Category Archives: Top Stories
Sean 'Diddy' Combs loses mistrial bid in sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean "Diddy" Combs lost a bid for a mistrial in his sex-trafficking case on Wednesday, after his lawyers argued that prosecutors were improperly trying to suggest that the hip-hop ...
May 28, 2025 Celebrity stylist Deonte Nash is questioned by prosecutor Maurene Comey at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., May 28, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
NWS weather radio to go offline in early June for maintenance
LINCOLN, Ill. - Weather radios across central Illinois will be off the air for a few days next week. NOAA and the National Weather Service Lincoln office will perform upgrades to its Advanced Weather ...
May 28, 2025 (NOAA/National Weather Service)
White House to send Congress small package of DOGE spending cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House intends to send Congress a small package as early as next week to formalize cuts made by billionaire Elon Musk's team targeting federal government spending, accor...
May 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk wears a 'Trump Was Right About Everything!' hat while attending a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 24, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Dunlap middle school student eliminated from National Spelling Bee
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - The run for a Dunlap Valley Middle School student at the Scripps' National Spelling Bee has come to a close. Kavin Kumar Suriya Prakash of Edwards was eliminated Wednesday morni...
May 28, 2025 (Scripps)
Excitement building about a month ahead of Greater Peoria Red, White and Boom on July 4th
PEORIA, Ill. - Choose Greater Peoria Red, White and Boom is just about a month away. Midwest Communications' Mike Wild says there've been concerns raised about how tariffs on China might affect this y...
May 28, 2025 An image from the 2022 "Red, White, and Boom" show along Peoria's riverfront. (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Netanyahu says Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar has been eliminated
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel had eliminated Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar, one of its most wanted targets and the younger brother of...
May 28, 2025 A screengrab shows according to the Israeli Army, Hamas Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, taken from a handout video, released December 17, 2023. Israeli Army/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
South Korean students warned over social media posts amid Trump administration crackdown
SEOUL (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration is raising scrutiny over the social media posts of South Korean students in the United States or who plan to study there, the students and agen...
May 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 27, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Trump to pardon reality TV's Todd and Julie Chrisley after tax evasion conviction
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the reality TV show "Chrisley Knows Best" who in 2022 were found guilty of federal charges of ta...
May 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Todd Chrisley (2nd L) speaks next to his wife Julie (L) and their kids Chase and Savannah at a panel for the USA television series "Chrisley Knows Best" during the Television Critics Association Cable Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California July 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
SpaceX's Starship spins out of control after flying past points of previous failures
STARBASE, Texas (Reuters) -SpaceX's Starship rocket roared into space from Texas on Tuesday but spun out of control about halfway through its flight without achieving some of its most important testin...
May 28, 2025 SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its Super Heavy booster is launched on its ninth test at the company's launch pad in Starbase, Texas, U.S., May 27, 2025. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Peoria council approves new development with Dutch Bros coffee shop
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City Council approved plans Tuesday night for a small shopping center that would be developed at the corner of University Street and War Memorial Drive. The plans include a D...
May 28, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
