Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Republican McCarthy unveils plan to lift US debt ceiling, cut spending
UPDATE: 5:17 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday unveiled a plan to raise the nation's debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and cut federal spending by three ...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks at the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Family of Tyre Nichols files federal lawsuit against Memphis
(Reuters) - Lawyers for Tyre Nichols' family filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in federal court seeking damages from those responsible for the beating death of the 29-year-old Black man at the hands of Mem...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks during a “Stop The Black Attack” rally against ongoing state legislation at the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Two Alabama teens charged with murder in 'Sweet 16' party shooting
(Reuters) - Two Alabama teenagers have been taken into custody and charged with murder in last week's shooting at a "Sweet 16" birthday party that left four dead and 32 wounded, a state police spokesp...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Community members embrace each other during a vigil the day after a shooting during a teenager's birthday party at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in Dadeville, Alabama, U.S., April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Air guardsman suspected of leaking U.S. secrets to remain in jail for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard who is facing criminal charges for leaking top-secret military intelligence records online will remain in jail for now, accor...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An undated picture shows Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, who was arrested by the FBI, over his alleged involvement in leaks online of classified documents, posing for a selfie at an unidentified location. Social Media Website/via Reuters
'Red White & Boom' to play in Peoria for 35th year
PEORIA, Ill. - It will be the 35th time Peoria radio stations including WMBD have come together to put on what organizers believe is the biggest 4th of July party around. "Carle Health Red White and B...
Apr 19, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
PAAR: Peoria-area home sales down 8.3% in Q1
PEORIA, Ill. -- Very low inventory of homes for sale weighed heavily on Peoria-area home sales during the first quarter of 2023, the Peoria Area Association of REALTORS said on Tuesday. PAAR said home...
Apr 19, 2023 antony_mayfield / CC
City, Downtown Development Corporation introduce 'wayfinding' signs
PEORIA, Ill. - You're going to see a lot more signs in various parts of downtown and perhaps other parts of Peoria, essentially telling you where to go. You, that is, if you're a tourist looking to ge...
Apr 18, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
No more red envelopes: Netflix to end DVD-by-mail business
(Reuters) -Netflix Inc is winding down its DVD-by-mail business, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday, ending the service it started around 25 years ago. The company said its DVD rental business...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smartphone with Netflix logo is placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
At least one dead, 5 injured in New York building collapse
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A four-story building collapsed in New York City's lower Manhattan near Pace University on Tuesday, killing at least one worker and injuring five others who were in the structure,...
Apr 18, 2023 A general view of a collapsed parking garage in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
New cancer treatment center coming to OSF HealthCare in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A new cancer treatment center in Peoria aims to have the latest in battling the disease. OSF HealthCare on Tuesday announced the creation of the OSF Breakthrough Treatment Center. The O...
Apr 18, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
