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As perjury trial draws to close, ex-Madigan aide leans on memory science, wife in defense
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In more than two weeks of his obstruction of justice and perjury trial, one fact about the longtime chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ca...
Will Stevenson Aug 23, 2023 Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff for longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Monday. He is standing trial for perjury and obstruction of justice. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
UPDATE: Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set
UPDATED 2:10 P.M. ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday surrendered at a jail in Georgia's Fulton County to face state charges arising from actions he ...
TJ Carson Aug 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for former President Donald Trump during challenges to the 2020 election results, exits U.S. District Court after attending a hearing in a defamation suit related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election results, that has been brought against Giuliani by two Georgia election workers, at the federal courthouse in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Accidental shooting Saturday evening claims life of Marquette Heights teenager
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. - A Marquette Heights teenager died after an accidental shooting Saturday evening. The Peoria County Coroner says Marquette Heights Police and EMS responded at around 9:24 P.M....
TJ Carson Aug 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Peoria shooting leaves man seriously injured Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called to the area of E. Illinois and N. California Avenues Wednesday morning, on reports of a person shot. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says when officers ...
Julia Bradley Aug 23, 2023 Midwest Communications
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lands on moon in 'victory cry' of new India
BENGALURU (Reuters) -An Indian spacecraft landed on the moon on Wednesday in a mission seen as crucial to lunar exploration and India's standing as a space power, just days after a similar Russian lan...
Julia Bradley Aug 23, 2023 People perform "havan" (traditional Hindu fire ritual) as part of a special prayer for the safe landing of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, in New Delhi, India, August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Hawaii officials seek families help in identifying remains of wildfire victims
LAHAINA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Officials in Hawaii on Tuesday implored residents to submit DNA samples to help in the identification of human remains found in the ashes of a fast-moving wildfire on the i...
Julia Bradley Aug 23, 2023 Residents clasp hands in prayer during a community event at the Lahaina Civic Center, in the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
First Trump allies in Georgia election subversion case surrender
ATLANTA (Reuters) -The first of Donald Trump's co-defendants in Georgia's criminal case accusing the former U.S. president and his associates of subverting his 2020 election loss surrendered at an Atl...
Julia Bradley Aug 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Attorney John Eastman speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, as Trump supporters gather ahead of the president’s speech to contest the certification by the U.S. Congress of the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on the Ellipse in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Hollywood writers union says new proposal from studios not enough
(Reuters) -Hollywood studios and streaming services on Tuesday released the terms of a revised proposal to striking writers, but the union urged members to continue picketing as the new offer failed t...
Julia Bradley Aug 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: SAG-AFTRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers walk the picket line during their ongoing strike outside Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, U.S., August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
In Trump's absence, DeSantis seen as 'punching bag' in first Republican debate
UPDATED 11:10 a.m. (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to be the biggest target of his Republican rivals for the 2024 U.S. presidential nomination at Wednesday's first primary debate,...
Julia Bradley Aug 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens to a question from the audience at a campaign town hall meeting in Newport, New Hampshire, U.S., August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
UPDATE: Teenager killed in East Bluff shooting identified
UPDATE 8/23 10:20 A.M. - The Peoria County coroner says a 17-year-old boy who was shot Tuesday night in Peoria's East Bluff has died. Jamie Harwood says the teenager was taken to OSF Saint Francis Med...
TJ Carson Aug 22, 2023 Peoria Police confirm a shooting occurred Tuesday, August 22, near Wisconsin and Kansas. (25 News)