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U.S. and allies monitor Russia troop build-up at Ukraine border
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia on Monday that the western military alliance was standing by Ukraine amid a large and unusual concentration of Russian troops...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Judge dismisses charge against Rittenhouse for possessing rifle
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse on Monday dismissed a misdemeanor charge against the teenager for illegally possessing the AR-15-style rifle he used...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Judge Bruce Schroeder listens as attorneys discuss changes to the charges against Kyle Rittenhouse at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. November 12, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump adviser Bannon surrenders to face charges for stonewalling Capitol riot probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, turned himself into the FBI on Monday to face the first criminal charges handed down amid a congressional ...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon departs after testifying in the criminal trial of Roger Stone, former campaign advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, on charges of lying to Congress, obstructing justice and witness tampering at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo
Nine-year-old succumbs; death toll from Houston concert stampede rises to 10
(Reuters) - An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries on Su...
Nov 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A makeshift memorial for the concertgoers who died in a stampede during a Travis Scott performance at the 2021 Astroworld Festival grows in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 9, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
Fire damages a Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Fire forces a Peoria family out of its home. Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at 2103 N. North Street at 4:17 a.m. Sunday. They arrived to find light smoke coming the roof. B...
Nov 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Former U.S. Secret Service special agent meets with Peoria youth
PEORIA, Ill. - (25 News) - Members Boys and Girls Club of Peoria got to hear from a special guest speaker who served in the U.S. Secret Service Saturday. Ahead of the organization's 18th annual "Fill ...
Nov 14, 2021 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Peoria Facebook
Man jailed for alleged kidnapping of Ohio girl found safe in Illinois
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio - (25 News/WOIO) - Details continue to unfold concerning the alleged kidnapping and abduction of a five-year-old girl from Jackson Township, Ohio found safe in Illinois. The all...
Nov 14, 2021 25 News/WOIO
U.S. judge in Rittenhouse trial says jury can consider teen provoked attack
(Reuters) - The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse said on Friday he would instruct the jury they can consider the prosecution's argument that the teenager provoked an encounter with one of two me...
Nov 14, 2021 Judge Bruce Schroeder talks about juror who was removed after attempting to tell a joke to a bailiff during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA., November 4, 2021. The juror, known as Juror No. 7, was removed due to the incident. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
Jelani Day's cell phone found, submitted for forensics
Peoria, Ill -- Investigators say they have found a cell phone that belonged to Jelani Day, the missing Illinois State University student found dead back in August. Multiple outlets are reporting confi...
Nov 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
Police: Apparent hit-and-run injures one near downtown Pekin
Peoria, Ill -- We're seeing reports about a potentially serious incident from Friday evening near downtown Pekin. Our news partner 25 news says they talked to a witness who found a woman seriously inj...
Nov 13, 2021 Midwest Communications
