Category Archives: Top Stories
Southwest Airlines pilot union calls for strike authorization vote
(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines Co's pilot union has called for a strike authorization vote, weeks after a tech meltdown at the carrier left tens of thousands of passengers stranded across the United St...
Jan 18, 2023 Passengers check in for a Southwest Airlines flight at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida, U.S., October 11, 2021 . REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Davos 2023-Ukraine's Zelenskiy says tank supplies should come quicker
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that Western supplies of tanks and air defence units should come more quickly and be delivered faste...
Jan 18, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the World Economic Forum (WEF) via video link, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
U.S. retail sales post biggest drop in a year; inflation retreating
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales fell by the most in a year in December, pulled down by declines in purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, putting consumer spending and the ov...
Jan 18, 2023 People ride escalator at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City, U.S., December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Illinois' expanded SNAP benefits coming to an end
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois' enhanced benefits in the SNAP program will end next month. Under new federal policy, the extra funds going to SNAP, or food stamp recipients will stop on February 28. So, st...
Jan 18, 2023 eddie welker / CC
Updated: Ukrainian interior minister killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv
Updated 8:50 a.m. BROVARY, Ukraine (Reuters) -Fourteen people including Ukraine's interior minister and a child were killed when a helicopter crashed in fog near a nursery outside Kyiv on Wednesday, i...
Jan 18, 2023 A view shows the site where a helicopter falls on civil infrastructure buildings, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Police release photos from scene of Planned Parenthood arson
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have released surveillance photos in connection with the fire late Sunday night at Peoria's Planned Parenthood facility. Peoria Fire said Monday the blaze at Knoxville and...
Jan 17, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock/Peoria Police)
Gun rights advocates file opening legal challenges to Illinois' assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what's expected to be a flurry of litigation agai...
Jan 17, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Arrest warrant issued in fatal three-vehicle crash
PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest warrant has been issued for the man who's accused of causing a three-vehicle crash on the edge of Peoria Sunday morning that caused an Edwards woman to lose her life and cause...
Jan 17, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail October 2022)
Twitter's laid-off workers cannot pursue claims via class-action lawsuit-judge
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a cl...
Jan 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is seen outside the offices in New York City, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid//File Photo
White House accuses Republicans of hypocrisy on Biden documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Tuesday it would respond in "good faith" to inquiries from lawmakers about the improper storage of classified documents at President Joe Biden's home and ...
Jan 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One for a weekend trip to his home in Wilmington at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
