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Tyre Nichols funeral draws civil rights leaders, U.S. vice president
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) - Family and friends of Tyre Nichols will pay their final respects on Wednesday to the Black 29-year-old father whose fatal encounter with Memphis police last month transforme...
Feb 01, 2023 A view of a picture of Tyre Nichols during a news conference held by the family members of Nichols, the Black man who was beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and died three days later, at Mason Temple: Church of God in Christ World Headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling talks to set tone for divided Washington rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to discuss the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Wednesday, a meeting that will give a first sign o...
Feb 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks touting how Infrastructure Law funding will be used for the Hudson River Tunnel project, during an event at the West Side Rail Yard in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
"Country Cares" Radiothon for St. Jude returns for 30th year
PEORIA, Ill. -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee is a cause that's near and dear to Central Illinois. Wednesday and Thursday from 6 am-6pm, 104-9 The Wolf is taking your don...
Feb 01, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
UPDATE: Appellate court upholds restraining order on assault weapons ban
UPDATED 4:33 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A temporary restraining order that partially blocks Illinois' new assault weapons ban from being enforced will remain in place after a div...
Jan 31, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Local doctor reacts to coming end of COVID emergency declarations
PEORIA, Ill. - Is it a good idea for the Biden Administration to end the U.S.' COVID-19 emergency declarations in May as the rest of the world sees a continued surge in new cases? Doctor Doug Kasper w...
Jan 31, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
County Clerks raising concerns about allocation of funds for rental housing program
PEORIA, Ill. - County clerks and housing authority leaders in Central Illinois are raising concerns about where money meant for rental housing assistance is going to. Representatives from Peoria, Taze...
Jan 31, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 and 100.3 WMBD)
Amid 'unprecedented' prolonged revenue boom, state finds budget breathing room
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Sustained higher-than-predicted state tax revenues have in recent months given lawmakers a level of budgeting flexibility that is, at least in modern times,...
Jan 31, 2023 The graphic depicts the rise of state income tax revenue since the COVID-19 pandemic based on data from the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. (Capitol News Illinois Illustration and photo by Jerry Nowicki)
State Farm pauses new policies for some Kia, Hyundai vehicles
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington-based State Farm says it will no longer insure some older model Kia and Hyundai vehicles. The affected vehicles, according to media reports, are any made between 2015 a...
Jan 31, 2023 James Case / CC
U.S. Rep. Santos to recuse himself from committee assignments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative George Santos, who has admitted to fabricating much of his resume, told fellow Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he would not serve on committees for now, lawm...
Jan 31, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected freshman Rep. George Santos (R-NY), embroiled in a scandal over his resume and claims made on the campaign trail, sits alone in the House Chamber surrounded only by the children of other representatives, on the first day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Alec Baldwin, armorer charged for 'Rust' shooting
UPDATED 3:14 P.M. (Reuters) -Actor Alec Baldwin and set armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were charged with involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on...
Jan 31, 2023 Actor Alec Baldwin departs his home, as he will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust", in New York, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
