Category Archives: Top Stories
FBI, DHS leaders decline to testify publicly about threats facing US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday declined to appear publicly before a U.S. Senate committee to discuss national secur...
Nov 21, 2024 FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a meeting of the Department of Justice’s Election Threats Task Force at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
Madigan ally testifies he was rewarded with no-work contracts as 'good soldier' for speaker
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - The first time Ed Moody ever took a vacation with his wife was a decade ago, marking their 25th wedding anniversary. Prior to that, Moody used all his vacation days -...
Nov 21, 2024 Former Cook County Commissioner Ed Moody, a loyal foot soldier for ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, testified this week at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Madigan’s trial. (Capitol News Illinois illustration; courthouse photo by Hannah Meisel; Moody headshot courtesy of the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office)
Civic Center: Special "Wicked" Pre-sale ends 11/26
PEORIA, Ill. - The musical "Wicked" is coming to the Peoria Civic Center Theater next summer, but buyers can purchase tickets during a special pre-sale through Tuesday, 11/26. Civic Center General Man...
Nov 21, 2024 (Peoria Civic Center)
Google must divest Chrome to restore competition in online search, DOJ says
(Reuters) -Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures - including possibly selling Android - to end its monopoly on online search...
Nov 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google is seen at a Google store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Israel, Hezbollah trade deadly blows despite ceasefire talks
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah traded deadly blows on Thursday as their war raged on despite signs of progress in U.S. ceasefire efforts, with airstrikes pounding Beirut's...
Nov 21, 2024 Smoke rises from Beirut southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Ashrafieh, Lebanon, November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Russia fires intercontinental ballistic missile in attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv's air force said, in the first known use in the war of a powerful weapon designed to...
Nov 21, 2024 Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine November 21, 2024. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk region/Handout
East Peoria city council votes no on term-limit ordinance
EAST PEORIA Ill. - Elected-officials in East Peoria will not be subject to term-limits going forward. At Tuesday's council meeting, members discussed the possibility of installing term-limits for the ...
Nov 20, 2024 (Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Comcast to spin off some cable TV networks as streaming dominates
(Reuters) -Comcast said on Wednesday that it plans to spin-off the bulk of its fading NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, as the company said it is repositioning itself for growt...
Nov 20, 2024 A view shows a sign at the entrance of the corporate headquarters of Comcast, which announced plans to spin-off the bulk of its fading NBCUniversal cable TV networks, including MSNBC and CNBC, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers
Man sentenced for his role in fatal shooting of his girlfriend at Dunlap apartment in 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend more than seven decades in prison for his role in the shooting death of his girlfriend in Dunlap last year. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 28-year-old...
Nov 20, 2024 (Peoria County State's Attorney's Office)
Peoria man found guilty again for fatal 2015 shooting on South Side
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty for a second time of First Degree Murder for a 2015 shooting that left one man dead and another injured. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 32-...
Nov 20, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
