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FBI fires agents pictured kneeling during racial justice protest in 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has fired a group of its agents photographed kneeling on the street in an attempt to de-escalate tensions during a racial justice protest in Washington in 2020 in the af...
Sep 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Bureau Investigation seal is seen at FBI headquarters in Washington, U.S. June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
UN sanctions on Iran loom after vote to delay fails
By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi, Rodrigo Campos and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations sanctions on Iran are set to be reimposed on Saturday, Britain's U.N. envoy said on Friday af...
Sep 27, 2025 Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
ICE tactics inflame tensions in New York, Chicago and other cities
CHELSEA, Massachusetts/BROADVIEW, Illinois (Reuters) -A U.S. immigration officer shoving a woman in a New York City courthouse to the floor. Protesters dispersed with tear gas outside a Chicago detent...
Sep 26, 2025 Children react after seeing their mother detained during an immigration enforcement raid in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., September 26, 2025. Their mother was released at the scene because she is reportedly a legal U.S. resident and she was taken to the hospital for evaluation. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
As Illinois congressional delegation seeks answers, ICE cancels meeting
Article Summary Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Chicago canceled a meeting with Illinois Democratic members of Congress that was scheduled for Friday. Members of the state's congressi...
Sep 26, 2025 U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, a Chicago Democrat, is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in 2022, when she served as a state representative. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court sided again on Friday with Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid authorized by Congress for the current fis...
Sep 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
Peoria man sentenced for attempting to distribute methamphetamine
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend more than a decade in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine. The US Department of Justice says 40-year-old Matthew Miller was sentenced Wednesday to 200...
Sep 26, 2025 courtroom gavel
Sinclair to end boycott of Kimmel show on its ABC stations Friday
(Reuters) -Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Friday it will end its preemption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and the show will return in the evening on Sinclair's nearly 40 ABC-affiliated stations. Sinclair ...
Sep 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
Netanyahu condemns support for Palestinian state at UN after scores walk out
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that "murder...
Sep 26, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Peoria non-profit seeks to overcome government hurdles in providing healthy food
PEORIA, Ill. - Local non-profit Peoria Grown got started eight years ago, with a focus on providing healthy food to low-income households. Executive Director Julie Eliathamby tells WMBD's "Greg and Da...
Sep 26, 2025 (peoriagrown.com)
Trump slaps new US tariffs on drugs, trucks and furniture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping new import tariffs, including 100% duties on branded drugs and 25% levies on heavy-duty trucks, set to come into force n...
Sep 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are seen at the port of Oakland in Oakland, California, U.S., May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
