Category Archives: Top Stories
Abortion opponents push post-Roe agenda at annual Washington march
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of abortion opponents plan to rally in Washington on Friday for the 50th annual "March for Life," marking a new chapter for a movement that has organized for decades a...
Jan 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Anti abortion activists demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Google parent to lay off 12,000 workers in latest blow to tech sector
(Reuters) - Google's parent Alphabet Inc is eliminating about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said Friday, in the latest cuts to shake the technology sector. Sundar Pichai, Alphabet's...
Jan 20, 2023 A woman passes the logo from the web search engine provider Google during the digital society festival 're:publica', at the Arena Berlin in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
USGS to study Illinois River Basin
PEORIA, Ill. - Some helicopters will be flying a little lower than normal over the next month as they study the Illinois River basin. The U-S Geological Survey announced Thursday that much of central ...
Jan 20, 2023 (usgs.gov)
Authorities investigating theft of ATM from Woodford County bank
BENSON, Ill. - Authorities in Woodford County say someone stole an ATM from inside a local bank. The Woodford County Sheriffs Department says they got a call around 3:30 a.m. Thursday of an open door ...
Jan 19, 2023 (25 News)
Two arrested following DEA action in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Federal authorities say two people are in custody after a drug-related incident in East Peoria. The Drug Enforcement Administration confirms what they call an "enforcement action" ...
Jan 19, 2023 (Drug Enforcement Administration)
Singer-songwriter David Crosby dead at age 81
UPDATED 5:51 P.M. (Reuters) - David Crosby, one of the most influential rock singers of the 1960s and '70s with the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) has died at the age of 81, Variety...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: 62nd Grammy Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 – David Crosby. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Pekin Police looking for air conditioner thief
PEKIN, Ill. - Police in Pekin want your help identifying who might have stolen some air conditioners. Police are using social media to share some security camera video of someone taking an air conditi...
Jan 19, 2023 (Pekin Police via Facebook)
Watchdog seeks harsher penalties in wake of abuse at Illinois mental health center
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Jan 19, 2023 Collage by ProPublica. Source Images: Whitney Curtis for ProPublica and IDHS Office of the Inspector General FY22 Annual Report.
T-Mobile says investigating data breach affecting 37 million accounts
(Reuters) -U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said on Thursday it was investigating a data breach that potentially affected 37 million accounts. The company said it identified malicious activity on Jan. 5...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A T-Mobile logo is seen on the storefront door of a store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Pritzker: State will win assault weapons ban lawsuits
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker says he believes his side will be successful when the at least two state lawsuits and one federal lawsuit challenging the new assault weapons ban he signed are...
Jan 19, 2023 (File-State of Illinois)
