Category Archives: Top Stories
Chicago mayor names department veteran to run Chicago Police
CHICAGO - Chicago Police Counterterrorism Chief Larry Snelling is Mayor Brandon Johnson's choice to run the Chicago Police Department. After reports surfaced over the weekend about Snelling, Johnson m...
Aug 14, 2023 Larry Snelling (Chicago Police via Facebook)
UPDATE: Georgia court website briefly publishes, removes document about potential Trump charges
UPDATED 2:07 P.M. (Reuters) -The Fulton County, Georgia, court's website briefly posted a document on Monday listing several criminal charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump that appeared r...
Aug 14, 2023 A document briefly posted on and then taken down from the official Fulton County, Georgia court website shows a list of potential felony charges against former President Donald Trump, after being downloaded by Reuters shortly before the court took the document back down without explanation, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 14, 2023. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez
US Navy joins Army, Marine Corps in having no Senate-confirmed leader, in historic first
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Monday became the third branch of the military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in history, as a Republican senator continues to b...
Aug 14, 2023 A U.S. flag flutters in the background as members of the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy stand on a deck of the USS Bataan, a U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, as it takes part in a parade of ships during Fleet Week 2022 in New York, U.S. May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Florida Republican introduces impeachment articles against President Biden
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Florida Republican Representative Greg Steube and several of his fellow U.S. House Republicans have prepared articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden. Steube told Fox New...
Aug 14, 2023 USCapitol
Trump election investigation in Georgia headed to grand jury next week
(Reuters) - A Georgia prosecutor probing whether Donald Trump and his allies illegally sought to overturn the state's 2020 election results is expected to seek an indictment from a grand jury next wee...
Aug 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, U.S., August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo
Hunter Biden's lawyers say US prosecutors reneged on plea deal
(Reuters) -Lawyers for Hunter Biden said in a late Sunday court filing that prosecutors reneged on a plea deal that would have resolved tax and firearms charges against the U.S. president's son as his...
Aug 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs federal court after a plea hearing on two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
After Maui wildfires kill 96, search for the missing continues
KAHULUI, Hawaii (Reuters) -The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 96 on Sunday as relatives of the missing frantically searched for signs their loved ones may still be alive, while survivors g...
Aug 14, 2023 A Maui County firefighter fights flare-up fires in a canyon in Kula on Maui island, Hawaii, U.S., August 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Pritzker signs bill targeting 'deceptive' gun marketers
CHICAGO, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker has signed into law a measure he says threatens gun manufacturers and marketers with legal action if they exhibit what he says are unsafe marketing practices. "......
Aug 13, 2023 (State of Illinois)
Fire damages a popular downtown bar and live music venue
PEORIA, Ill. - An automatic sprinkler system did just what it was supposed to in suppressing a fire at a downtown Peoria business Saturday morning. Peoria firefighters responded to Kenny's Westside Pu...
Aug 13, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pope Francis denounces 'pain and shame' of Mediterranean migrant deaths
MILAN (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday urged politicians to address the "open wound" of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, saying he had been praying for the 41 people who died in a shipwreck earl...
Aug 13, 2023 Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, August 13, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS
