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Fox News parent must face defamation lawsuit over election coverage
(Reuters) - A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by the parent of Fox News Network to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems Inc's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over the network's 2020 presidentia...
Jun 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen on a television vehicle outside the News Corporation building in New York City, in New York, U.S. Nov. 8, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/
Man with gun arrested after reported domestic incident, car accident
UPDATED 4:44 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - At least one person has been arrested following a police chase and shots fired call late Wednesday morning. Peoria Police say it started just before 11 a.m. at Woodlan...
Jun 22, 2022 (25 News)
Police: U.S. Marshals arrest man wanted for last month
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man wanted for a month in connection to an incident that caused minor injuries to two police officers has been found. Peoria Police say Wilbert Tuson, 23, was arrested late Tue...
Jun 22, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Illinois DNR: It's not called 'Asian Carp' anymore
CHICAGO, Ill. - As far as the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is concerned, it's not "Asian Carp" anymore. The DNR says after more than two years of research, the name "Copi," short for "Copi...
Jun 22, 2022 (Illinois Department of Natural Resources/Alex Garcia)
Abandoned church may meet wrecking ball after all
PEORIA, Ill. - Another former church in Peoria will not get the same restoration that the historic Scottish Rite Cathedral did. 25 News reports KDB Group is now petitioning the City of Peoria to tear ...
Jun 22, 2022 (25 News)
New law creates a statewide drug take-back system
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A new Illinois law is creating a statewide drug take-back program. The goal of the program is to keep unused medications out of the hands of kids, those who might abuse prescripti...
Jun 22, 2022 Maryland GovPics / CC
Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in two decades killed at least 920 people near the southeastern city of Khost on Wednesday, officials have said. The country has a long history...
Jun 22, 2022 People carry injured to a helicopter following a massive earthquake, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a video. BAKHTAR NEWS AGENCY/Handout via REUTERS
ISP warns drivers of a rise in road rage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois State Police is urging motorists to tamper down the road rage. According to the ISP, there's been an increase in road rage incidents on Chicagoland expressways that have ...
Jun 22, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. Senate advances first significant gun legislation in decades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate took an initial step towards passing the country's first major gun-control legislation in decades on Tuesday, galvanized by two mass shootings in a nation that ha...
Jun 22, 2022 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is questioned by reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2022 REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Biden asks Congress to pause gas tax amid record pump prices
UPDATED 11:44 a.m. (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax to help combat record pump prices and provide tempor...
Jun 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Gas prices over the $8.00 mark are advertised at a Chevron Station in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
