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Most serious charge dismissed in New York City subway car death; jurors considering lesser charge
(Reuters) - A judge on Friday dismissed the most serious charge against Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine on trial for the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who he was restraining on a New York C...
Dec 06, 2024 Daniel Penny exits Manhattan Criminal Court as a jury continues deliberations in the trial of the former U.S. Marine sergeant facing charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for fatally strangling Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on a New York City subway car in 2023, in New York City, U.S., December 6, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Police believe gunman who killed insurance CEO has left New York City
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City police believe the man who fatally shot a UnitedHealth top executive has left the city, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Friday, as the hunt for the gunman p...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An undated New York City Police Department (NYPD) handout image obtained by Reuters on December 5, 2024, shows an individual wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of UnitedHeatlhcare CEO Brian Thompson, in an unknown location. NYPD/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump appoints former PayPal exec David Sacks as AI and crypto czar
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he was appointing former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks as his "White House A.I. & Crypto Czar," another step towards over...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: David Sacks, former CEO of Yammer speaks during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Phone outage affecting calls to Peoria government facilities
PEORIA Ill. - The City of Peoria is experiencing a phone outage. The city sent out a statement early Friday, saying they are experiencing an outage for numbers with a 494 prefix. AT&T is working o...
Dec 06, 2024 (City of Peoria)
'There's something fishy here, don't you think?': Wiretapped calls detail Madigan confidant's confoundment over complicated land deal
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - It was the last day of the General Assembly's spring legislative session in 2018 when veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain realized his bill wasn't going an...
Dec 06, 2024 The parking lot along Wentworth Ave. in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood in October 2024. In 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan directed his close ally Mike McClain to work on getting the state-owned land transferred to developers who were interested in building on a portion of the lot. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
US appeals court upholds TikTok law forcing its sale
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
US job growth accelerates in November; unemployment rate rises to 4.2%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job growth surged in November after being severely constrained by hurricanes and strikes, but this probably does not signal a material shift in labor market conditions that ...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person stands near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Trump stands by Pentagon pick Hegseth as nomination in doubt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his support for Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth, citing the Ivy League-educated former Fox News host's "charisma" and callin...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth meets with Senator-elect Jim Banks (R-IN) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Annual Drive for Miracles Radiothon from 93.3 the Drive takes place Friday
PEORIA, Ill. - Each December, Midwest Communications' 93.3 The Drive rallies behind OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital in Peoria, raising money and awareness, to help the kids that are treated there. ...
Dec 06, 2024 (93.3 the Drive/Midwest Communciations)
Police scour New York for suspect, two days after UnitedHealth executive gunned down
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Armed with a growing file of clues, New York police on Friday were scouring surveillance videos and asking the public for help in finding the masked assailant who gunned down a Un...
Dec 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An undated New York City Police Department (NYPD) handout image obtained by Reuters on December 5, 2024, shows an individual wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of UnitedHeatlhcare CEO Brian Thompson, in an unknown location. NYPD/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
