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Biden visits Bourbon Street in New Orleans after attack
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday visited the scene of the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that left 14 people dead and dozens of others injured when a U.S. Army veteran ...
Jan 06, 2025 U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a makeshift memorial for the victims on Bourbon street days after a U.S. Army veteran drove his truck into the crowded French Quarter on New Year's Day in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Man to remain in jail after arrest for role in July 2023 South Peoria robbery
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will remain in jail until trial after his recent arrest for an armed robbery at a South Peoria store a year and a half ago. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a peti...
Jan 06, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Republicans divided over agenda as Trump calls for action
WASHINGTON -Republicans in the U.S. Congress were at odds over how to proceed with President-elect Donald Trump's agenda on Monday, with some warning of potential failure, even as Trump himself called...
Jan 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
New program at Peoria Riverfront Museum rewards visits and interactions
PEORIA, Ill. - A visit to the Peoria Riverfront Museum is now a friendly competition. Museum leaders on Monday announced the Achievement Passport program. It allows visitors to earn points as they vis...
Jan 06, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum Facebook)
US Congress certifies Trump election victory for Jan. 20 inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress formally certified Republican President-elect Donald Trump's November election victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, clearing the way for him t...
Jan 06, 2025 People carry ballot boxes to a joint session of Congress to certify Donald Trump's election, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Man pleads guilty for role in Bartonville shooting in February 2024
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has pleaded guilty for his role in a shooting and robbery in Bartonville last year. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 21-year-old Evan Nettles pleaded guilty Monday...
Jan 06, 2025 Evan Nettles Mugshot (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. Steel, Nippon sue Biden administration over decision to block merger
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by blocking Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel through a sham national security review, the companies alleged in a lawsuit th...
Jan 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Nippon Steel logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
UPDATE: Trudeau says he will step down after new Liberal party leader named
UPDATED 11:05 A.M. OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberals after nine years in office but will stay on in h...
Jan 06, 2025 Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters, announcing he intends to step down as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister, but he will stay on in his post until a replacement has been chosen, from his Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle
Trump seeks to delay sentencing in hush money case as he appeals
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump asked a New York judge on Monday to delay his Jan. 10 sentencing on his criminal conviction on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn sta...
Jan 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Former President Donald Trump walks to make comments to members of the media after being found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden travels to New Orleans to provide comfort after New Year's Day attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to New Orleans on Monday to offer comfort to the community after a U.S. Army veteran killed 14 people and injured dozens by ramming a truck ...
Jan 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding an attack in New Orleans where a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day, at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, U.S. January 1, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
