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Blinken raises concerns with China's Wang Yi over Russia alignment
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday he had discussed Russian aggression in Ukraine during more than five hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister...
Jul 09, 2022 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia July 9, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
'Sopranos' actor Tony Sirico dies at age 79
(Reuters) - Actor Tony Sirico, who played the lovable but murderous gangster Paulie Walnuts on the HBO series "The Sopranos" and was frequently cast in Woody Allen films, died on Friday at age 79, his...
Jul 08, 2022 Actor Tony Sirico arrives for the premiere of HBO's television series "Boardwalk Empire" Season 4 in New York, September 3, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Rossi faces more federal charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Pekin-based Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi is in more trouble with federal law. A federal grand jury Wednesday charged Rossi with six counts of Mail Fraud. That's in addition to the three...
Jul 08, 2022 (25 News)
Federal money could help upgrade Peoria 911 system
PEORIA, Ill. - Congressman Darin LaHood says he's trying to help Peoria's 911 emergency communications center get funding to upgrade their equipment. LaHood wants $2 million in funding to improve the ...
Jul 08, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Elon Musk terminates $44 billion Twitter deal
UPDATED 5:42 p.m. (Reuters) -Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social me...
Jul 08, 2022 Elon Musk's Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Outgoing sheriff talks more about stepping down
PEORIA, Ill. - In short, now-former Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell says he needed to step down -- if for no other reason than his own mental health. Asbell says contention in recent years with the...
Jul 08, 2022 (25 News)
Former Peoria City Council candidate arrested
PEORIA, Ill. - A former candidate for Peoria City Council has been arrested on a charge of domestic violence. 25 News reports it happened Thursday afternoon at Twin Towers Plaza downtown. Aaron Chess,...
Jul 08, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
NAACP upset with City Council vote against "Cure Violence" funding
PEORIA, Ill. - A vote by the City Council against the "Cure Violence" initiative is a vote against violence prevention, and against Mayor Rita Ali's efforts in that regard. That's according to Peoria ...
Jul 08, 2022 (25 News)
Peoria County Sheriff officially resigns
UPDATED 1:20 p.m. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell has notified the Peoria County Board and County Clerk of his intent to resign as Peoria County Sheriff. The resignation took...
Jul 08, 2022 (Peoria County)
Justice Lisa Holder-White joins Illinois Supreme Court
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The first black woman to sit on the Illinois Supreme Court was sworn in Thursday. After taking the oath at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, new ...
Jul 08, 2022
