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Wall St ends 2022 with biggest annual drop since 2008
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed out 2022 lower on Friday, capping a year of sharp losses driven by aggressive interest rate hikes to curb inflation, recession fears, the Russia-Ukraine war and rising c...
Dec 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Biden's pardons show focus on easing drug punishments, and women's rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday pardoned six people who have already served time for crimes, including five convicted of drug or alcohol-related offenses and a woman who kille...
Dec 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a Christmas speech at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
State: New COVID cases decline, so does spread level
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The State of Illinois says there's been a sharp drop in the number of new cases of COVID-19, and in the number of counties at elevated levels of spreading the virus. The Illinois D...
Dec 30, 2022 (Centers for Disease Control)
Several area counties say 'no' to Pretrial Fairness Act, Raoul appeals ruling
UPDATED 7:45 A.M. 12/31 TOULON, Ill. - Add several area counties to the list of counties that say they won't enforce the "cashless bail" rules contained in the state's SAFE-T Act as of Sunday, now tha...
Dec 30, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. ramps up immigration arrests mostly at Mexican border
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Immigration arrests nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 as border authorities apprehended more migrants and courts blocked efforts by U.S. President Joe Biden to more narrowly...
Dec 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Migrants stand on the bank of the Rio Bravo del Norte, also known as the Rio Grande river, before being smuggled into Roma, Texas, United States from Ciudad Miguel Aleman, Mexico July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Suspect in murder of four Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania
UPDATED 2:46 P.M. (Reuters) -A 28-year-old suspect wanted in the killings of four University of Idaho students six weeks ago was arrested in Pennsylvania early on Friday, authorities said. Pennsylvani...
Dec 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Sigma Chi fraternity house, where victim Ethan Chapin was a member, is pictured after four University of Idaho students were found killed in their residence on November 13 in Moscow, Idaho, U.S., November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
UPDATE: U.S. House committee releases Trump tax returns he sought to keep secret
UPDATED 11:56 A.M. (Reuters) -Democrats in Congress released six years of Donald Trump's tax records to the public on Friday, disclosing documents the former president long sought to keep secret and d...
Dec 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Ways and Means Committee staff members transport boxes of documents after a committee meeting to discuss former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Stabbing interrupts dinner service at Bartonville restaurant, one arrested
UPDATED 11:21 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was sent to the hospital after an apparent employee altercation in Bartonville late Thursday afternoon. It happened along West Garfield Avenue around 5:30...
Dec 30, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Southwest promises refunds as airline sees 'certain' financial impact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Southwest Airlines promised to reimburse passengers for expenses such as hotels and car rentals in addition to refunding tickets after it canceled thousands of flights due to a m...
Dec 30, 2022 Southwest Airlines passengers wait in line at the baggage services office after U.S. airlines, led by Southwest, canceled thousands of flights due to a massive winter storm which swept over much of the country before and during the Christmas holiday weekend, at Dallas Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, U.S., December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
Biden signs $1.66 trillion FY 2023 government funding bill
CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.66 trillion bill funding the U.S. government for fiscal year 2023, the White House said in a statement. Biden signed the...
Dec 29, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One for holiday vacation travel to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
