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Wisconsin man charged with homicide in car crash death of Peoria man
MADISON, Wis. - A homicide charge is being filed in connection with a fatal crash in Wisconsin that authorities say killed a Peoria man. Jesse Boley, 36, faces a charge of Homicide by Intoxicated Use ...
Will Stevenson Apr 13, 2023 (Wisconsin State Patrol)
Woodruff students make treats for shelter animals
PEORIA, Ill. - Culinary students at Woodruff Career and Technical Center in Peoria are using their skills to help feed their four-legged friends. The students made dog and cat treats to donate to the ...
TJ Carson Apr 13, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Prosecutors rest case in ComEd bribery trial as former CEO plans to take stand in her defense
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday rested their case against three ex-lobbyists and the former CEO of electric utility Commonwealth Edison in a trial where the four sta...
Will Stevenson Apr 13, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Justin Pearson sworn back in to Tennessee House
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Tennessee state Representative Justin Pearson was sworn in on Thursday morning after he was reappointed to the legislature from which he and another Democratic colleagu...
Julia Bradley Apr 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Justin J. Pearson gestures after a vote for his reinstatement by the Shelby County Commission, days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
Appeals court refuses to decide if Trump can be shielded from rape accuser's lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A Washington, D.C., appeals court on Thursday refused to decide whether Donald Trump can be shielded from the first of two defamation lawsuits by E. Jean Carroll, a writer who said...
Julia Bradley Apr 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll departs from her hearing at federal court during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Mother of Louisville shooter frantically called 911 to warn of his plans
(Reuters) - The mother of the 25-year-old bank employee who killed five people and wounded nine others in a shooting rampage at his Kentucky workplace on Monday had frantically called 911 to report he...
Julia Bradley Apr 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police deploy at the scene of a mass shooting outside an Old National Bank branch near Slugger Field baseball stadium in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. April, 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean/File Photo
Trump back in New York for questioning in state civil fraud case
(Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump arrived in New York to be questioned Thursday in a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against him by the state's attorney general, he said in a series of overnig...
Julia Bradley Apr 13, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump arrive at Trump Tower, after former President Trump's indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in New York City, U.S April 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Memphis returns second expelled Tennessee lawmaker back to statehouse
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Reuters) - Local government officials in Memphis, Tennessee, voted on Wednesday to return the second of two Democratic state lawmakers who were expelled last week for protesting gu...
Will Stevenson Apr 12, 2023 Justin J. Pearson gestures as he is reappointed by the Shelby County Commission, after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
UPDATE: Dunlap schools lockdown quickly lifted; State Police warn of fake "swatting" calls
UPDATED 5:55 P.M. DUNLAP, Ill. - A call of suspicious people with guns caused some schools in Dunlap to go on a brief lockdown Wednesday afternoon. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says the call ca...
Will Stevenson Apr 12, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
Biden urges N.Ireland leaders to seize 'incredible economic opportunity'
BELFAST (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden urged Northern Irish political leaders to restore their power-sharing government with the promise that scores of major U.S. corporations were ready to inves...
Will Stevenson Apr 12, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in a pub in Dundalk, Ireland, April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque