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Ford to recall more than 273,000 vehicles
(Reuters) -Ford Motor is recalling 273,789 vehicles in the United States as a loss of brake function may increase the risk of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednes...
May 14, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A Ford Expedition is displayed at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
Menendez brothers eligible for parole after re-sentencing in 1989 shotgun murders
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have served 35 years of a life prison term for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home, were ruled eligible for parole ...
May 14, 2025 Actor Natasha Blasick holds a sign near the Van Nuys Courthouse West, on the day of a resentencing hearing in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole
Trump says US to lift Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal
RIYADH (Reuters) -President Donald Trump kicked off his trip to the Gulf on Tuesday with a surprise announcement that the United States will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria, and a $600 billion c...
May 14, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman shake hands during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Mayor Stevens working toward campaign goals in first week of office in Washington
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Lilija Stevens took over as Washington's new mayor from long-time mayor Gary Manier last week. Manier held the position for over two decades. Stevens says she has appointed an inter...
May 14, 2025 (City of Washington)
Peoria City Council doesn't reconsider grocery tax
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria grocery tax is here to stay. A proposal by Councilman Zach Oyler to reconsider the tax at Tuesday night's meeting was not discussed, after no other member seconded the motion...
May 13, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man found guilty in shooting death of teenager two years ago during robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County jury has found a man guilty of killing a teenager during an attempted robbery two years ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 24-year-old Tramier Pate wa...
May 13, 2025 Tramier Pate (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Illinois seeks to prevent feds from tying funding for states to immigration enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 19 other Democratic attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Tuesday against Trump administration policies desig...
May 13, 2025 Attorney General Kwame Raoul listens to debate in the Illinois House in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Trump says US to lifts Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal
RIYADH (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria, and secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the United...
May 13, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: Grandy jury indicts Peoria woman in death of toddler
UPDATED 4:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has been indicted in the death of her son from last week, and the alleged abuse against the boy's twin sister. A Peoria County grand jury on Tuesday ind...
May 13, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Canadian electric bus company establishes presence in Greater Peoria region
WASHINGTON D.C./PEORIA, Ill. - The Greater Peoria region will be the home to the first United States facility for a Canadian transit company. Governor J.B Pritzker on Tuesday announced an investment b...
May 13, 2025 (Karsan Damera)
