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America's biggest gun lobby to hold major gathering in shadow of mass shootings
HOUSTON (Reuters) - America's biggest gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, pressed ahead with preparations for its annual gathering starting on Friday in Houston, just 280 miles (450 km) from th...
May 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters, in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Peoria home damaged by early morning fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just after 1 a.m. Friday to a home on N. Hamilton Road, near W. Winnebago Drive. When crews arrived, smoke was seen coming from the back of the two-stor...
May 27, 2022 liz west / CC
Police face questions over their response to Texas school massacre
UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -The gunman in the Texas school massacre barged unchallenged through an unlocked door, then killed 19 children and two teachers while holed up in their classroom for an hour be...
May 26, 2022 Texas Department of Public Safety officers stand in front of a memorial outside Robb Elementary school, after a gunman killed nineteen children and two teachers, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
12 arrests made during latest PPD Anti-Violence Initiative detail
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria says 12 people were arrested, drugs were seized, vehicles impounded, and two guns seized during the department's latest Anti-Violence Initiative deta...
May 26, 2022 Javarion Hudson (Peoria County Jail)
Man makes plea in homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - A man charged in connection with a shooting death has pleaded not guilty. John Nichols III, 26, made the plea during an arraignment hearing Thursday, according to court records, on a ch...
May 26, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Teen accused of stabbing pleads not guilty
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria teenager has pleaded not guilty to a charge accusing him of assaulting another teen a month ago. Peoria County Court records indicate Dakota Taylor, 18, was arraigned Thursday ...
May 26, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
CityLink breaks ground on new garage/maintenance/transit administration headquarters
PEORIA, Ill. - An expansion and rebuild of some of the facilities of the Greater Peoria Mass Transit District is underway. A new paint and body shop is officially open, so now CityLink is in the proce...
May 26, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Texas school gunman entered building without obstruction, officials say
UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a South Texas elementary school was able to enter without any confrontation, authorities said on Thursday, contradicting ...
May 26, 2022 Crosses with the names of victims of a school shooting, are pictured at a memorial outside Robb Elementary school, after a gunman killed nineteen children and two teachers, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
'Goodfellas' actor Ray Liotta dies
UPDATED 2:24 p.m. SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - American actor Ray Liotta, 67, who starred in the 1990 blockbuster crime film "Goodfellas," died in his sleep on Thursday in the Dominican Republic, the Dom...
May 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Cast member Ray Liotta attends the UK premiere of "Marriage story" in London, Britain October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Blinken says China strategy is about rules-based order, not 'new Cold War'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States does not seek to sever China from the global economy, but wants Beijing to adhere to international rules, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a long-...
May 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shows the way to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, in Rome, Italy October 31, 2021. Tiziana Fabi/Pool via REUTERS
