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Stabbing of Indiana student was racially motivated, university says
(Reuters) - An Indiana woman was charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery for repeatedly stabbing in the head an 18-year-old student of Indiana University, an attack the university said wa...
Jan 15, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Biden's counsel finds five more classified pages at president's Delaware home
WILMINGTON, DE. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's counsel said on Saturday that five additional pages with classified markings were discovered at the president's Wilmington, Delaware, home on Thur...
Jan 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the news media before boarding Marine One for travel to Kentucky from the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Biden taps problem-solver Bob Bauer as personal lawyer in document probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is turning to a longtime Democratic problem-solver, lawyer Bob Bauer, to manage his response to a U.S. special counsel's investigation into his handling of c...
Jan 14, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House to board the Marine One helicopter for travel to Delaware from the White House in Washington, U.S. January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
ACA Marketplace open enrollment ends Sunday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If you need health insurance, Sunday, January 15 is the deadline for choosing a plan through the A-C-A Marketplace. More than 330,000 Illinois residents have selected coverage fro...
Jan 14, 2023
FDA, CDC see early signal of Pfizer bivalent COVID shot's link to stroke
(Reuters) -A safety monitoring system flagged that U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech's updated COVID-19 shot could be linked to a type of brain stroke in older adults, according t...
Jan 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Winning lottery ticket for $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Maine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a Mega Millions lottery jackpot of at least $1.35 billion, the second largest jackpot in U.S. history, was sold in Maine, lottery organizers said on ...
Jan 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A digital screen advertisement for the “Mega Millions" lottery prize at over $1.35 billion ahead of the January 13th multi-state prize drawing is seen at a ticket sales shop in Great Neck, New York, U.S., January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Lisa Marie Presley to be laid to rest at Graceland
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Singer Lisa Marie Presley will be laid to rest at Graceland, the Memphis mansion she inherited from her father Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock 'n' Roll," a representative for h...
Jan 13, 2023 Flowers are seen as music fans pay their respect, in memory of singer Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the "King of Rock 'n' Roll," Elvis Presley, outside of Graceland, at her birthplace in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
U.S. strongly committed to Japan's defense, Biden tells Kishida, hails military boost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden told Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday that the United States remained strongly committed to its alliance with Japan and praised Tokyo's "h...
Jan 13, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Multi-million dollar renovations planned for Pekin High School
PEKIN, Ill. - Numerous projects are being planned for this summer at Pekin High School. Superintendent Danielle Owens recently laid out what work will be done at the school. Owens say the biggest proj...
Jan 13, 2023 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pritzker signs reproductive rights expansion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday expanding access to abortion and other reproductive health care services. House Bill 4664, passed Tuesday dur...
Jan 13, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks Friday in Chicago after signing a bill into law that expands access to abortion and gender-affirming health care, and also gives legal protections to health care providers who perform those services. (Credit: Blueroomstream.com/Capitol News Illinois)
