Category Archives: Top Stories
US Supreme Court leaves protections for internet companies unscathed
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court handed internet and social media companies a pair of victories on Thursday, leaving legal protections for them unscathed and refusing to clear a path for victims of ...
TJ Carson May 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Grand jury charges man with April stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has indicted a man on one of two charges he originally faced in connection with a stabbing more than a month ago. The grand jury filed a single Class-3 felony...
Will Stevenson May 18, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
U.S. existing home sales post second straight monthly decline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales fell for a second straight month in April, with prices rising in roughly half of the country, which together with possibly higher mortgage rates could d...
Will Stevenson May 18, 2023 A "For Rent, For Sale" sign is seen outside of a home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
Whistleblowers testify about bias at House FBI hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX News) -- The House Select Subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government held a hearing Thursday morning with three whistleblowers alleging political bias in the F-B...
Julia Bradley May 18, 2023 Maryland GovPics / CC
US weekly jobless claims fall; labor market still tight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for jobs benefits fell more than expected last week, with applications in Massachusetts decreasing sharply, suggesting the labor market ...
Julia Bradley May 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
As budget negotiations continue, Pritzker announces launch of stalled tax incentive program
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - As budget negotiations for the coming fiscal year continued behind closed doors Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker's office announced it would launch a long-stalled tax ...
Julia Bradley May 18, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker is pictured in his Capitol office at a news conference earlier this month. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Florida Governor DeSantis to enter presidential race next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who spoke to Peoria and Tazewell County Repubicans last Friday, will officially enter the 2024 U.S. presidential race next week, accordi...
Julia Bradley May 18, 2023 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference before he signs five state house bills into law at Cambridge Christian School in Tampa, Florida, U.S. May 17, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
At Japan's G7 summit, the big elephants are China and Russia
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) -The longest shadows at the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit this week will be cast by two countries that weren't even invited to the Hiroshima gathering: China and Russi...
Julia Bradley May 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a “G7 Hiroshima” flower installation near the Peace Memorial Museum, ahead of the G7 summit, in Hiroshima, Japan, May 17, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou
ISP: 8th victim dies from I-55 crash
FARMERSVILLE, Ill. - An eighth person has died as a result of a deadly crash earlier this month on I-55 near Springfield, caused by a dust storm. Illinois State Police says 81-year-old Ruth Rau, of So...
Julia Bradley May 18, 2023 (Courtesy WICS-TV/FoxIllinois.com)
Man charged in baseball bat attack on two U.S. congressional staffers
(Reuters) - A man accused of attacking two congressional staff members with a baseball bat this week and threatening to kill one of them, has been charged with assault on an employee of the U.S. gover...
Will Stevenson May 17, 2023 A police cruiser sits outside Democratic U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly's district office after a person wielding a baseball bat attacked two of his staff members, sending them to the hospital with non-life threating injuries in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. May 15, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst