Scottish actor Sean Connery dies at 90
LONDON (AP) - Scottish actor Sean Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died, according to the BBC. He was 90. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was "heartbr...
Oct 31, 2020 AP Photo/Matt Sayles
Illinois judge extradites Rittenhouse to Wisconsin
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois judge on Friday ordered a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to be extradited across the border to stand trial on homicide charge...
Oct 30, 2020 AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool
Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
WASHINGTON (AP) - Overpowering Democratic opposition, Senate Republicans confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, securing President Donald Trump's nominee a week before Election Day and a li...
Oct 26, 2020 Rod Lamkey/Pool Photo via AP, File
