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White nationalist group members face riot-planning charges in Idaho court
(Reuters) -Thirty-one members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front were expected to appear in an Idaho court on Monday for an arraignment following their weekend arrest on suspicion of plottin...
Cooper Banks Jun 13, 2022 Thirty men, who police say are affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front, pose for jail booking photographs released by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 12, 2022. The men and leader Thomas Rousseau (not shown) were arrested for conspiracy to riot after they were found in the rear of a U Haul van in the vicinity of a North Idaho Pride Alliance LGBTQ+ event on June 11. From top left, L-R each row: Alexander Sisenstein, Branden Haney, Cameron Pruitt, Colton Brown, Connor Moran, Dakota Tabler, Derek Smith, Devin Center, Dylan Corio, Forrest Rankin, Garret Garland, Graham Whitsom, James Johnson, James Michael Johnson, Jared Boyce, Josiah Buster, Justin Oleary, Kieran Morris, Lawrence Norman, Mishael Buster, Mitchell Wagner, Nathan Brenner, Nathaniel Whitfield, Richard Jessop, Robert Whitted, Spencer Simpson, Steven Tucker, Wesley Van Horn and Winston Durham. Kootenai County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

Bank of America CFO says loan books show no sign of recession
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of America Corp's Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick said on Monday that its loan portfolio was not showing any signs of a looming recession. "There's this question of...
Cooper Banks Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A Bank of America logo is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

Former Trump campaign manager drops out of Jan. 6 'Big Lie' hearing
WASHINGTON(Reuters) -The second hearing of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday when one of the witnesses - former President Don...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Vice Chair U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) participate in the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Pfizer COVID vaccines safe and effective for small children, FDA staff say
(Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers on Sunday said Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccines were effective and safe for use in children aged 6 months to 4 years. The FDA reviewers...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A child reacts while receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Smoketown Family Wellness Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo

Country singer Toby Keith says he has stomach cancer
(Reuters) - Country music singer Toby Keith on Sunday said he has been battling stomach cancer for the past six months and needs time to "breathe, recover and relax." Keith, 60, announced the diagnosi...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Country music singer Toby Keith performs during the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in New York, June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Former IL Attorney General Jim Ryan dies at 76
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Jim Ryan, former Illinois Attorney General, passed away at home Sunday at the age of 76 after several lengthy illnesses, according to a statement from his family. Ryan was Illinois At...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC

Gun reform deal forged by U.S. senators, with key Republican backing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S. gun law in decades, a bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement on a framework for a firearm...
Cooper Banks Jun 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold placards as they take part in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Flames strike two Peoria properties overnight, one requiring emergency demolition
PEORIA, Ill. -- We're learning about a pair of overnight garage fires in Peoria with somewhat different outcomes. One required the emergency demolition of an unoccupied house on Peoria's south side. T...
Cooper Banks Jun 12, 2022 Midwest Communications

Members of white nationalist group charged with planning riot at Idaho pride event
(Reuters) - Police in northwest Idaho arrested more than two dozen members of a white nationalist group on Saturday and charged them with planning to stage a riot near a LGBTQ pride event, authorities...
Cooper Banks Jun 12, 2022 Police officers guard a group of men, who police say are among 31 arrested for conspiracy to riot and are affiliated with the white nationalist group Patriot Front, after they were found in the rear of a U Haul van in the vicinity of a North Idaho Pride Alliance LGBTQ+ event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 11, 2022 in this still image obtained from a social media video. North Country Off Grid/Youtube/via REUTERS

Accused cop killer now facing attempted murder indictment in Knox County
GALESBURG, Ill. -- The man accused of murdering a Central Illinois deputy during a high speech police chase weeks ago now faces an indictment for allegedly trying to shoot another law enforcement offi...
Cooper Banks Jun 12, 2022 Courtesy Knox Co. Sheriff's Office FB Page


