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Accused Florida school shooter pleads guilty in 2018 Parkland massacre
(Reuters) -Accused shooter Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkla...
Oct 20, 2021 Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz appears at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. October 20, 2021. Cruz pleaded guilty on Wednesday in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the deadliest ever at a U.S. high school. Amy Beth Bennett/Pool via REUTERS
Human remains found in Florida park amid search for Gabby Petito's fiance -FBI
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. (Reuters) -Partial human remains were found on Wednesday in a Florida wilderness area where authorities were searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiance of Gabby Petito, a young woman w...
Oct 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Gabrielle Petito, 22, who was reported missing on Sept. 11, 2021 after traveling with her boyfriend around the country in a van and never returned home, poses for a photo with Brian Laundrie in this undated handout photo. North Port/Florida Police/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Lawsuit challenging mayoral election dismissed
PEORIA, Ill. - A lawsuit filed in the wake of this year's Peoria mayoral election has been dismissed. Our news partner 25 News reports candidate Jim Montelongo "failed to demonstrate clear, ascertaina...
Oct 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
City Council gets look at bigger budget
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's city administration is proposing a budget that could be considered significantly higher than this year, but somewhat puts spending levels back to pre-pandemic. City Manager Pat...
Oct 20, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
U.S. House committee backs contempt charge against Trump aide Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of contempt-of-Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a long...
Oct 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court, following his arraignment hearing for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
White House lays out plan to vaccinate kids ages 5 to 11
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Wednesday outlined its plan to vaccinate millions of kids ages 5 to 11 as soon as the COVID-19 shot is approved for younger children, readying doses a...
Oct 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Syringes filled with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine sit on table during vaccine clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Federal court orders revisions to Illinois' legislative map
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A three-judge federal court panel on Tuesday ruled the legislative redistricting plan signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in June -- before data from the 2020 Census was availab...
Oct 20, 2021 Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Richwoods High secretary on administrative leave after offensive video surfaces
PEORIA, Ill. -- Questions are swirling over a video that was posted on social media depicting a woman who appears to have students around her -- as she uses the N-word. The allegation is that the vide...
Oct 20, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Hendrickson: Breakthrough COVID cases are a concern
PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria City/County Health Department says you may be hearing a lot about breakthrough COVID-19 infections among the vaccinated, but it's still not a high percentage. Pub...
Oct 19, 2021 Monica Hendrickson (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Democratic divide over spending priorities tests Biden's deal-making skills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's negotiating skills, honed over his decades in Congress, were put to a serious test on Tuesday as he sought to get warring Democratic factions to agree ...
Oct 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an update on the administration's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the vaccination program during remarks at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
