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China hits back at Trump tariff hike, turmoil rings recession alarm
BEIJING/WARSAW/LONDON (Reuters) - Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday, hitting back against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to hike duties on Chinese goods and raisi...
Apr 11, 2025 China Shipping containers are seen at the port of Oakland, as trade tensions escalate over U.S. tariffs with China, in Oakland, California, U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
ICC board addresses student housing closure
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Last month, Illinois Central College announced that students living on the East Peoria campus would have to find somewhere else to live next semester. On Thursday, the ICC Board of...
Apr 11, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
UPDATED: Helicopter crashes into New York's Hudson River, all six aboard killed
UPDATED 5:33 P.M. (Reuters) - A tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New York City's Hudson River on Thursday killing all six people on board, including a Spanish family with three children a...
Apr 10, 2025 Rescue workers and emergency personnel work at the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near lower Manhattan in New York, as seen from Newport, New Jersey, U.S., April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Pekin Community High School warns seniors about playing a trending game
PEORIA, Ill. - One local high school is warning its seniors about a game they may be planning to play that could have dangerous consequences. In a Facebook post, Pekin Community High School says it ha...
Apr 10, 2025 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'Chilling silence': Waves of Illinois' international university students lose their visas
(Capitol News Illinois) - The federal government has revoked the visas of some international students studying at universities across Illinois, but college administrators are sharing few details, incl...
Apr 10, 2025 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, pictured here on Wednesday, April 9, the Illinois schools where international students have seen their visas revoked by federal authorities. (Lylee Gibbs, Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
Peoria approves new contract for waste and recycling collection
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria has a new agreement for waste collection services that it hopes lasts for decades to come. The city council Tuesday night approved a three-year deal with Green for Li...
Apr 10, 2025 (Gflenv.com)
US ambassador to Ukraine stepping down, State Department says
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink is stepping down from her role, a State Department spokesperson said on Thursday, in a move that injects new uncertainty into th...
Apr 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Bridget Brink, nominated to be U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, prepares to testify at her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
US intelligence investigating whether FBI involved in 2021 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. spy's chief of staff on Wednesday said the U.S. intelligence community is investigating whether the FBI was involved in planning the January 6, 2021 assault on the ...
Apr 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump climb a wall during a protest against the certification of the 2020 presidential election results by the Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
Fire damages homes Thursday morning in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two homes were damaged after a fire Thursday morning on Peoria's South Side. 25 News reports the fire call came in just before 6:45 A.M. at a house on West Latrobe. Limestone Fire Prote...
Apr 10, 2025 (25 News)
At Jones trial, jury hears lawmaker bringing colleague into fold of 'personal benefits'
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - On a warm Tuesday evening in late June 2019, state Sen. Emil Jones III walked out onto the patio at a suburban steakhouse and into an hourslong dinner that woul...
Apr 10, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Monday, April 7, after the first day of jury selection in his corruption trial. Jones is accused of agreeing to bribes from a red-light camera company and then lying to the FBI about it. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
