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Return of NASA astronauts from space station further delayed until late March
(Reuters) - NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the agency said, taking what should have been an eight-day stay on the ...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Barry Wilmore, and Donald Pettit unbox Thanksgiving meals, from the International Space Station (ISS), in this screen grab taken from a handout video, released on November 26, 2024. NASA/Handout via REUTERS/ ile Photo
US Congress lines up stopgap bill to avert partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress unveiled a stopgap measure on Tuesday to keep federal agencies funded through March 14, which would avert a partial government ...
Dec 18, 2024 U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters following a House Republican conference meeting with U.S. Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT), Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Tom Emmer (R-MN) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Explainer-Who are the immigrants who could be targeted in Trump's mass deportation plans?
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and with temporary protections once he takes office...
Dec 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Members of California national guard stand near the wall on the United States and Mexico border, in San Diego, California, U.S. December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Repeat drug, weapons offender from Peoria receives lengthy sentence
PEORIA, Ill. - What started with a pair of ShotSpotter alerts in the East Bluff last March, has resulted in a lengthy prison sentence for a Peoria man. 43-year-old Terrance Shaw was sentenced to 8 yea...
Dec 18, 2024 (Peoria County Jail)
Former Peoria mayoral candidate indicted on felony charges relating to petition
PEORIA, Ill. - A former Peoria mayoral candidate has been indicted on numerous felony charges relating to his petitions. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 23-year-old Jacob Ryan was ind...
Dec 17, 2024 (25 News/Midwest Communicatons)
Electors cast official votes for president
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois officially awarded its 19 electoral votes Tuesday to Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the unsuccessful Democratic candidates to be the next president an...
Dec 17, 2024 Former U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush, one of Illinois’ presential electors, places his vote for Vice President Kamala Harris as part of the state’s Electoral College vote. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
UPDATE: Luigi Mangione sought to 'sow terror' in UnitedHealth executive killing, prosecutor says
UPDATED 4:23 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Luigi Mangione sought to "sow terror" by shooting dead UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street this month, a New York prosecutor said on...
Dec 17, 2024 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr. speaks accompanied by NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch during a press conference as it was announced that Luigi Mangione was indicted for murder in the shooting death of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson, in New York City, U.S. December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Kent J. Edwards
'Stay in the fight,' Harris tells tired young voters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged on Tuesday Democrats' disappointment in her failed bid for the White House, but urged supporters not to walk away from upcoming po...
Dec 17, 2024 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee's Holiday Reception at the Willard Hotel in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
Starbucks workers' union authorizes potential US strike
(Reuters) -The workers' union representing more than 10,000 Starbucks baristas said they have authorized a potential strike, ahead of this year's final round of bargaining talks with the coffee giant ...
Dec 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Packets of Starbucks coffee are seen in a supermarket in Santa Monica, California, January 27, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
US Congress negotiators reach deal on stopgap funding bill, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional negotiators on Tuesday reached a tentative deal on a stopgap funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown, provide about $100 billion in fresh disaster...
Dec 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
