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Federal judge strikes down Illinois assault weapons ban, setting up likely appeal
SPRINGFIELD - A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois' assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued a...
Nov 08, 2024 The U.S. District Courthouse is pictured in East St. Louis. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Hundreds of local high school students learn how to "build their future"
EDWARDS Ill. - More than 400 local high school students learned how they could "build their future" Friday in Edwards... It was the third annual Skills USA Construction Pathways Career Experience -- a...
Nov 08, 2024
Investigators say intentionally set fire damages Peoria apartment
PEORIA, Ill. - Investigators say a Peoria apartment fire from Friday morning was reportedly intentionally set. Peoria Fire crews arrived just after 7:15 A.M. in the area of Wardcliffe and Rockwood, di...
Nov 08, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
US judge pauses Trump 2020 election case after election victory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday set aside pending deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case after federal prosecutors said they were grappling with the "u...
Nov 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm/File Photo
US charges Iranian man in plot to kill Donald Trump, Justice Dept says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged an Iranian man in connection with an alleged plot ordered by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, th...
Nov 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses supporters during his rally for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/File Photo
Peoria's Scottish Rite Theater under new management
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria is all "abuzz" with the announcement that the Scottish Rite Theater is reopening. The venue, that's been closed since last April, is under new management. TempleLive Music Group'...
Nov 08, 2024 (TempleLive Music Group)
Jury sees relentless ComEd job placement requests from Madigan co-defendant
CHICAGO - Had they been any other job applicants, electric utility Commonwealth Edison likely wouldn't have given a second look to candidates who made "politically inappropriate" comments during an in...
Nov 08, 2024 Mike McClain, the former top contract lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, Nov. 6 with his attorney Patrick Cotter. McClain is on trial alongside ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, his longtime friend. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Amsterdam bans demos after "antisemitic squads" attack Israeli soccer fans
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Amsterdam banned demonstrations for three days from Friday after overnight attacks on Israeli soccer supporters by what the mayor called "antisemitic hit-and-run squads", and Isra...
Nov 08, 2024 Israeli football supporters and Dutch youth clash near Amsterdam Central station, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024, in this still image obtained from a social media video. X/iAnnet/via REUTERS
Trump picks Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that Susie Wiles, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff, entrusting a top pos...
Nov 08, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with his senior advisor Susie Wiles as he speaks, following early results from the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Most Americans expect Trump to increase US debt, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans believe President-elect Donald Trump will push the U.S. government deeper into debt in his new term, though most Republicans do not share Democrats' concerns over...
Nov 08, 2024 A screen displays Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, after he became U.S. president-elect, at the end of the New York Stock Exchange trading day, in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
