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Man arrested after fight, police chase
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they arrested a man after he led officers on a foot chase following a fight. Police say it started around 12:15 a.m. Friday on North Street near Knoxville and Forest H...
Jun 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
1 arrested, 1 injured, during early morning stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was arrested, and another was injured, following an early morning stabbing in the area of an apartment complex that's been in the news before. Police were called to West Oakc...
Jun 30, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Four arrested following downtown Peoria fight
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say three adults and a teen were arrested after a fight early Friday morning in downtown Peoria. Police say it happened just before 5:00 a.m. near Main and Madison. Victim...
Jun 30, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Fox settles lawsuit with fired former producer Grossberg for $12 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Fox Corp has settled for $12 million a lawsuit by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who had claimed gender discrimination and accused the network's lawyers of pressuring her...
Jun 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen on a television vehicle outside the News Corporation building in New York City, in New York, U.S. November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
City Council approves 'wayfinding' signs
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council approved something that some residents have said are useless, but some might see as a huge help to local tourism efforts. Council members...backing the spending ...
Jun 30, 2023 A map of where Peoria's "wayfinding signs" will be installed. (City of Peoria)
UPDATE: Biden condemns Supreme Court decision on student loans, proposes new measures
UPDATED 3:55 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday condemned a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked his plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt and announced new actions ...
Jun 30, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down race-conscious student admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, during brief remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 29, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo
Versatile Oscar-winning American actor Alan Arkin dies at 89 - Variety
(Reuters) - Alan Arkin, a versatile and prolific American actor who thrived in both comic and dramatic roles and won an Oscar for playing a heroin-using grandfather in the 2006 film "Little Miss Sunsh...
Jun 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Actor Alan Arkin poses during the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada April 23, 2015. Alan Arkin was honored with the CinemaCon Lifetime Achievement Award. CinemaCon is the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
UPDATE: US Supreme Court blocks Biden student loan forgiveness
UPDATED 12:16 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S Supreme Court handed President Joe Biden a painful defeat on Friday, blocking his plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt - a move that had be...
Jun 30, 2023 A sign calling for student loan debt relief is seen in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/
US Supreme Court deals setback to LGBT rights in web designer case
(Reuters) - In a blow to LGBT rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the constitutional right to free speech allows certain businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings,...
Jun 30, 2023 Web designer Lorie Smith, plaintiff in a Supreme Court case who objects to same-sex marriage, poses for a portrait at her office in Littleton, Colorado, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/
Fresh flight disruptions threaten to mar US Fourth of July holiday travel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans traveling by air for the Fourth of July holiday is expected to surpass pre-COVID levels for the first time in four years but recent flight disruptions rais...
Jun 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines plane sits at a gate at Logan Airport ahead of the July 4th holiday in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
