Category Archives: Top Stories
U.S. Congress nearing deal to aid Ukraine, fund government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. congressional negotiators on Monday were nearing a deal on a bill to provide Ukraine with billions of dollars in emergency aid, as well as fund the U.S. government through S...
Mar 08, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Capitol building as the sunrises in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Update: Six teens arrested in shooting outside Iowa high school
(Reuters and Fox News) - A teenage boy has died and two teen girls are in critical condition after being shot outside a Iowa high school Monday afternoon. Des Moines Police say six teenage suspects in...
Mar 08, 2022 Midwest Communications
Amid inflation, Peoria Civic Center sees historic revenues at Friday and Saturday shows
PEORIA, Ill. -- While inflation may be to thank for an historic weekend of revenue at the Peoria Civic Center, managers at the venue are still celebrating it as encouraging news. "We're continuing to ...
Mar 07, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. House to vote as soon as Tuesday on Russia energy import ban: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote as soon as Tuesday on legislation seeking to ban the import of Russian energy products and suspend normal trade relations with R...
Mar 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. House of Representatives ahead of President Joe Biden's first State of the Union Address in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S, March 1, 2022. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Primary opposition, especially among Republicans
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Republicans and Democrats alike have opposition in the June 28 primary election for state and federal offices, but in some regional races, mostly Republicans will have primary chal...
Mar 07, 2022 Midwest Communications
Factbox-Bird flu spreads on U.S. poultry farms
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported outbreaks of a highly lethal type of bird flu in commercial flocks in Maryland and South Dakota over the weekend, adding to concerns that wild b...
Mar 07, 2022 Live chickens are transported in crates on a semi trailer truck into the Pilgrim's poultry processing plant in Enterprise, Alabama, U.S., November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
U.S. Supreme Court nixes bid to reinstate Bill Cosby's conviction
(Reuters) -Bill Cosby avoided renewed legal jeopardy on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a bid by prosecutors to undo last year's ruling in Pennsylvania that overturned the 84-year-...
Mar 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for the sentencing hearings in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Jessica Kourkounis/File Photo
Gordon-Booth bipartisan school lunch bill advances to Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - School lunches in Illinois might just get better, now that a local lawmaker's bill is advancing. The Illinois House unanimously passed a school lunch bill last week, authored by St...
Mar 07, 2022 (Illinois General Assembly)
U.S. WNBA All-Star Griner detained in Russia, customs service cites hash possession
(Reuters) - U.S. basketball officials said on Saturday they were closely monitoring the situation surrounding seven-time WNBA All-Star player Brittney Griner after Russia said it had detained a U.S. p...
Mar 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Brittney Griner of the United States gestures during a game against Australia at Saitama Super Arena in their Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's basketball quarterfinal game in Saitama, Japan August 4, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
U.S. Democrats seek $1B to fight oil, gas, drug price gouging -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats are seeking $1 billion for the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on companies that gouge consumers in the oil, gas, medicine and other sectors, Senate...
Mar 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
