Category Archives: Top Stories
DirecTV and Dish are in talks to merge again, source says
(Reuters) - Telecom operator AT&T and its joint-venture partner TPG are in early-stage talks to merge their DirecTV satellite TV service with EchoStar owned Dish, a person familiar with the matter tol...
Sep 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A DirecTV satellite dish is seen on a residential home in Encinitas, California November 5, 2014. Satellite TV provider DirecTV will report its third-quarter earnings Thursday. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Kamala Harris says she will cut degree requirements for certain federal jobs
WILKES BARRE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday she will cut college degree requirements for certain federal jobs if elected president as the Democratic presidential...
Sep 14, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during a campaign event in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 13, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Emergency response team arrests man after domestic violence attack in Pekin
PEKIN Ill. - A Pekin man is under arrest after police say he was attacking members of his own family, Friday afternoon. 25-News reports -- Clement Kobischka was arrested with the help of the Central I...
Sep 13, 2024
UK's Starmer in Washington for talks with Biden on Ukraine missile use
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet U.S. President Joe Biden for talks on Friday on the next steps in supporting Ukraine, centring on whether to allow Western missiles to ...
Sep 13, 2024 Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer works on the plane as he and Foreign Secretary David Lammy fly to the U.S., for talks with President Joe Biden on resolving the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, September 12, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
A year after end of cash bail, early research shows impact less than many hoped or feared
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state's criminal justice system appears to...
Sep 13, 2024 Loyola University of Chicago Center for Criminal Justice Co-Director David Olson speaks at an event in Springfield about the one-year anniversary of the Pretrial Fairness Act. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Trump pledges to deport Haitians from Ohio city; Biden calls for attacks to stop
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to conduct mass deportations of Haitian immigrants from the Ohio city of Springfield shortl...
Sep 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference at Trump National Golf Club, in Rancho Palos Verdes, U.S., September 13, 2024. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo
North Dakota judge overturns state abortion ban
(Reuters) -A North Dakota state court judge on Thursday overturned the state's near-total abortion ban, clearing the way for abortion to become legal in the Midwestern state for the first time in more...
Sep 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person holds a placard during a 'Walk-Out for Women' rally in this illustration photo, June 24, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to lesser charge after drunk driving arrest
(Reuters) - Pop star Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty in a New York State court on Friday to a lesser traffic charge than drunk driving after he was arrested over the summer when police spotted him fa...
Sep 13, 2024 Singer Justin Timberlake appears with his lawyer Edward Burke at a hearing related to a DWI arrest in the Sag Harbor Village Court in Sag Harbor, New York, U.S., September 13, 2024. T E McMorrow/Pool via REUTERS
More than 400 local high school students explore job opportunities on ICC Campus
EAST PEORIA Ill. --Around 400 local high school students spent part of their Friday, exploring the East Peoria ICC Campus. It was for their annual "Agriculture, Diesel, and Horticulture Career Showcas...
Sep 13, 2024
No change to US policy on long-range missiles to Ukraine expected Friday, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is not planning to announce any new policy on Ukraine and the use of long-range missiles on Friday, the White House said. "There is no change to our view on th...
Sep 13, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands on the day of signing a new security agreement between the United States and Ukraine, in Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
