Category Archives: Top Stories
Calculated bribe or 'kiss up' to Madigan? Corruption trial kicks off for former AT&T boss
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the federal corruption trial of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza formally kicked off on Wednesday, prosecutors and defense attorneys paint...
Sep 12, 2024 Former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday after jury selection in his bribery trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
More than 340,000 customers without power in Louisiana due to storm Francine
(Reuters) -Over 340,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana were left without power on Thursday after Hurricane Francine barreled onto the state's Gulf Coast, according to data from PowerOutage.us. Fran...
Sep 12, 2024 Clouds partially obscure the skyline of New Orleans as the effects of Hurricane Francine begin to be felt in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Edmund D. Fountain
Harvey Weinstein charged in New York with additional crimes, prosecutor says
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein has been hit with new criminal charges in New York, a prosecutor said in court on Thursday, as the Manhattan district attorney's office prepares to retry the forme...
Sep 12, 2024 Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein appears for a status hearing in New York Criminal Court in New York, U.S., 19 July 2024. KENA BETANCUR/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
US producer prices rise slightly above expectations in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased slightly more than expected in August amid higher costs for services, but the trend remained consistent with subsiding inflation. The producer pri...
Sep 12, 2024 A person shops at a Whole Foods grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims rise moderately
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week, pointing to a still-low level of layoffs even as the labor market slows...
Sep 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Four homes damaged, two firefighters injured in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called overnight to the 3300 block of N.E. Madison Avenue for a house fire. Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says crews arrived around 2:05 a.m., finding the h...
Sep 12, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
SpaceX-Polaris crew exits capsule for first private spacewalk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A crew of four aboard a SpaceX capsule embarked on the world's first private spacewalk on Thursday, as an astronaut eased out of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a tether into the v...
Sep 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, commander Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis, crew members of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, attend a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
ABC News US presidential debate attracted 67.1 million TV viewers
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. presidential debate between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump attracted 67.1 million television viewers, according to Nielsen d...
Sep 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate hosted by ABC as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump listens, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
California wildfires burn dozens of homes, ski resort
WRIGHTWOOD, California (Reuters) -Three Southern California wildfires torched dozens of mountain homes, tore through a ski resort and forced thousands to evacuate in towns and cities east of Los Angel...
Sep 12, 2024 A Cal Fire firefighter tackles the Bridge Fire threatening mountain communities to the northeast of Los Angeles, in Wrightwood, California, U.S. September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu
Gun used to shoot Mapleton woman looked to have been intentionally put in her hand, prosecutors say
PEORIA Ill. - More details have been released regarding a fatal shooting in a South Peoria home last week. 20-year-old Mary Halcomb of Mapleton was found dead by Peoria police Friday night in the area...
Sep 11, 2024 Photo: Peoria County Sheriff's Office
