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Pritzker signs law expanding lawsuit protections for Illinois news media
Article Summary The Citizen Participation Act now explicitly protects news reporting from "strategic lawsuits against public participation." The Illinois Supreme Court had previously ruled that news r...
Aug 22, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions from the news media at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: FBI agents search Trump critic Bolton's home in latest move against rival
UPDATED 1:28 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -FBI agents searched the home of John Bolton, a former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump turned persistent critic, on Friday in what a source familiar with ...
Aug 22, 2025 FBI agents carry boxes as they exit the building that houses the Washington office of former National Security Adviser John Bolton, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 22, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
California lawmakers swiftly pass, governor signs, Democrats' redistricting plan
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The California legislature approved on Thursday a redistricting plan aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in the U.S. Congress, countering a partisan advantage President Do...
Aug 22, 2025 California Governor Gavin Newsom (c) speaks after he and other lawmakers signed the "Election Rigging Response Act" in Sacramento, California, U.S. August 21, 2025. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
IL law changes the definition of what is a bicycle
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A new state law is expanding the definition of what a bicycle is. SB2285 was signed into law on August 1st, and defines electric bikes with top speeds lower than 30 miles per ...
Aug 22, 2025 goldenshrimp / Depositphotos.com
Erik Menendez denied parole after 35 years in prison for parents' murder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Erik Menendez, who along with his brother Lyle has served 35 years of a life prison term for fatally shooting their parents as they watched television in their Beverly Hills, Ca...
Aug 22, 2025 Erik Menendez attends his Board of Parole hearing online from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California, U.S., August 21, 2025. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/Handout via REUTERS
Historic American documents coming to the Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - The documents that helped shape American history will be coming to the Peoria Riverfront Museum. "The Promise of Liberty" will bring copies of documents such as the Emancipation Proclam...
Aug 21, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
Pekin man sentenced to federal prison for attempting to entice a minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man has been sentenced to federal prison after being found guilty earlier this year of attempting to entice a minor. 32-year-old Joseph Perkins was sentenced to ten years on Thu...
Aug 21, 2025 courtroom gavel
Peoria woman sentenced to prison after confessing to murder of boyfriend in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman will spend more than three decades in prison in the shooting death of her boyfriend two years ago in the West Bluff. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 20-y...
Aug 21, 2025 TNashia Wash (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Netanyahu says Israel to resume Gaza negotiations to end war and free hostages
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel would immediately resume negotiations for the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an end to the nearly tw...
Aug 21, 2025 Palestinians take part in a protest demanding an end to the war in Gaza and rejecting mass displacement, in Gaza City, August 21, 2025. REUTERS/Ebrahim Hajjaj
Peoria man sentenced to federal prison after violating terms of supervised release in child pornography case
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend two decades in federal prison after violating conditions of his supervised release on child pornography charges. 53-year-old Michael Dupoy was sentenced Wednesda...
Aug 21, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
