Category Archives: Top Stories
Indiana sues TikTok alleging Chinese access to user data, mature content exposure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Indiana sued Chinese-owned short-video sharing app TikTok on Wednesday over allegations that it is deceiving users about China's access to their data and exposing children to mat...
Dec 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Durbin re-elected to top spot in Senate Dems' leadership
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin is announcing he's been re-elected to his post as the second most powerful Democrat in the Senate chamber. Durbin said Thursday he was re-el...
Dec 08, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
House overwhelmingly approves bill backing record military spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday paving the way for the defense budget to hit a record $858 billion next year, $45 billion more than proposed by ...
Dec 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Settlement reached between Canton and closed plant's owner over fire
CANTON, Ill. - The City of Canton has reached a settlement with the parent company of the former International Harvester for the massive fire at the IH plant 25 years ago that burned for days. The Can...
Dec 08, 2022 D4E / CC
Celine Dion reveals she has rare neurological disorder, postpones shows
(Reuters) - Canadian singer Celine Dion said she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder called Stiff-Person Syndrome that causes muscle spasms and has led her to postpone some European s...
Dec 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Singer Celine Dion arrives to attend the Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2019/20 collection show by designer Alexandre Vauthier in Paris, France, July 2, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Detained American Whelan: I'm disappointed more hasn't been done to release me
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Detained American in Russia Paul Whelan on Thursday expressed disappointment more had not been done for his release and urged President Joe Biden to act quickly, after a prisone...
Dec 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan stands inside a defendants' cage during his verdict hearing in Moscow, Russia June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Grand jury indicts man for October shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County Grand Jury this week has indicted a Peoria man for a mid-October shooting that seriously injured a woman. The grand jury filed two felony counts of Aggravated Unlawful U...
Dec 08, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
U.S. Congress passes landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday gave final congressional approval to legislation that provides federal recognition of same-sex marriages, a measure born out of con...
Dec 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of gay marriage wave the rainbow flag after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry at the court building in Washington June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
The 'Drive for Miracles' gets underway Friday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thousands of families can thank OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital of Illinois for saving the lives of their kids. And, for 22 years, John Riley with sister station 93.3 The Drive, has...
Dec 08, 2022 (93.3 The Drive)
U.S. basketball star Griner released from Russian custody in prisoner swap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is on her way back to the United States, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, ending wh...
Dec 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted before the verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia, August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
