Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. weekly jobless claims at 3-month high; core capital goods orders rebound
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased to a three-month high last week amid rising layoffs in the technology sector, but that likely does n...
Nov 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Smooth sailing for holiday flights out of PIA
PEORIA, Ill. -- Staffing issues that cancelled tons of flights on Labor Day weekend appear to be resolved ahead of Thanksgiving Day. Peoria Director of Airports, Gene Olson, tells WMBD's "The Greg and...
Nov 23, 2022 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Top House Republican McCarthy threatens impeachment of Homeland Security chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to step down, warning that the House...
Nov 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) arrives as House Republicans gather for leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
South Peoria car fire spreads to home
PEORIA, Ill. - One person was injured after a car ended up on fire, and spread to the outside of a South Peoria home. Peoria Fire says the blaze near Wiswall and Laramie at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday was put o...
Nov 22, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
City council approves funding toward passenger rail project
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council is approving money that could lead to the city receiving federal funding toward the proposed Peoria to Chicago passenger rail line. The city would be putting in ...
Nov 22, 2022 Christine Warner / CC
Arraignment date set for alleged Peoria Heights arsonist
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. --A Peoria Heights man who allegedly burned down a home and damaged two others in the area last month now stands indicted by a grand jury. Skylar Walker, 32, is accused in the fir...
Nov 22, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Police report adds details to city's 23rd homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police may still be looking for suspects related to the city's 23rd homicide of the year, despite a teenager being arrested on Murder and Aggravated Battery charges. 25 News has ...
Nov 22, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. to extend student-loan payment pause up to June 30, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will extend a pandemic-era pause in student loan repayments to no later than June 30, 2023, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. The Biden administration on Fri...
Nov 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One to depart Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, U.S. November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. Supreme Court clears way for lawmakers to get Trump's tax returns
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the release of Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee, handing a defeat to the Republican former president who had called the Dem...
Nov 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump approaches the podium to announce that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Fauci pleads with Americans to get COVID shot in final White House briefing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. health official celebrated and vilified as the face of the country's COVID-19 pandemic response, used his final White House briefing on Tuesday to den...
Nov 22, 2022 NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci joins White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
