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Troops in LA can detain individuals, military official says, as protests spread across US
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. troops deployed in Los Angeles are authorized to detain people until police can arrest them, their commanding officer said on Wednesday, as hundreds of Marines prepared to ...
Jun 11, 2025 U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who were placed in an alert status over the weekend, rehearse crowd control tactics at a base in the greater Los Angeles area, California, U.S. June 10, 2025. U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Juan Torres/Handout via REUTERS
Trump administration moves to roll back power plant rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to repeal Biden-administration rules meant to curb carbon dioxide, mercury and other air pollutant emissions from power plan...
Jun 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin at the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
Man sentenced for role in Central Peoria shootings last June
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been sentenced for his role in a shooting in Central Peoria last year. 20-year-old Christopher Cleary was sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections We...
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Harvey Weinstein convicted of sex crime amid contentious jury deliberations
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Manhattan jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty on a sex crimes charge on Wednesday, though the jury has not yet reached a verdict on all counts the former movie mogul faces in deli...
Jun 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Harvey Weinstein, former co-chairman of the Weinstein Co., appears at Manhattan criminal court in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Michael Nagle/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson dies at age 82
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Beach Boys cofounder Brian Wilson, who created some of rock's most enduring songs such as "Good Vibrations" and "God Only Knows" in a career that was marked by a decades-long ba...
Jun 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys on ABC's Good Morning America in New York's Central Park June 15, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Trump says China will supply rare earths, US to allow students
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the U.S. deal with China is done, with Beijing to supply magnets and rare earth minerals while the U.S. will allow Chinese students in i...
Jun 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Truck carrying containers move at Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 9, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois plans to merge with Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-based Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois and Central and Southern Indiana are becoming one. Don Johnson, President and CEO of Goodwill of Central Illinois, says the merger i...
Jun 11, 2025 Goodwill Commons is located at 2319 E. War Memorial Drive in Peoria.
Musk says some of his posts about Trump 'went too far'
(Reuters) -Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said on Wednesday he regretted some of the posts he made last week about U.S. President Donald Trump as they had gone "too far", the latest sign of a tenta...
Jun 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Trump wants to 'liberate' Los Angeles, residents say 'no thanks'
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent in the National Guard and Marines to "liberate" Los Angeles from the violence of protesters, but some residents of Little Tokyo, a neighborhood hit ...
Jun 11, 2025 A man in a car uses his mobile phone as members of law enfocement stand guard on a road after curfew, as protests against federal immigration sweeps continue, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Teen facing multiple charges for Farmington home invasion, battery and vehicle theft
FARMINGTON, Ill. - A 16-year-old was arrested Monday night after he broke into a Farmington home, beat the homeowner unconscious, and stole his vehicle. Farmington Police said they were called just af...
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