Category Archives: Top Stories
'Close call' in shelling near nuclear reactor on Ukraine's frontline
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine narrowly escaped disaster during fighting at the weekend that rocked Europe's largest atomic power plant with a barrage of shells, some falling near reactors and damaging a ra...
Nov 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the town of Nikopol, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine November 7, 2022. Picture taken through glass. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
Colorado Springs police probe motive in LGBTQ nightclub shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Police in Colorado Springs on Monday were expected to release more details about the weekend shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub that killed five people and injured 25 m...
Nov 21, 2022 Sam Nichols and Forest Knight attend a vigil after a mass shooting at the Club Q gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., November 20, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
Update: Peoria County Courthouse and library closed after water main break
UPDATED 11:10 A.M. The Peoria Public Library now says the main library branch downtown will remain closed all day Monday, due to the water main break. All other branches are open regular hours. ------...
Nov 21, 2022 (25 News)
Weekend PPD Gun buybacks end swiftly due to massive demand
PEORIA, Ill. -- A weekend gun buyback event in Peoria had to be cut short because of sky-high demand, according to Peoria Police. PPD held a citywide gun buyback opportunity on Saturday --- no questio...
Nov 20, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces reactivation of ex-president's account
(Reuters) -Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor of reinstating the former U.S. President, who was banned from the social medi...
Nov 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump on a smartphone and a lit window in the White House residence in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Illustration/File Photo
Woman shot, killed after reported burglary call in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have announced some details related to the city's latest homicide, but a victim I.D. and precise motive for the shooting remain unknown. Just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, P...
Nov 20, 2022 Midwest Communications
Two deaths reported as 'lake-effect' snowstorm paralyzes western New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -An early winter "lake effect" storm dumped heavy snows on parts of western New York state on Friday, with at least two deaths reported, travel disrupted and icy powder expecte...
Nov 19, 2022 Residents walk on the street during a snowstorm as extreme winter weather hits Buffalo, New York, U.S., November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario
ISU: No injuries in Friday cattle barn fires
LEXINGTON, Ill. --Illinois State University officials are announcing there were no injuries to people or animals in a massive blaze as ISU's Farm in Lexington. Flames somehow sparked inside the sprawl...
Nov 19, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 135 months in prison for Theranos fraud
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) -A California judge sentenced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to 135 months in prison for defrauding investors in her now-defunct blood testing startup that was once value...
Nov 18, 2022 Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives with her family and partner Billy Evans to be sentenced on her convictions for defrauding investors in the blood testing startup at the federal courthouse in San Jose, California, U.S., November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small
Republicans identify 42 Biden administration officials they want to testify
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday identified 42 employees from Democratic President Joe Biden's White House and administration, who they expect to testi...
Nov 18, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, is flanked by fellow House Republicans as he discusses the investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
