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US restricts helicopter flights after Washington crash, 'black boxes' recovered
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday, after a midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a milita...
Jan 31, 2025 An American Eagle plane departs the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as search and rescue teams work nearby, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Man found guilty in November for Aggravated Domestic Battery, sentenced to 7 years behind bars
PEORIA Ill. - The man found guilty in November for assaulting his former girlfriend, in Peoria, will spend the next seven years behind bars. According to the Illinois State's Attorney's Office, 35-yea...
Jan 31, 2025
Custom cars exhibit begins this weekend at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - The first exhibition to showcase American custom cars from across the Midwest opens this weekend at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Everley Davis, the museum's community engagement direct...
Jan 31, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
Student-teacher in Washington arrested for making a comment about shooting a student on social media
WASHINGTON Ill. - A student-teacher in Washington was arrested on Wednesday, for making a comment about shooting a student on social media. According to 25News and the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office...
Jan 31, 2025 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Adult and juvenile male will stay in jail until trial, on numerous weapons charges in Peoria
PEORIA Ill. - An adult and a juvenile male have been charged with multiple weapons offenses - after being caught with firearms in downtown Peoria, on Tuesday. According to the Peoria County State's At...
Jan 31, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois students remain at or above national average
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Fourth and eighth grade students in Illinois generally scored as well or better than the national average in reading and math, according to results of the latest ...
Jan 31, 2025 Eighth grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in Illinois rose slightly in 2024 and outperformed the national average. (Source: Nationsreportcard.gov)
Three Israeli hostages, including dual US citizen, set for release in Gaza on Saturday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including a dual U.S....
Jan 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of a banner depicting Keith Siegel, who is a dual U.S. citizen seized during the October 7 attack on Israel and taken hostage into Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, is seen with other images of hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Figure skating legend Dick Button dies at 95
REUTERS-- Dick Button, an Olympic champion figure skater who became one of the voices of the sport for decades, died Thursday at age 95 in North Salem, N.Y., his daughter told The Washington Post. But...
Jan 31, 2025 Violin / Depositphotos.com
Rubio warns of risk of China shutting down Panama Canal in any conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday he had "zero doubt" that China has a contingency plan to shut down the Panama Canal in the event of a conflict with the U.S. and ...
Jan 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship sails towards the Bridge of the Americas, which spans the entrance to the Panama Canal, after newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks during his inauguration speech, when he vowed that the United States would take back the canal, in Panama City, Panama January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File Photo
North America braces for new Trump tariffs as Saturday deadline nears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies, consumers and farmers across North America braced on Friday for U.S. President Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports within hours, moves ...
Jan 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an event to sign the Laken Riley Act, legislation requiring the detention of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who are accused of theft, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
