Category Archives: Top Stories
Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to 'provoke a reaction from our Friend'
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Commonwealth Edison's top attorney was busy preparing for the General Assembly to take up major legislation the utility had spent months negotiating when ComEd's top ...
Oct 29, 2024 A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is on trial for allegedly taking bribes from ComEd, along with other alleged acts of corruption. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader, Israel says he won't last long
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese armed group Hezbollah named Naim Qassem as its new leader on Tuesday but Israel said his tenure would be "temporary", an apparent threat after it killed his predecessor Has...
Oct 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem attends a memorial service for Mohammed Nasser, Hezbollah's senior commander who was killed on June 3 in an Israeli strike in south Lebanon, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, July 10, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Israeli strike kills dozens in north Gaza town, Gaza health ministry says
CAIRO (Reuters) -At least 93 Palestinians were killed and missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, the Gaza health...
Oct 29, 2024 Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses and residential buildings, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Abdul Karim Farid/File Photo
Police believe three fires at Washington, Oregon ballot boxes are linked
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police believe three suspected arsons at ballot drop boxes in the northwestern U.S. states of Washington and Oregon are linked, and have identified what they believe is a suspect...
Oct 29, 2024 First responders pull out the burning contents of a ballot box, used to collect early votes ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election, after it was set on fire in a suspected arson in Vancouver, Washington, U.S. October 28, 2024 in a still image from video. Evan Bell/ABC Affiliate KATU via REUTERS
Candidates file ahead of Peoria municipal races next spring
PEORIA, Ill. - Three Peoria politicians and a newcomer have filed petitions to have their names on the ballot for next year's mayoral race. As of Monday's deadline to file, the candidates include incu...
Oct 29, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump appeals to religion, Harris talks jobs as millions vote early
ATLANTA/ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) -Republican Donald Trump on Monday appealed to religious voters in the southern swing state of Georgia as his campaign distanced itself from racist remarks by sup...
Oct 29, 2024 Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a moderated Q&A with Pastor Paula White (not pictured), at the National Faith Advisory Summit, in Powder Springs, Georgia, U.S., October 28, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Israel votes to ban UN aid agency, Palestinians say 100,000 residents trapped
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday to ban the UN relief agency UNRWA from operating inside the country, alarming some of Israel's Western allies who fear it will wor...
Oct 28, 2024 Israeli tanks take position at the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel, October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Early voting numbers strong in Peoria and Tazewell Counties week before Election Day
PEORIA/PEKIN, Ill. - High numbers of ballots are being returned in central Illinois before Election Day next week. Peoria County is reporting that more than 27,000 ballots have been returned, as of Mo...
Oct 28, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria man sentenced for bank fraud and making false statements under oath
PEORIA, Ill. - Two men were sentenced to prison on Thursday for what the federal government describes as a "multi-year fraud scheme." 35-year-old Chad Campen of Peoria was sentenced to more than 11 ye...
Oct 28, 2024 courtroom gavel
Israel wants more peace deals with Arab countries after war, Netanyahu says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he hopes to reach peace deals with more Arab countries once the war against Iranian proxies Hamas and Hezbollah is comple...
Oct 28, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a memorial ceremony for those murdered by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and those who fell in the "Iron Sword" war, at the Knesset, the Parliament, in Jerusalem, on Monday, October 28, 2024. DEBBIE HILL/Pool via REUTERS
