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Convicted 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski dead at 81
(Reuters) - Ted Kaczynski, former math professor and "twisted genius" who came to be known as the Unabomber when he carried out a 17-year spree of mysterious bombings that killed three people and baff...
Jun 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Theodore Kaczynski is led out of federal court where he was charged with a single federal weapons violation April 4,1997.
Trump magnifies attacks on Justice Department in post-charges speech
(Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump used the first public appearance since his federal indictment to ratchet up attacks on the Justice Department, accusing prosecutors, without evidence, of a pol...
Jun 11, 2023 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
Bidens offer 'joy' at White House Pride event as LGBTQ attacks mount
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday hosted the largest Pride celebration in White House history on Saturday, calling for new measures to protect the rights and safety of LGBTQ+...
Jun 11, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden stands with the Harvey family as first lady Dr. Jill Biden delivers remarks during a Pride Celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, U.S., June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden
Former Mayor Carver remembered in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Mayor of Peoria has been memorialized. Services were held at Bradley University Saturday for former Mayor Richard Carver, who died in Florida back in May, where he had been liv...
Jun 11, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/via 25 News)
San Francisco shooting leaves nine injured
SAN FRANCISCO - At least nine people are hurt after a shooting Friday night during a block party in San Francisco. The local FOX-TV affiliate says eyewitnesses believe the shooting to be a drive-by, a...
Jun 11, 2023 Midwest Communications
Crews put out Farmington solar panel farm fire
FARMINGTON, Ill. - Authorities in Fulton County say firefighters had to put out a fire at a solar farm. Farmington firefighters say they had to deal with the fire Friday afternoon -- what was called i...
Jun 11, 2023 (Farmington Community Fire Protection District via Facebook)
China has been spying from Cuba for some time, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden administration official said on Saturday, following a re...
Jun 11, 2023 Picture shows Havana's skyline at dusk, November 23, 2011. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
Quotes- Reactions to charges against Donald Trump in classified documents case
(Reuters) - Court documents made public on Friday detailed 37 criminal counts against former U.S. President Donald Trump, including charges of unauthorized retention of classified documents and conspi...
Jun 10, 2023 Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks at the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
Fire leads to partial demolition at Peoria business
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to a garage fire at a business in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Warren Street early Saturday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun said crews arri...
Jun 10, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Four Colombian children found alive in jungle weeks after plane crash
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the country's south on Friday more than five weeks after the plane they were traveling in crashed in thick ...
Jun 10, 2023 Colombian military soldiers pose for a photo after the rescue of child survivors from a Cessna 206 plane that crashed on May 1 in the jungles of Caqueta, in limits between Caqueta and Guaviare, in this handout photo released June 9, 2023. Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
