Category Archives: National
President Trump's senior adviser tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump's senior adviser and speechwriter, tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday. A senior administration official said Miller had previously te...
Oct 06, 2020 AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Biden says no debate next week if Trump still has virus
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he and President Donald Trump "shouldn't have a debate" as long as the president remains positive for the coronavirus. Biden said Tu...
Oct 06, 2020 AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Gov. Pritzker proposes principles for "more equitable criminal justice system"
CHICAGO -- Criminal justice reform has been a hot topic across the country in recent months, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday proposed seven guiding principles to reform and modernize the state's...
Oct 06, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD
Two justices slam 2015 gay marriage case in first day back from summer break
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court, already poised to take a significant turn to the right, opened its new term Monday with a jolt from two conservative justices who raised new criticism of the court...
Oct 05, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
President Trump leaves hospital after three days
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday walked out of the military hospital where for three days he had been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. Wearing a mask, Trump ...
Oct 05, 2020 AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Bob Gibson, Hall of Fame ace for Cardinals, dies at 84
(AP) -- Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won a record seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 s...
Oct 03, 2020 AP Photo, File
Supreme Court Justice choice a main topic of debate Tuesday night
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The first face-off for President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden was over a clash concerning a president's prerogative to put push through an election-year Supreme Cour...
Sep 29, 2020 AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She ...
Sep 18, 2020 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File
CDC changes course, says to get tested if previously in contact with infected person
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and said anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. The Cente...
Sep 18, 2020 Midwest Communications
Hurricane Sally blasts ashore in Alabama with punishing rain
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Sally made landfall Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain that forecast...
Sep 15, 2020 AP Photo/Gerald Herbrt
