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Teen arrested on weapons charges after chase with police
PEORIA, Ill. - Another arrest of juveniles in Peoria - this one after what started as a stolen vehicle ended as a stolen gun investigation. Police say they saw two juveniles that matched the descripti...
Will Stevenson Sep 27, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigating 'suspicious' death
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say they're investigating a death they term "suspicious." Officers were called to an area near Arcadia and Peoria Avenues around 7:20 a.m. Wednesday where an adult man was...
Will Stevenson Sep 27, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
US Senator Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, as calls for his resignation from his fellow Democrats esca...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2023 U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive at Federal Court for a hearing on bribery charges in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Kia, Hyundai recall 3.37 million US vehicles over fire risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hyundai and Kia are recalling a combined 3.37 million vehicles in the United States due to the risk of engine fires, telling owners to park outside and away from structures until...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A KIA logo is seen during the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
PPS board wants to hire more resource officers
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The Board of Education at Peoria Public Schools wants resource officers to staff all 27 schools, instead of some schools having to share the same officer. The school board dir...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Time running out for Trump's Republican 2024 rivals as they face off in second debate
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's rivals are running out of time to halt his march to the 2024 Republican presidential nomination unless one emerges as a clear alternative i...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum debate at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Iraq wedding fire kills more than 100 as relatives identify bodies
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A fire ripped through a packed wedding hall in northern Iraq late on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people in a Christian town that had survived Islamic State occupation as aut...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2023 A view of a site following a fatal fire at a wedding celebration, in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province, Iraq, September 27, 2023. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid
Peoria places limits on tobacco and nicotine sales
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria is putting new limits on tobacco sales, with higher fees and the elimination of unregulated synthetic nicotine. Peoria City Council on Tuesday night approved three measures; one ...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2023 Lindsay Fox / CC
UPDATE: Biden says government shutdown not inevitable
UPDATED 2:48 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that a government shutdown is not evitable, but that if there is one, a lot of vital work could be impacted in science...
Julia Bradley Sep 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Baseball-Orioles' star third baseman Brooks Robinson dies at 86
(Reuters) - Brooks Robinson, a virtuoso third baseman who was known as "The Human Vacuum Cleaner" because of his defensive prowess at the position during a Hall of Fame career spent entirely with Majo...
Will Stevenson Sep 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sep 24, 2022; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Hall of Fame member and former Baltimore Orioles player Brooks Robinson waves to the crowd prior to a game between the Orioles and the Houston Astros at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: James A. Pittman-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
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