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U.S. Capitol riot panel faces questions over Trump fracas in SUV
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A congressional probe into the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters faced questions on Wednesday about what steps it had taken to corroborate a White Hou...
Jun 29, 2022 Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, stands up in a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, at the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS
Somewhat mixed results for tax-related proposal on local election ballots
UPDATED 4:45 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Primary election races weren't the only things on many local ballots across the area Tuesday. Measures that affect taxes were, too, and the results were arguably mixed...
Jun 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
Victim in Peoria's 10th homicide identified
PEORIA, Ill. - The victim in what is Peoria's 10th homicide of the year has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says preliminary autopsy results on Michael Davis, Jr., 32, affirm he d...
Jun 29, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
R&B singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex case
UPDATED 5:11 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -R. Kelly was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison, following the multiplatinum R&B singer's conviction for exploiting his stardom and wealth over deca...
Jun 29, 2022 R. Kelly stands with his lawyer Jennifer Bonjean during his sentencing hearing for federal sex trafficking at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 29, 2022 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Stoller, Tipsword win nominations in Tuesday's primary, Burress loses race to Morton doctor
PEORIA, Ill. - The victories continue for candidates in local races following Tuesday's primary election. Woodford County Chief Sheriffs Deputy Dennis Tipsword, in the newly 105th Illinois House Distr...
Jun 29, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
City Council rejects funding "Cure Violence" initiative
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council has officially rejected using $25,000 in American Rescue Plan funds to pay for an outside assessment of the city's violence problem. Council members, with little...
Jun 29, 2022 Scott McLeod / CC
Illinois Fire Marshal announces retirement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Fire Marshal Matt Perez is announcing his plans to retire, effective at the end of the month. Perez has served over 7 years as the State Fire Marshal and over 37 ye...
Jun 29, 2022 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region
Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine as West pledges enduring support
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces struck targets in the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine on Wednesday and intensified attacks on fronts across the country as NATO members met in Madrid to plan a cour...
Jun 29, 2022 A view of the explosion as a Russian missile strike hits a shopping mall amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a location given as Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine in this still image taken from handout CCTV footage released June 28, 2022. CCTV via Instagram @zelenskiy_official/Handout via REUTERS
FDA advisers recommend change to COVID vaccine composition for fall
(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended a change in the design of COVID-19 booster shots this fall in order to combat more recently circulating variants of ...
Jun 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a booster clinic for 12 to 17-year-olds in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Two Mexicans charged after death of 51 migrants in sweltering Texas truck
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) -At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said on Tuesday, as two Mexican nationa...
Jun 29, 2022 Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
