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North Carolina Republican denies calling himself Black Nazi, vows to stay in governor's race
(Reuters) -North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor promised to stay in the race on Thursday after CNN reported that he once called himself a "black NAZI!" and proposed bringing back slavery...
Sep 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican candidate for North Carolina Governor and current North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, Mark Robinson gestures as he attends a campaign event in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo
Israel and Hezbollah trade fire after heaviest airstrikes yet
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon urged immediate de-escalation as hostilities rumbled on at the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday, following Israel's most intense airstrikes in...
Sep 20, 2024 Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
Donald Trump says Jews will be partly to blame if he loses election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be partly to blame if he loses the Nov. 5 election to Vice President Kamala Har...
Sep 20, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" with Dr. Miriam Adelson and Jewish leaders in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
High court: Smell of burnt cannabis is not cause for warrantless vehicle search
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme...
Sep 20, 2024 The Illinois Supreme Court chamber is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Kamala Harris joins Oprah Winfrey in emotional campaign event
FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) -A star-studded virtual event hosted by Oprah Winfrey Thursday night to build enthusiasm for Kamala Harris' campaign was marked by teary moments and celebrity endo...
Sep 20, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Oprah Winfrey attend a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Alaska man arrested for threatening six US Supreme Court justices
(Reuters) - An Alaska man has been arrested on charges that he threatened to assault, kidnap and murder six U.S. Supreme Court justices and some of their family members in online messages that contain...
Sep 19, 2024 U.S. Supreme Court police officers stand on the front steps of the Supreme Court building prior to the official investiture ceremony for the court's newest Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and the start of the court's 2022-2023 term in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
State wraps up case in challenge to assault weapons ban
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge invoked images from the 1917 race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Thursday at the end of a trial in a case challenging the constitu...
Sep 19, 2024 The U.S. District Courthouse is pictured in East St. Louis (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Mother of one-month-old son who died in Peoria ordered to remain in jail
PEORIA, Ill. - A Chicago woman charged with First Degree Murder in the death of her son in Peoria this week has been ordered to remain in jail. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a petit...
Sep 19, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in case of ex-AT&T boss accused of bribing Madigan
CHICAGO - A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza bribed longtime Illinois House...
Sep 19, 2024 PHOTO: Flanked by his legal team, former AT&T executive Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago earlier this month. La Schiazza’s bribery trial ended in a mistrial on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria looking to purchase downtown property at Tuesday's city council meeting
PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria is looking to acquire property in the downtown area. An agenda item on Tuesday's meeting includes a resolution to purchase the Tower on Adams property for more than o...
Sep 19, 2024 (City of Peoria)
