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Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5 million defamation verdict
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the U.S. president-elect liable for sexually abusing a...
Dec 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Gas prices steady in Peoria area as new year approaches
PEORIA, Ill. - The price at the pump in the Peoria area is up slightly as 2024 comes to an end. GasBuddy reports the average price of a gallon of unleaded Monday is $3.16/g, up 1.2 cents in the past w...
Dec 30, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
South Korea orders airline safety probe after worst domestic crash kills 179
MUAN COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation as investigators worked to i...
Dec 30, 2024 Rescues work near the wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Morton Police investigating report of adult male allegedly attempting to lure child into vehicle
MORTON, Ill. - Morton Police are asking parents to talk to their children about approaching unknown vehicles after an incident last week. Police say an unknown male was observed on December 26th in th...
Dec 30, 2024 (Morton Police)
UPDATE: US announces $5.9 billion in military, other aid to Ukraine
UPDATED 8:11 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget assistance for Ukraine as President Joe Biden uses his final weeks in ...
Dec 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens to U.S. President Joe Biden speak during a Ukraine Compact meeting, on the sidelines of the NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Jimmy Carter, former US president and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, dead at 100
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and lat...
Dec 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers a lecture on the eradication of the Guinea worm, at the House of Lords in London, Britain February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo
UPDATE: 17-year-old Princeville girl identified as victim in fatal crash Saturday
UPDATED 5:03 P.M. PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Princeville teenager who died in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in Peoria County has been identified. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 17...
Dec 29, 2024
Fiery plane crash kills 179 in worst airline disaster in South Korea
MUAN COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireb...
Dec 29, 2024 Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runaway at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, December 29, 2024. Yonhap via REUTERS
At least one big Mega Millions winner in California
COTTONWOOD, Ca. (FOX News) - At least one person has matched all of the numbers to win Friday's Mega Millions jackpot of $1.22 billion. The California Lottery says the winning ticket matched all five ...
Dec 28, 2024 (Mega Millions Consortium)
15-year-old held for fatal East Bluff Shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for first-degree murder for the shooting death of a 39-year-old man about a week ago. Peoria Police say they searched a home on W. Bradley Avenue lat...
Dec 28, 2024 (25 News)
