Category Archives: Top Stories
Gannett tiptoes into generative AI, giving humans the last word
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Publisher Gannett plans to include generative artificial intelligence in the system it uses to publish stories as it and other news organizations begin to roll out the popular tec...
Jun 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The corporate headquarter buildings of Gannett Co and its flagship newspaper, USA Today, are seen in McLean, Virginia, July 23, 2013. A decline in newspaper advertising dragged down Gannett Co's second-quarter results, underscoring the company's need for new revenue streams. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo
Pittsburgh synagogue attacker found guilty of hate crimes, could face death
(Reuters) -A jury on Friday found Robert Bowers guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes for the killing of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic atta...
Jun 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Flowers and other items have been left as memorials outside the Tree of Life synagogue following last Saturday's shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
Suspect wanted after South Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they are looking for someone who may have opened fire in South Peoria Thursday evening. Police say it happened after 8:30 p.m. on Wiswall, in between Western Avenue an...
Jun 16, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Victims in fatal Pekin accident identified
UPDATED 6:45 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - We're learning more about the accident early Thursday morning in Pekin that killed two people. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley identifies one of the victims as C...
Jun 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Pekin Police)
Extra police patrols for downtown Peoria bars this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says he doesn't want to see another night like last Saturday night, when there were some large fights in downtown Peoria, and almost four dozen gunsh...
Jun 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Steamboat Classic race takes place Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Thousands will put on their running shoes and race through the streets of downtown Peoria this weekend. The 49th Steamboat Classic will take place Saturday morning. Runners participatin...
Jun 16, 2023 (Race Roster/Peoria Steamboat Classic)
Blinken heads to Beijing hoping to calm fears of a US-China break
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Beijing this weekend with expectations low that he will make headway on the long list of disputes between the United States and Chi...
Jun 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the media in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, U.S., June 12, 2023. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Drought conditions worsening in Illinois, severe conditions in central Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions in Illinois continue to worsen. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report shows that 65% of the state is, at a minimum, in a moderate drought condition. That's up fro...
Jun 16, 2023 (National Weather Service)
UPS workers authorize strike, seen as leverage for pay talks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -United Parcel Service (UPS) union employees have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike should contract talks break down after the current agreement ends in two weeks, the I...
Jun 16, 2023 A United Parcel Service (UPS) vehicle reverses into a facility in Queens, New York City, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
US finds Minneapolis police had pattern of using excessive force
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice released findings from its two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department on Friday, concluding the department had a pattern or practice of using...
Jun 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man holds an image of George Floyd at a vigil on the second anniversary of the death of Floyd, a black man who was killed in 2020 by white police officer Derek Chauvin by kneeling on his neck, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Miller/File Photo
