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US VP Vance lands in Greenland as new government calls for unity
NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed in Greenland on Friday at a time when President Donald Trump is renewing his insistence that Washington should take control of the semi-a...
Mar 28, 2025 Flags of Greenland fly outside Katuaq Cultural Center in Nuuk, Greenland, March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Peoria County urges residents to early vote this weekend before consolidated election
PEORIA, Ill. - With the consolidated elections just a few days away, Peoria County's early voting turnout has been lower than expected, and local officials are hoping to change that. Elizabeth Gannon,...
Mar 28, 2025 (Julia Bradley & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
Peoria man sentenced to federal prison after guilty plea to distributing methamphetamine
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine. 31-year-old Romel Turner pleaded guilty in August of 2024 ...
Mar 28, 2025 courtroom gavel
US consumer spending rises in February; core inflation firmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending rebounded in February, likely lifted by higher prices, which could amplify fears that the economy was facing a period of tepid growth and high inflation a...
Mar 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A shopping cart is seen in a supermarket in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Trump administration blocks more than $400M in funding for Illinois health programs
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - President Donald Trump's administration is pulling back $477 million from Illinois that was to be used to prevent infectious disease and treat mental health and s...
Mar 28, 2025 Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Powerful quake in Southeast Asia kills several, Myanmar declares state of emergency
(Reuters) -A powerful earthquake rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings and bridges in neighboring Mya...
Mar 28, 2025 View of a collapsed building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well with people pouring out of buildings following the tremors in the Thai capital, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang
King Charles taken to hospital after cancer treatment 'bump in the road'
(Reuters) -Britain's King Charles spent a brief time under observation in hospital on Thursday after experiencing side effects from treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace said, with royal sources say...
Mar 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Britain's King Charles leaves the London Clinic after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate in London, Britain January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Yemen attack plan messages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to preserve messages sent on the Signal messaging app discussing attack plans against the Houthis in Yeme...
Mar 27, 2025 Signal app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Despite Trump order, Illinois won't require voter proof of citizenship
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois voters casting ballots in the April 1 consolidated elections will not be required to show proof of U.S. citizenship, despite an executive order issued this week by President Don...
Mar 27, 2025 People voting in Springfield during the 2024 general election in November. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Man arrested for allegedly causing crash in Tennessee that killed central Illinois father-son duo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A father and son from central Illinois were killed in a chain reaction crash early Thursday morning in Nashville, Tennessee. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says the cr...
Mar 27, 2025 (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
