Category Archives: Top Stories
New York Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges of accepting bribes and illegal campaign contributions from Turkish nationals, as the Democrat resist...
Sep 27, 2024 New York City Mayor Eric Adams sits in federal court beside his lawyer Alex Spiro during his arraignment after he was charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a campaign contribution from a foreign national, in New York City, U.S. September 27, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
US charges Iranians with hacking attack on Trump campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday unsealed criminal charges accusing three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and tr...
Sep 27, 2024 Iran's and U.S.' flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Rollover crash in Peoria County prompts warning from sheriff's office
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is urging parents to talk to their teenagers about safe driving after a rollover crash Friday morning south of Dunlap. The sheriff's office say...
Sep 27, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Peoria Riverfront Museum unveils two new exhibits
PEORIA Ill. - You can see Muppets, Puppets, and Flags at the Peoria Riverfront Museum this weekend. The museum unveiled two new exhibits Friday morning -- titled "The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imaginatio...
Sep 27, 2024 (Casey Foreman 1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Ukraine's Zelenskiy presents 'victory plan' to Trump at New York meeting
UPDATED 2:01 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented his war "victory plan" to Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting on Friday, after the Republican presidential...
Sep 27, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Netanyahu tells UN Israel seeks peace but fighting for life
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel is seeking peace despite fighting for its life in the face of "savage enemies" who want its annihilation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a closely watched ...
Sep 27, 2024 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar
British actress Maggie Smith dies aged 89, BBC reports
LONDON (Reuters) -British actress Maggie Smith, an award winning Shakespearian actress and double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 89, the BBC reported on Frida...
Sep 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Actress Dame Maggie Smith arrives at the Royal Film Performance and World Premiere of the film, "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", at Leicester Square, London February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
Midwest Food Bank provides relief in the wake of Hurricane Helene
MORTON, Ill. - Central Illinois-based Midwest Food Bank is mobilizing relief efforts as Hurricane/Tropical Storm Helene continues to bring damaging winds, rain and flash flooding to the country's sout...
Sep 27, 2024 (Midwest Food Bank)
Multiple Iranians indicted over Trump campaign hack, Politico reports
(Reuters) - Multiple Iranians have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury on charges over hacking Republican Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, Politico reported on Thursday. Politico said the nam...
Sep 27, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump makes a campaign speech at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia, U.S. September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo
Harris visits US southern border as Trump focuses on immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time in her 2024 presidential campaign on Friday as her Republican opponent Donald Trump doubles dow...
Sep 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala speaks as she and U.S. President Joe Biden deliver remarks on gun violence in America, at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
