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US Supreme Court to hear Trump bid to enforce birthright citizenship order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday it will hear arguments next month over Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizen...
Apr 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People walk near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Deputy sheriff's son kills two at Florida State University, police say
UPDATED 12:31 A.M. 4/18 (Reuters) -A deputy sheriff's son killed two people and wounded four others at Florida State University on Thursday before he was shot by officers and hospitalized, authorities...
Apr 17, 2025 People evacuate Florida State University (FSU) campus after a mass shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2025. Alicia Devine/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS
Google holds illegal monopolies in ad tech, US judge finds, allowing US to seek breakup
(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge ruled on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for U.S. antitrust...
Apr 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Pared-back 'Right to Play' bill advances in General Assembly, awaits Senate action
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois House gave its approval to legislation that would give high school athletes a limited right to compete in non-school events or on non-school te...
Apr 17, 2025 Rep. Janet Yang-Rohr urges passage of a bill to let high school athletes compete simultaneously on school teams and in non-school events during debate on the House floor Wednesday, April 9. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Though wary of FBI mole's 'used car salesman' vibe, Sen. Emil Jones III testifies he felt obliged to work with him
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Red-light camera entrepreneur Omar Maani made a point of not saying much during an April 2019 meeting with state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, letting his co-...
Apr 17, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III continued testifying in his own defense Wednesday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Jones is accused of agreeing to accept bribes from a red-light camera entrepreneur-turned-cooperating witness in exchange for amending legislation the industry believed was a threat — and lying to the FBI about it. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Hannah Meisel and Andrew Adams)
US weekly jobless claims fall as labor market remains stable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting labor market conditions remained stable in April, though uncertainty around ...
Apr 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Trump says Fed chair Powell's termination can't 'come fast enough!'
(Reuters) -U.S President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's termination "cannot come fast enough", while calling for the U.S. central bank to cut interest rates. ...
Apr 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell, his nominee to become chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Trump administration says Harvard may lose ability to enroll foreign students
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Harvard University will lose its ability to enroll foreign students if it does not meet demands from the Trump administration to sha...
Apr 17, 2025 A woman walks on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi
Tariffs to trigger sharp US economic slowdown; chance of recession jumps to 45%: Reuters poll
BENGALURU (Reuters) - An aggressive U.S. tariff policy will trigger a significant slowdown in the U.S. economy this year and next, with the median probability of recession in the next 12 months approa...
Apr 17, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk through the King of Prussia Mall, as global markets brace for a hit to trade and growth caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to impose import tariffs on dozens of countries, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo
Dunlap breaks ground on new $8.5M training facility
DUNLAP, Ill. - Dunlap High School broke ground on Wednesday on its new $8.5 million athletic training center. The 42,500-square-foot facility will include a 165-meter indoor track, a dance studio, thr...
Apr 17, 2025 Dunlap breaks ground on a new sports training facility. (25 News)
