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One man arrested in Peoria for aggravated battery
PEORIA Ill. - One man was arrested for allegedly stabbing another individual, sending them to the hospital, early Tuesday morning. Just before 1:00am -- Peoria Police were dispatched to Northeast Jeff...
Jan 21, 2025
22 Democratic-led states sue over Trump's birthright citizenship order
BOSTON (Reuters) -Democratic-led states and civil rights groups filed a slew of lawsuits challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to roll back birthright citizenship on Tuesday in an early bid by...
Jan 21, 2025 Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights of Boston, speaks during a press conference about their lawsuit filed against the Trump administration's executive order that would strip birthright U.S. citizenship from the children of immigrant parents, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Lauren Owens Lambert
Pritzker signs bill to phase out subminimum wage for disabled workers
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying less than the minimum wage to workers with disabilities. The b...
Jan 21, 2025 Gov. JB Pritzker signs the Dignity in Pay Act at a ceremony in Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Two males arrested in Peoria for multiple weapons and drug charges
PEORIA Ill. - Two men have been arrested for the alleged illegal sale of a controlled substance -- and possessing a firearm under the legal age. On Friday last week, just after 6:30am, Peoria Police's...
Jan 21, 2025
Five big obstacles to opening child care facilities in rural Illinois
ILLINOIS (Capitol News Illinois) - Sixty percent of rural Americans live in child care deserts - regions with too few licensed slots for children. In rural Illinois, that number rises to nearly 70%. O...
Jan 21, 2025 Mary Pender, a teacher at OWL, pushes snow off an awning. (Julia Rendleman for ProPublica)
Can LA wildfires prompt new focus on community mitigation efforts?
WASHINGTON(Thomson Reuters Foundation) -The devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires has resonated far beyond Southern California, as local officials and residents across the United States have watche...
Jan 21, 2025 A vehicle stands at the site of a wildfire, named the Lilac Fire, in the Bonsall area of San Diego County, California, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Trump says to unleash American fossil fuels, halt climate cooperation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a sweeping plan to maximize oil and gas production, including by declaring a national energy emergency to speed permitting, rolling back...
Jan 21, 2025 President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance listen to Christopher Macchio sing during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool via REUTERS
Marco Rubio becomes Secretary of State, emphasizes 'America First' agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio from Florida became the first of President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees to be sworn into office on Tuesday, where he emphasized that U.S. foreign pol...
Jan 21, 2025 Marco Rubio speaks after he is sworn in as Secretary of State by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump orders US exit from the World Health Organization
NEW YORK/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Jan 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Gazans' joy at ceasefire dims as they visit ruined homes, dig for the dead
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -On foot or riding rickshaws, many Palestinians exhausted by war in Gaza began returning to the ruins of their homes on the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, shoc...
Jan 21, 2025 Palestinians ride a vehicle past the rubble of houses and buildings destroyed during the war, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
