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Peoria County mailing out permanent vote by mail applications
PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois voters can now apply to vote by mail permanently. But, Peoria County Election officials are concerned that a recent mailer from the Voter Participation Center, a non-profit or...
Aug 15, 2022 Midwest Communications
PPD investigating Monday morning shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Shooting in Peoria Monday morning has left a man seriously injured. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth said officers were called to W. John Gwynn Avenue, near W. Martin Luther King...
Aug 15, 2022 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Brittney Griner legal team appeals against Russian drugs sentence
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The defense team of Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star jailed for nine years in Russia on drugs charges, appealed on Monday against her conviction for narcotics possession and...
Aug 15, 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, sits inside a defendants' cage after the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool
Actor Anne Heche taken off life support 9 days after car crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -American actor Anne Heche was taken off life support on Sunday, nine days after suffering severe injuries in a fiery car crash, as a compatible person was found to receive her d...
Aug 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor Anne Heche poses at the premiere of the HBO television series "Big Little Lies" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni /File Photo
Man dies after crashing car, firing gunshots near U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 29-year-old Delaware man died in an apparent suicide early on Sunday after crashing his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol and firing shots into the air, police said. ...
Aug 15, 2022 Charred pavement is left behind in an area where a man crashed his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol and fired shots into the air before killing himself, in Washington, U.S. August 14, 2022. REUTERS/Greg Savoy
FBI, DHS warn U.S. law enforcement of threats after Trump search
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI and U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have warned law enforcement agencies of an increase in threats following a search of former President Donald Trump's Florid...
Aug 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home after Trump said that FBI agents raided it, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Three people injured in shooting outside Six Flags theme park in Illinois
(Reuters) - Three people were injured following gunfire outside the Six Flags theme park in Gurnee, Illinois on Sunday, the Gurnee Police Department said. Two victims were transported to the area medi...
Aug 15, 2022 People walk towards emergency vehicles after a shooting at the Six Flags Great America amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, U.S., August 14, 2022, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Jack/via REUTERS
Peoria business damaged by fire Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just before 10:45 p.m. Sunday to a commercial fire near the intersection of N. Knoxville and McClure. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum said first crews on...
Aug 15, 2022 liz west / CC
Republicans demand to see affidavit that justified FBI search of Trump's home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans stepped up calls on Sunday for the release of an FBI affidavit showing the underlying justification for its seizure of documents at former President Donald Trump's M...
Aug 14, 2022 An itemized receipt for and list of property seized in the execution of a search warrant by the FBI at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate shows items reading "Info re: President of France" and "Various Classified/TS/SCI documents" after being released by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
U.S. lawmakers arrive in Taiwan amid China tensions
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A U.S. lawmaker delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day visit during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to come amid continued mil...
Aug 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Taiwan flag can be seen at Liberty Square in Taipei, Taiwan, July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang
