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Beto O'Rourke heckles Texas leaders at shooting news conference
NOTE: This story contains an expletive. (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke stood up and interrupted a news conference on Wednesday by Texas officials following the latest mass shooti...
May 25, 2022 Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke disrupts a press conference held by Governor Greg Abbott the day after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas
City launches grant program for homebuyers
PEORIA, Ill. - People buying homes in some specific areas of Peoria now could be eligible for some financial assistance. The city has started a down payment assistance program with some federal Americ...
May 25, 2022 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Top Republican candidates for Illinois Gov. debate from a distance
CHICAGO, Ill. -- It was an unusual way to have a primary election debate -- on two separate stages -- at two separate locations -- on two separate TV outlets. That's how the six Republican candidates ...
May 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
Divided Peoria City Council gets testy over violent crime study
PEORIA, Ill. -- Anger and frustration over Peoria's problem with violent street crime reached a fever pitch during this week's City Council meeting. Passions were perhaps stirred somewhat by Tuesady's...
May 25, 2022 (File-1470-100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy)
UPDATE: Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers at Texas elementary school
UPDATE: 10:39 a.m. UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -The 19 children and two teachers massacred at a South Texas elementary school were in a single fourth-grade classroom where the gunman barricaded himself, a...
May 25, 2022 People react outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Trump rebuked in Georgia as Republicans reject his hand-picked midterm challengers
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Georgia Republicans on Tuesday dealt Donald Trump his biggest defeat in his bid to play kingmaker in this year's U.S. midterm elections, choosing Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary o...
May 25, 2022 Governor Brian Kemp speaks after winning the Republican primary during his primary election watch party in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers
'We have to act,' Biden says after Texas massacre, offers no specifics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden asked Americans to stand up to the gun lobby and pressure members of Congress to pass sensible gun laws after the killing of at least 18 children and an ...
May 24, 2022 U.S. first lady Jill Biden looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden makes a statement about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas shortly after the president returned to Washington from his trip to South Korea and Japan, at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Kasper: Local COVID uptick can be 'manageable'
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria and Tazewell Counties have both been listed by the State as being in a high community spread of COVID-19 once again, with cases and hospitalizations starting to increase along wi...
May 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
Woman pleads not guilty to East Peoria pedestrian deaths
PEKIN, Ill. - A woman accused of striking and killing two pedestrians more than a month ago in East Peria has pleaded not guilty. Tazewell County Circuit Court records indicate Stephanie Melgoza, 23, ...
May 24, 2022 (Tazewell County Sheriffs Department via 25 News)
Hyundai to recall 281,000 U.S. vehicles over exploding part
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hyundai Motor America will recall 281,000 vehicles in North America over seat-belt pretensioners that could explode and project metal fragments, causing injuries. The recall, whi...
May 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Hyundai Motor Co. is seen on a wheel of a car at a Hyundai dealership in Seoul January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
