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California wildfire forces evacuations in Malibu; students shelter in place
MALIBU, Calif (Reuters) -A rapidly intensifying wildfire burning just northwest of Los Angeles forced some residents in Malibu to evacuate as it threatened homes, knocked out power and closed roads in...
Dec 10, 2024 Firefighters look as flames and smoke billow as the Franklin Fire burns in Malibu, California, U.S., December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
US judge blocks Biden healthcare rule for DACA immigrants in some states
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge in North Dakota has blocked the Biden administration from requiring 19 Republican-led states to provide health insurance coverage to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally a...
Dec 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Activists draw placards in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy ahead of a hearing on a revised version of the DACA program outside a federal courthouse in Houston, Texas, U.S., June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
Peoria Public Schools board approves renaming former Quest Charter Academy buildings
PEORIA, Ill. - The former Quest Charter Academy buildings will have new names for next school year. The Peoria Public Schools Board approved renaming the two buildings at Monday night's meeting. The f...
Dec 10, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Netanyahu assails media as he testifies for first time in his corruption trial
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish se...
Dec 10, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters the district court in Tel Aviv at the start of his hearing on corruption charges on December 10, 2024. MENAHEM KAHANA/Pool via REUTERS
Israel pounds Syrian army bases, denies deeper incursion
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Israel pounded Syrian army bases on Tuesday in strikes it says aim to keep weapons from falling into hostile hands, but denied its forces had advanced into Syria beyond a buffer zo...
Dec 10, 2024 A man walks amid the damage, as mortars lie on the ground, near Qamishli International Airport, after regional security sources and officers within the now-fallen Syrian army said that Israeli airstrikes continued against military installations and airbases overnight across Syria, December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
Pekin City Council votes against grocery tax referendum
PEKIN Ill. - Residents in Pekin will not be voting on the town's 1% grocery tax, in April's election. City Council members Monday night were split, 3-3, on whether or not to add a referendum in the up...
Dec 09, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Prosecution could rest next week in 'Sphinx' Madigan's corruption trial
CHICAGO - After an extraordinarily short day of trial Monday, jurors may only remember one detail: those high up in Gov. JB Pritzker's 2018 campaign had nicknamed then-Illinois House Speaker Michael M...
Dec 09, 2024 Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after the second week of testimony in his corruption trial on Oct. 31, 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Man arrested for allegedly sexually abusing family member under the age of 13
PEORIA Ill. - A man has been arrested and will remain in jail until his trial -- for allegedly sexually abusing a family member that is under the age of 13, over the past two years. According to Peori...
Dec 09, 2024 (Corey Wofford mug shot)
Appeals court keeps Illinois' assault weapons ban in place
phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' assault weapons ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that fou...
Dec 09, 2024 Illinois’ assault weapons ban will remain in place after an appeals court stayed a lower court’s ruling that found it unconstitutional. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Zelenskiy seeks diplomatic end to Russia's war, floats role for foreign troops
KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made the case on Monday for a diplomatic settlement to Russia's war in Ukraine and raised the idea of foreign troops being deployed in his country until i...
Dec 09, 2024 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and German opposition leader Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) meet, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
