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Police search for motive in Wisconsin school shooting
(Reuters) - Police in Wisconsin on Tuesday were interviewing friends and family and examining the online presence of a 15-year-old girl to determine what drove her to open fire in a school classroom, ...
Dec 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Children prepare to board a bus bound for the reunification center where they'll meet their parents after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Cullen Granzen/File Photo
Motor vehicles, online purchases boost US retail sales in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in November amid an acceleration in motor vehicle and online purchases, consistent with strong underlying momentum in the economy a...
Dec 17, 2024 A woman looks at holiday ornaments at a pop-up Holiday shop in New York City, U.S., November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US Senate advances massive defense bill, despite transgender provision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Monday voted overwhelmingly to advance an $895 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon toward passage as soon as Tuesday, which would send it to the White...
Dec 17, 2024 A couple walks with a dog near the U.S. Capitol building, in Washington, U.S. October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction on immunity grounds
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to overturn his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling recognizing immu...
Dec 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside his attorney Todd Blanche, speaks to the media as he arrives for his criminal trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Outreach groups worried about fires, cold weather as Peoria's camping ban approaches
PEORIA, Ill. - Leaders of Outreach organization LULA Peoria are worried about people living outdoors as the weather gets colder, and they struggle to stay warm. Recently, fires broke out in a homeless...
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Illinois' presidential electors to meet Tuesday to cast votes for Harris
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' presidential electors will meet at the Statehouse on Tuesday to cast their votes for president and vice president of the United States. The ceremony, which is held on the same ...
Dec 16, 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Teenage shooter kills student, teacher at Wisconsin school, police say
(Reuters) -A teenage student killed a fellow student and a teacher at a Wisconsin school on Monday before police found the suspect dead at the scene of the latest shooting to devastate a U.S. campus, ...
Dec 16, 2024 Emergency vehicles are parked, following a call about a shooting, at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., December 16, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from social media video. Sabrina Ringquist/TMX via REUTERS
Trump says US military should talk about nature of drone sightings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military should tell the American public about the nature of the drone sightings that have plagued the East Coast over ...
Dec 16, 2024 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 16, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Richwoods High School counselor arrested for physical altercation with student
PEORIA Ill. - A school counselor at Richwoods High School has been arrested for a physical altercation with a 14-year-old autistic student, earlier this month. According to Peoria Police -- 52-year-ol...
Dec 16, 2024
Peoria residents injured in Saturday evening crash in McDonough County
MACOMB, Ill. - Three people from Peoria were injured in a crash on Saturday in western Illinois. Illinois State Police says the two-vehicle crash was reported just after 5:30 P.M. on Illinois Route 33...
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