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Biden 'outraged' and 'pained' after watching Memphis police video
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden said he was "outraged" and "deeply pained" after watching a violent encounter between Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, and the five police officers charged with m...
Jan 28, 2023 A man holds a sign during a protest on the day of the release of a video showing the Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols, the young Black man who died while hospitalized three days after he was pulled over while driving by Memphis police officers, at a protest in New York, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. seeks tighter bail for FTX founder Bankman-Fried to prevent tampering
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday asked a Manhattan judge to impose tougher bail conditions on Sam Bankman-Fried, expressing concern that the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange m...
Jan 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, arrives on the day of a hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo
COVID continues decline in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The situation surrounding COVID-19 in Illinois continues to improve. That's according to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Officials there say now only...
Jan 28, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Civic Center officials speak on situation with Rivermen
PEORIA, Ill. - Officials with the Peoria Civic Center and Peoria Civic Center Authority are defending themselves amid growing calls to keep the Peoria Rivermen there when the current season ends. At i...
Jan 27, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Memphis releases video of Tyre Nichols beating death by police officers
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) - The city of Memphis released graphic video footage on Friday of the violent encounter between Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, and the five police officers charged wit...
Jan 27, 2023 Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was pulled over while driving and died three days later, is beaten by Memphis Police Department officers on January 7, 2023, in this screen grab from a video released by Memphis Police Department on January 27, 2023. Memphis Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
Coroner identifies woman in fatal crash near Brimfield
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Coroner is identifying the woman from Galesburg who was on her way to work at a Peoria hospital when she died Thursday morning. Coroner Jamie Harwood says preli...
Jan 27, 2023 Midwest Communications
Second suspect in November murder arrested; others arrested during traffic stop
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have long said they believed more than one person was possibly responsible for a fatal shooting last November. Now, they say, a second suspect is in custody. Police say an...
Jan 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Seven killed in synagogue attack as West Bank violence spirals
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) - A gunman killed at least seven people and wounded 10 others in a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday in an attack that heightened fears of a spiral in violence...
Jan 27, 2023 Israeli forces work near the scene of a shooting attack in Neve Yaacov which lies on occupied land that Israel annexed to Jerusalem after the 1967 Middle East war January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Tyre Nichols death: Memphis braces for protests when police video is released
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -Memphis braced for public outrage on Friday after it releases video of five police officers - all of whom have been charged with murder - initiating a traffic stop that autho...
Jan 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Tyre Nichols, who died in a hospital on Jan. 10, three days after sustaining injuries during his arrest by police officers, is seen in this undated picture obtained from social media. Facebook/Deandre Nichols/via REUTERS
U.S. House passes bill limiting drawdowns from strategic oil reserve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday limiting the ability of the energy secretary to tap the strategic oil reserve without developing plans to increase the a...
Jan 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen through the roof of the House Visitors Center in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
