Category Archives: Top Stories
US judge in Florida blocks enforcement of state ban on gender-affirming care
(Reuters) -A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday partially blocked the state from enforcing its recent ban on people under 18 receiving gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone thera...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Transgender rights activist waves a transgender flag as they protest the killings of transgender women, at a rally in Washington Square Park in New York, U.S., May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Demetrius Freeman/File Photo
Peru to extradite suspect in Alabama teen murder case within days, Interpol says
LIMA (Reuters) -A convicted killer imprisoned in Peru will be extradited within days to the U.S., where he faces extortion and fraud charges related to the disappearance and murder of an Alabama teena...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot (C) enters the courtroom in the Lurigancho prison in Lima January 6, 2012. Van der Sloot went on trial on Friday for killing Stephany Flores in 2010, five years to the day after a U.S. teenager vanished on the island of Aruba after spending time with him. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Golf-Blindsided PGA Tour players want answers over merger with LIV Golf
TORONTO (Reuters) - PGA Tour players were blindsided by news of a merger with the rebel Saudi-backed LIV Golf on Tuesday that left them, fans and politicians demanding answers. A bitter feud that had ...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sep 25, 2022; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan talks during the singles match play of the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports
Peoria man faces Child Porn charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who's been in jail the last several weeks has officially been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of Dissemination of Child Pornography. The indictment says that around mi...
Jun 06, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Fire damages exterior of East Bluff home
UPDATED 4:00 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Everyone got out safely before a fire reported in Peoria's East Bluff could get in. Peoria Fire crews went to a home on East Hillcrest, not far from Prospect Road, aro...
Jun 06, 2023 (25 News)
US passenger railroad Amtrak CEO says ridership near pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said on Tuesday the U.S. passenger railroad expects traffic to get back to pre-pandemic levels even as it projects about $800 million in losses for th...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An Amtrak train is parked at the platform inside New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train hub, which will be closing tracks for repairs causing massive disruptions to commuters in New York City, July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US SEC sues crypto exchange Coinbase, one day after suing Binance
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday sued Coinbase, accusing the largest U.S. cryptocurrency platform of operating illegally because it failed to register as an ...
Jun 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A representation of the cryptocurrency is seen in front of Coinbase logo in this illustration taken, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Local leaders discuss new state homelessness program in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Local legislative leaders spoke in Peoria Monday about Illinois' newest program dedicated to addressing homelessness. "Home Illinois" is a $350 million program part of the FY24 budget. ...
Jun 06, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker visited Phoenix Community Development Services in Peoria to discuss his bill that, among other things, seeks to end homelessness in Illinois (File-T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Three-vehicle crash on the Murray Baker Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. - Details are scarce following a crash that caused problems during the morning rush hour. The three-vehicle crash occurred on the Murray Baker Bridge in the Westbound lanes just past 7:30...
Jun 06, 2023 (Illinois Department of Transportation Traffic Camera)
Juvenile arrested for burglary
PEORIA, Ill. - Another arrest of a juvenile for a crime in Peoria. This one, Peoria Police say, happened around 8:30 Monday night, when a burglary to a business they didn't identify was reported near ...
Jun 06, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
