Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump should face insurrection, obstruction charges, U.S. Capitol riot panel says
UPDATED 2:59 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday asked federal prosecutors to charge Donald Trum...
Dec 19, 2022 Members of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol sit beneath an image showing former President Donald Trump speaking on the telephone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, as Capitol Hill police officer Harry Dunn, former Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone, MPD officer Daniel Hodges and U.S. Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell attend the final meeting of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Three dozen injured when flight to Hawaii hits severe turbulence, reports say
(Reuters) - Some three dozen people were injured, 11 of them seriously, on Sunday when a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Honolulu was hit by severe turbulence, local media reported. Emergency responders t...
Dec 19, 2022 United Airlines flight UA328, carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew on board, returns to Denver International Airport with its starboard engine on fire after it called a Mayday alert, over Denver, Colorado, U.S. February 20, 2021. Hayden Smith/@speedbird5280/Handout via REUTERS
Pekin author's self-published book of life lessons available
PEKIN, Ill. - Writing a book turned out to be cathartic for a longtime Pekin resident. Patricia Nimmo wrote "Running Blind In Traffic" -- and it's been out since September. "You're going to possibly l...
Dec 18, 2022 ("Running Blind Through Traffic" by Patricia Nimmo)
State introduces new campaign to help people with gambling problems
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Human Services is launching a new campaign to help people who may have a gambling problem. The state has a new campaign promoting a new website, "AreYouR...
Dec 18, 2022 Marc Flores / CC
Sunday morning fire in South Peoria deemed arson
PEORIA, Ill. - A home in South Peoria was intentionally set on fire Sunday morning. That's according to Peoria firefighters, who were called to the home on South Greenlawn, inbetween Antionette and Ma...
Dec 18, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Heating restored in freezing Kyiv - Mayor Klitschko
(Reuters) - Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv after the latest Russian bombardment that targeted water and power infrastructure, the capital's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday. "The city is...
Dec 18, 2022 Municipal workers install a Christmas tree during a heavy fog at the Sofiyska square, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Exclusive-Sam Bankman-Fried to reverse decision on contesting extradition
(Reuters) - Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to appear in court in the Bahamas on Monday to reverse his decision to contest extradition to the United States, where he faces fra...
Dec 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded and led FTX until a liquidity crunch forced the cryptocurrency exchange to declare bankruptcy, is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building after his arrest in Nassau, Bahamas December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dante Carrer
Peru protests strand sick, hungry tourists in remote town
(Reuters) - Protests triggered by Peru's developing political crisis have stranded dozens of tourists, including children, in a remote mountain town for over 72 hours as locals refuse passage to Boliv...
Dec 17, 2022 Tourists stand next to a bus as they became stranded over ongoing protests against the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, in Checacupe, Cusco region, Peru December 13, 2022 in this still picture obtained from a social media video. Wilmaris Villarroel/via REUTERS
Father of accused Illinois gunman faces charges in July 4 parade mass shooting
(Reuters) - An Illinois prosecutor has filed felony charges against the father of the man accused of opening fire on a crowd watching a July Fourth parade in Chicago's Highland Park suburb five months...
Dec 17, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Robert E. Crimo III's mother Denise Pesina and father Robert Crimo Jr. attend a hearing for their son in Lake County court, in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., August 3, 2022. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS
Car hits West Bluff house
PEORIA, Ill. - A car crashed into a home in Peoria's West Bluff Friday afternoon. Peoria Police say the crash near Sheridan Road and Columbia Terrace happened prior to 3:00 p.m. A police spokeswoman t...
Dec 16, 2022 (25 News)
