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Elon Musk holds Pentagon meeting, wants leakers prosecuted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk held a meeting for more than an hour at the Pentagon on Friday morning as the close ally of President Donald Trump called for the prosecutions of any Pentag...
Mar 21, 2025 Elon Musk arrives for a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025 in this screengrab obtained from a video. REUTERS/Phillip Stewart
Trump signs order directing agencies to grant officials access to records
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the heads of government agencies to grant federal officials access to unclassified agency records, data and systems to s...
Mar 21, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump tours the installations as he attends a board meeting for the Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 17, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Pritzker's community college initiative stalls in House committee
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois)- One of Gov. JB Pritzker's top legislative initiatives stalled in the General Assembly this week when the chair of the House Higher Education Committee refused to c...
Mar 21, 2025 Legislation that would allow community colleges to offer four-year bachelor’s degree programs has hit a roadblock in the General Assembly. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Heathrow shutdown: firefighters and police investigating cause of fire
LONDON (Reuters) - London firefighters are working with police to investigate the cause of a huge fire at an electrical sub-station which shut down Heathrow Airport on Friday, a fire-fighting chief to...
Mar 21, 2025 A man speaks to the phone near a notice about a power outage at Heathrow International Airport, after a fire at a electrical substation wiped out power at the airport, at the Paddington railway station in London, Britain, March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Israel intensifying Gaza strikes to press Hamas into freeing hostages, defense minister says
(Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday the army was intensifying strikes from the air, land and sea in Gaza to pressure Hamas into freeing remaining hostages, and would also e...
Mar 21, 2025 Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz looks on, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
Trump signs order aimed at dismantling US Department of Education
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flanked by students and educators, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education, makin...
Mar 21, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump shows his signature on an executive order to shut down the Department of Education, during an event in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Three charged in arson attacks at Tesla dealerships, charging stations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said on Thursday three people have been charged in connection with arson incidents at Tesla car dealerships and charging stations.The Justice D...
Mar 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: People protest against Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk outside a Tesla store in New York City, U.S., March 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Teenager to remain in jail until trial for Christmas Day 2023 shooting incident
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager charged with attempted murder for a Christmas Day 2023 incident will stay in jail until his trial. 25 News reports 18-year-old Chirstopher Humes was denied a pretrial release...
Mar 20, 2025 Christopher Humes mugshot from Tazewell County Jail (Courtesy of 25 News).
Washington breaks ground on new police evidence building
WASHINGTON, Ill. - City leaders in Washington did not let severe weather stop them from marking the first steps in the construction of a new police evidence building. A groundbreaking ceremony for the...
Mar 20, 2025 (City of Washington--Facebook page)
Multiple people injured after Thursday morning crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Multiple people were injured after a crash Thursday morning in Peoria. Peoria Police says the two-vehicle crash occurred just before 8:15 A.M. in the area of Sterling and Scenic. Police...
Mar 20, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
