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U.S. Supreme Court curbs affirmative action in university admissions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious student admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in a sharp setback to affirmative action...
Jun 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Students attend the 367th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
More than 100 million Americans at risk as Canadian wildfire smoke spreads
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Nearly a third of Americans will experience poor air quality on Thursday as smoke from prolonged Canadian wildfires fill the skies over the Midwest and East, causing unhealthy and, ...
Jun 29, 2023 A man walks along Pittsburgh's Mount Washington as smoke from raging Canadian wildfires creates hazy skies, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. June 28, 2023. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki
US 2024 hopeful DeSantis targets three federal departments for elimination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would seek to eliminate the Departments of Energy, Commerce and Education, as well as the Internal Revenue Service, if he were elected president, h...
Jun 29, 2023 Republican U.S. presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visits the border community of Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. June 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
UPDATE: Severe storms move into the Peoria area Thursday afternoon, damage reported
UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been issued in the Peoria metro area Thursday afternoon. There are reports of trees and power lines down and roads flooded. Traffic has been closed in Peoria ...
Jun 29, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
1 percent grocery tax to resume, gas tax to increase as new fiscal year begins July 1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A new state fiscal year will begin July 1, ushering in the reinstatement of a 1 percent tax on groceries and a second increase to the state's motor fuel tax...
Jun 29, 2023 Midwest Communications
In Chicago visit, Biden heaps praise on Pritzker, touts economic recovery ahead of 2024
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In a whirlwind visit to Chicago on Wednesday, President Joe Biden trotted out a re-election campaign message built on economic recovery - and effusively praised Gov. ...
Jun 28, 2023 (WhiteHouse.gov)
Madonna postpones tour after hospitalization for infection
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop superstar Madonna has postponed the start of her upcoming tour after being hospitalized in intensive care for a serious bacterial infection, her manager said on Wednesday. ...
Jun 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Madonna poses on the red carpet a the Billboard Magazine's 11th annual Women in Music luncheon in New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton File Photo
Senator Durbin praises Biden's economic plan before speech in Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-East St. Louis) joined President Joe Biden in Chicago Wednesday to talk about "Bidenomics." The president's speech focused on Biden's economic policies and ...
Jun 28, 2023 (Senator Dick Durbin/YouTube)
Prosecutors: Teen killed because of toy gun he had
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County State's Attorney says a 14-year-old boy got killed Monday night because of a toy gun. Tramier Pate, 23, faces a First-Degree Murder count for the death of Omarius Gate...
Jun 28, 2023 Tramier Pate (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pekin City Council approves business funding requests despite opposition
PEKIN, Ill. - You'd think having more money than projected would be a good problem to have, but in this case, it resulted in a heated discussion among business owners and members of the Pekin City Cou...
Jun 28, 2023 (City of Pekin)
