Category Archives: National
Gov. Pritzker lobbying for federal support for small businesses
PEORIA, Ill. -- Small businesses across the country have been impacted heavily due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Illinois, the state has been dispersing Business Interruption Grants (BIG) to he...
Oct 26, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Hospitalization data flawed in Missouri, possibly other states
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) - With the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization rising at alarming levels, Missouri and perhaps a handful of other states are unable to post accurate data on COV...
Oct 23, 2020 Midwest Communications
Final Presidential debate covers numerous topics with fewer interruptions
NASHVILLE (AP) -- President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, began the debate by discussing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a contrast to the first debate, the two presidential...
Oct 22, 2020 President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrive for the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)
Election foreign interference: Tazewell County Clerk says your votes are safe
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - After the FBI announced Wednesday night they had seen foreign disinformation being spread with an attempt to persuade U.S. voters, Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said Thur...
Oct 21, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Supreme Court denies GOP request to stop extended period in Pennsylvania for returning ballots
WASHINGTON -- Pennsylvania election officials will be allowed to count ballots received up to three days after Election Day after a Monday night Supreme Court ruling. This refuses a Republican request...
Oct 19, 2020 Midwest Communications
Six Russian military officers charged in hacking campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department announced charges Monday against Russian intelligence officers in a string of global cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the Winter Olym...
Oct 19, 2020 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, pool
UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world power...
Oct 18, 2020 AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File 2015
Amy Coney Barrett faces third day of questions from Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - Over and over, Amy Coney Barrett said she'd be her own judge if confirmed to the Supreme Court. But she was careful in two long days of Senate testimony not to take on the president ...
Oct 14, 2020 Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool
Former St. Louis Cardinal Tommy Pham stabbed in San Diego
SAN DIEGO -- Major League Baseball player Tommy Pham, formerly of the St. Louis Cardinals, was stabbed in the lower back Sunday night in San Diego. The San Diego Padres, Pham's current team, confirmed...
Oct 12, 2020 AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki
Barrett vows fair approach to law, Democrats worried about health care
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett presented her approach to the law as conservative and fair on Monday at the start of fast-tracked confirmation hearings, while angry Democrats...
Oct 12, 2020 AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool
