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Lilly drug slows Alzheimer's by 35%, bolstering treatment approach
CHICAGO (Reuters) -An experimental Alzheimer's drug developed by Eli Lilly and Co slowed cognitive decline by 35% in a late-stage trial, the company said on Wednesday, providing what experts say is th...
TJ Carson May 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company's offices in San Diego, California, U.S., September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Former FBI agent charged in Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former FBI agent has been arrested for his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and charged with four misdemeanor counts, including unlawfully entering ...
TJ Carson May 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Texas authorities arrest several people who may have helped fugitive hide
(Reuters) - Texas authorities have arrested several people who may have helped a man suspected of killing five neighbors evade a manhunt for four days, a local deputy sheriff said on Wednesday, a day ...
Julia Bradley May 03, 2023 San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers announces the capture and arrest of Francisco Oropesa, suspected of killing five neighbors in Texas over complaints of noise he was making by firing his gun outside at night, in Cleveland, Texas, U.S. May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Evan Garcia
Russia says Ukraine tried to kill Putin with drone attack on Kremlin
(Reuters) -Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attacking the Kremlin with drones overnight in a failed bid to kill President Vladimir Putin. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authoritie...
Julia Bradley May 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Kremlin, St. Basil's Cathedral and Zaryadye Park in Moscow, Russia December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
Serbia school shooting: boy kills nine in Belgrade classroom
BELGRADE (Reuters) -A 14-year-old boy shot dead eight fellow pupils and a security guard and wounded his teacher and six other students when he opened fire in his Belgrade classroom on Wednesday morni...
Julia Bradley May 03, 2023 Police officers stand as a security guard died and at least five students were wounded after a schoolboy opened fire in a downtown Belgrade, Serbia, May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic
Suspect in killing of 5 Texas neighbors caught after 4-day manhunt
(Reuters) -Police on Tuesday captured a man suspected of shooting five Texas neighbors to death and leading multiple agencies on a four-day manhunt, after a tip led them to a home in a nearby town whe...
Julia Bradley May 03, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) van where a search is being conducted for Francisco Oropeza, 38, who police say shot dead five neighbors in Cleveland, Texas, U.S. April 29, 2023 in a still image from video. ABC affiliate KTRK via REUTERS
UPDATE: 'ComEd Four' found guilty on all counts in bribery trial tied to ex-Speaker Madigan
UPDATED 9:36 P.M. CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted three ex-lobbyists and the former CEO of electric utility Commonwealth Edison for their involvement in an allege...
Will Stevenson May 02, 2023 Mike McClain, ComEd’s former top contract lobbyist in Springfield, walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago on May 2 after a jury found him guilty of participating in a conspiracy to bribe longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
No charges for Memphis officer who will testify in Nichols death trial
(Reuters) -One of the former Memphis police officers involved in the attempted arrest of Tyre Nichols will not face criminal charges and is expected to testify against five others accused of brutalizi...
Will Stevenson May 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Demetrius Haley, one of five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, appears during an arraignment hearing at the Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht/File Photo
Grand jury files eight felony charges against Peoria man not in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury has charged a Peoria man following his arrest last month on drug and weapons charges. The grand jury Tuesday filed a host of charges after Rico Booker, 32, wa...
Will Stevenson May 02, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker reacts to immigration letter sent by Texas governor to Chicago mayor
CHICAGO, Ill. - Governor JB Pritzker is reacting to a letter sent Monday to the mayor of Chicago by Texas Governor Greg Abbott regarding immigration. The letter calls on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to urge P...
Will Stevenson May 02, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a preschool in Springfield in favor of his budget proposal to increase early childhood education program spending by $250 million. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
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