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US judge halts Trump plan for rapid deportations to third countries
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge barred the Trump administration from rapidly deporting hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to show they fear be...
Apr 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Salvadoran prison guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 12, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Jones testifies that FBI asked him to wear a wire on hospital CEO, other lawmakers
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Federal agents asked state Sen. Emil Jones III to wear a wire against a politically connected hospital CEO and his fellow lawmakers in Springfield, the senator ...
Apr 18, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday, April 17, after finishing three days of testifying in his own defense at his corruption trial. Closing arguments are set for Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Trump administration publishes cache of RFK assassination records
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Archives has released thousands of pages of records related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, according to the agency's website, following Presi...
Apr 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Roses adorn the headstone on the grave of Robert F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, VA, U.S., June 6, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis/File Photo
US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress 'within a matter of days,' Rubio says
PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs that a deal can be done, U.S. Secretary of State...
Apr 18, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the Quai d'Orsay, France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris, France April 17, 2025. JULIEN DE ROSA/Pool via REUTERS
PFD: Garage fire on W. Gilbert causes $1,500 damage
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to reports of a structure fire on W. Gilbert Thursday evening. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says when they arrived around 5:20 p.m., crews found moderat...
Apr 18, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Judge extends ban on Musk's DOGE access to private Social Security data
(Reuters) - A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday that extends a ban on billionaire Elon Musk's aides from accessing private information on millions of Americans held in the Soc...
Apr 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign during a protest against cuts made by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to the Social Security Administration, in White Plains, New York, U.S., March 22, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Layne/File Photo
Collins: Threat of severe storms Friday night, rain throughout Easter weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -There's a threat of severe thunderstorms Friday night across Central Illinois. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says scattered strong to severe storms will approach ...
Apr 18, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Woman charged with DUI in connection to fatal pedestrian crash in March in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Shabbona, Ill. woman is facing DUI charges in connection to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian last month in Peoria. Court documents show 27-year-old Savanna Shriber was charged wit...
Apr 17, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Neighborhood House finds missing van, but needs new one
PEORIA, Ill. - The mystery of a missing vehicle for a Peoria non-profit has been solved, but its problems remain. Neighborhood House says a youth vehicle that was stolen from its van yard was found, s...
Apr 17, 2025 (25 News)
Peoria County Sheriff's Office seeking answers in homicide cold case
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is reminding the public about a cold case in the hopes of solving a homicide from 2016. The case involves the homicide of 56-year-old John Fris...
Apr 17, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
