Category Archives: Top Stories
Pope declares 10 new saints, including Dutch priest killed by Nazis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church, including an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and a French hermi...
May 15, 2022 Pope Francis leads a Holy Mass in St. Peter's Square as he canonises ten new saints at the Vatican, May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Russia says it strikes Ukraine positions in battle for Donbas
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday it had pummeled Ukrainian positions in the east with missiles, targeting command centers and arsenals as its forces seek to encircle Ukrainian army units in th...
May 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows armoured vehicles and trucks of a military convoy moving south through the Ukrainian town of Velykyi Burluk, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. Picture taken April 8, 2022. Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
NATO deputy chief 'confident' of finding consensus on Finland, Sweden membership
BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO is confident that it can overcome objections by Turkey and quickly admit Finland and Sweden, its deputy chief said on Sunday, as the alliance prepares for a historic enlargemen...
May 15, 2022 NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Berlin, Germany May 15, 2022. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via REUTERS
Campustown Starbuck workers picketed Saturday
UPDATED 8:35 a.m. 5/15/22 PEORIA, Ill. - Something one employee of a Starbucks location in Peoria has been able to do easily before, isn't able to do now, she alleges, because one of those stores is n...
May 14, 2022 25 News
Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair returns
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- They're feeling artsy in the Heights this weekend. The Peoria Heights Fine Art Fair is back on Saturday after a hiatus thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festivities will go ...
May 14, 2022 (Peoria Heights)
Graduation Day for Bradley students
PEORIA, Ill. -- The strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" will be heard echoing through downtown Peoria on Saturday. Bradley University's commencement ceremonies are being held at the Peoria Civic Center...
May 14, 2022 MWC-Bradley Campus 2020
Biden says baby formula shortage to ease in weeks as U.S. imports more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. baby formula shortage should improve dramatically in coming weeks, President Joe Biden and top officials said on Friday as the administration scrambled to reverse a shor...
May 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Empty shelves show a shortage of baby formula at a CVS store in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
U.S. abortion rights activists start "summer of rage" with Saturday protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abortion rights supporters will protest in cities across the United States on Saturday, kicking off what organizers said would be "a summer of rage" if the U.S. Supreme Court ov...
May 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Some people rallying for abortion rights, including Hannah Yost, center right, argue with a man who gave his name as Joe Green, who is anti abortion, after an anti-climb protective fence was installed outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
August hearing could determine whether child murder suspect can stand trial
EUREKA, Ill. - A hearing in a few months could finally determine whether a trial can be held in the case of a juvenile accused of setting a fire in 2019 that killed five people. 25 News reports Woodfo...
May 13, 2022 25 News 2019 File Photo
Father of convicted Waffle House shooter also convicted
PEKIN, Ill. - The father of convicted Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking has, himself, been convicted. A Tazewell County judge Friday convicted Jeffrey Reinking, 58, on a felony charge of Unlawful D...
May 13, 2022 (25 News)
