Category Archives: Top Stories
Biden, McCarthy see deal debt ceiling in reach to avoid US default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and top U.S. congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday they would push ahead on talks to raise the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and a...
May 17, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden is flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as he hosts debt limit talks with HSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATE: U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Illinois assault weapons ban
UPDATED 2:11 P.M. (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block a Democratic-backed ban on assault-style rifles and large capacity magazines enacted in Illinois after a deadly mass ...
May 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: AR-10s for sale at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Expo Center Gun Show, after the state of Illinois passed its "assault weapons" ban into law, in Belleville, Illinois, U.S., January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Kate Munsch
US House Democrat to force vote to expel embattled Republican George Santos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Robert Garcia on Tuesday started the process of forcing a vote on a motion to expel Republican George Santos, the congressman from New York facing...
May 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) leaves Central Islip Federal Courthouse in Central Islip, New York, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
IL girl found safe six years after abduction
ASHVILLE, NC (Fox News) -- After six years of wondering whether his daughter was dead or alive, a father's worst nightmare is over. Kayla Unbehaun, now 15, has been found safe after officials say her ...
May 17, 2023 (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
Grand jury charges man with Attempted Murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man who faced charges of Aggravated Domestic Battery when he was arrested at the beginning of the month is now also charged with Attempted Murder. A Peoria County grand jury Tu...
May 16, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Coroner: Man, hit with brick, dies
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man allegedly hit with a brick by a 14-year-old boy has died. That's according to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood. He says Tony Collier, 50, died early Monday at a hospital...
May 16, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
New Mexico teen bought AR-style rifle legally before shooting spree, police say
TAOS, NEW MEXICO (Reuters) - An 18-year-old gunman who randomly killed three people as he roamed through a New Mexico neighborhood this week legally bought the assault-style rifle he used in the shoot...
May 16, 2023 Law enforcement officers from the Farmington Police Department, San Juan County Sheriff's Office and New Mexico State Police deploy at the scene of a fatal shooting in Farmington, New Mexico, U.S. May 15, 2023. Mike Easterling/USA Today Network via REUTERS
Peoria Police strengthening efforts toward hiring more women
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says his department has some strong goals when it comes to hiring and recruiting. Echevarria tells WMBD's Craig Collins he wants to see significantly...
May 16, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pekin City Council votes 4-3 to remove interim City Manager from that job
PEKIN, Ill. - The new Pekin City Council is starting out divided. Council members voted four to three Monday night to oust Bruce Marston as Interim City Manager -- a post he's had since November when ...
May 16, 2023 (File - City of Pekin)
OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The CEO of OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, told a Senate panel on Tuesday the use of artificial intelligence to interfere with election integrity is a "significant area of co...
May 16, 2023 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before a Senate Judiciary Privacy, Technology & the Law Subcommittee hearing titled 'Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence' on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
