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NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defense system, desi...
Nov 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Workers pressure wash the logo of NASA on the Vehicle Assembly Building before SpaceX will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Falcon 9 rocket, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
UPDATE: 12-year-old girl killed in Creve Coeur house fire, reportedly on her birthday
UPDATE: 4:27 p.m. CREVE COEUR, Ill -- Local police say a 12-year-old girl is dead in the wake of a devastating and tragic fire in Creve Coeur Wednesday morning. According to a post on social media, Cr...
Nov 24, 2021 (25 News)
Illinois' congressional map made official
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Gov. J-B Pritzker on Tuesday signed Illinois' new congressional map into law. The map, drawn with data from the 2020 U.S. Census, formalizes district boundaries drawn up by the state'...
Nov 24, 2021 Illinois.gov
Georgia jury to resume deliberations in Arbery murder trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - A Georgia jury is expected to deliberate for a second day Wednesday on murder and other charges against three white men who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who ra...
Nov 24, 2021 A man holds a sign that reads “It is not ok to kill people” during a vigil for Ahmaud Arbery outside the Glynn County Courthouse as jury deliberates whether Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan murdered Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Suspect in Wisconsin parade attack charged with homicide, court sets bail at $5 million
WAUKESHA, Wis. (Reuters) -The man accused of driving his vehicle into a traditional Christmas parade near Milwaukee made his first court appearance on Tuesday since the weekend rampage and was charged...
Nov 24, 2021 Alexandera Cimbalnik, 20, lays flowers at a memorial at Veterans Park after a car plowed through a holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Life in prison for man convicted of Peoria shooting death
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County judge has given a Peoria man life in prison for his role in a 2019 shooting death that happened in the city's East Bluff Neighborhood. Court records indicate Breon Jones...
Nov 23, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail
More security for Thursday 5K and Friday parade in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A slightly different route isn't the only change being made to special events in Peoria this week after Sunday's tragedy in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Peoria Police say for both the Chocolate...
Nov 23, 2021 MWC-Peoria Police Media Release
AAA: Get ready for Thanksgiving and Winter driving
AURORA, Ill. - If you're going somewhere for the Thanksgiving holiday, you're definitely not alone. AAA estimates 2.7 million Illinoisans will travel somewhere for Thanksgiving -- part of more than 53...
Nov 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
IL Association of School Boards leaves National School Boards Assocation over lightning rod "NSBA Letter"
Peoria, Ill -- Illinois school board leaders vote to leave the National School Board's Association over earlier controversy. We learned of the decision from the Illinois School Boards Association on T...
Nov 23, 2021 Midwest Communications
Biden says U.S. gasoline prices will drop after release of strategic reserves
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted his administration's international and domestic efforts to tackle inflation and high gasoline prices, promising Americans a drop in pr...
Nov 23, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy and "lowering prices" during a speech in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
