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UPDATE: Judge fines Trump $9,000, threatens jail for contempt in hush money trial
UPDATED 1:39 P.M. (Reuters) -The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing hi...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump chats with his son Eric Trump during his criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. April 30, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Driver hospitalized after crash on I-74 Monday night. Here's what we know
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - On Monday night, the Woodford County Sheriff's Office received multiple calls of a car going off I-74 and into a lake. Sheriff Matthew Smith said an eastbound vehicle on I-74 a...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Netanyahu vows again to storm Rafah as Israel awaits Hamas reply to truce proposal
UPDATED 2:54 P.M. JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to go ahead with a long-promised assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, whatever the respo...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 A pro-Israeli counter protestor holds up a sign as demonstrators gather outside of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in New York, U.S., April 20, 2024. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
UPDATE: Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy building at Columbia University - CNN
UPDATE 7:10 A.M. (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University were occupying a building on the New York City campus on Tuesday as officials limited access to students who live there a...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 Protesters barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, expanding their protest after a deadline issued in the afternoon by university officials to disband or face suspension, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Greater Peoria Honor Flight tours Washington D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - The 30th Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria International Airport early Tuesday morning, bound for Washington D.C. The plane, filled with 75 veterans and t...
Julia Bradley Apr 30, 2024 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Teenager arrested by Peoria Police multiple times for same offense within a week
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested twice last week by Peoria Police for the same offense. Officers observed a vehicle driving recklessly Saturday just before 1:00 A.M. in the area of Peoria and Ne...
TJ Carson Apr 29, 2024
State health plans must cover gender-affirming surgery, US appeals court rules
(Reuters) - Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The 8-6 opinion from the Richmond, Virginia-ba...
TJ Carson Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A supporter of "Billboard Chris", who opposes medical treatments for transgender youth, stands across the street from counter-protestors outside Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
UPDATE: Four law enforcement officers killed in North Carolina, police say
UPDATED 11:04 P.M. (Reuters) -Four law enforcement officers were shot to death and four others were wounded on Monday in a gun battle that erupted while they were serving a fugitive arrest warrant at ...
TJ Carson Apr 29, 2024 Midwest Communications
Hiking trails closed at Peoria-area park after heavy rains from past weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Some hiking trails in the Peoria-area did not escape damage from this weekend's heavy rains. Forest Park Nature Center says some closures of trails have occurred due to flood damage. Pa...
TJ Carson Apr 29, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
Republican-led states sue to block Biden protections for transgender students
(Reuters) - Five Republican-led states on Monday filed lawsuits challenging new Biden administration regulations that bar schools and colleges that receive federal funding from discriminating against ...
TJ Carson Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, flanked by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Texas Solicitor General Judd Stone, speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden's bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo