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Man seriously injured in shooting overnight in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was shot outside the Neon Bison bar in downtown Peoria early Friday morning. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called to the 500 block of Main Street just ...
Aug 30, 2024
E-Learning day for Dunlap Middle School after air conditioning breaks down
DUNLAP, Ill. - Students at Dunlap Middle School will be staying home on Friday. The district has announced an e-learning day for the middle school students, after the building's air conditioning unit ...
Aug 29, 2024 (Dunlap Middle School)
Roadmap to energy savings presented to Peoria Public Schools board
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools has a blueprint on how to save energy and money district-wide. Representatives from Ameren presented the results of a study the utility did of the district, as par...
Aug 29, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
FBI failed to properly investigate some child sexual assault allegations, DOJ report says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) said Thursday the FBI failed to properly investigate some suspected child sexual abuse cases and did not report s...
Aug 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation outside of the FBI's Cincinnati Field Office, after police closed off Interstate 71 North after reports of a suspect attempting to attack the FBI building, in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dean/File Photo
Massey's death underscores state delay in launching mental health response program
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - An Illinos law intended to help people with mental illness avoid confrontations with police had been on the books for three years when Sonya Massey was shot...
Aug 29, 2024 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Sullivan meets Xi as wide-ranging China-US talks near end in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, wrapping up three days of talks aimed at easing friction between the two world ...
Aug 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Wang Yi, the director of the Communist Party's Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office gestures near White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan before talks at Yanqi Lake in Beijing, China, August 27, 2024. Ng Han Guan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims fall slightly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits slipped last week, but re-employment opportunities for laid-off workers are becoming more scarce, a sign tha...
Aug 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
U.S. travelers set to end summer on a high note with record Labor Day air travel
(Reuters) - U.S. airlines and airports are gearing up for the busiest Labor Day weekend, as a record number of travelers pack their bags and prepare to jet off to squeeze one last summer trip before t...
Aug 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Passengers walk along terminal B of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinian fighters inside West Bank mosque
JERUSALEM/JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Thursday its troops killed five Palestinian fighters who were hiding inside a mosque in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, in one of the ...
Aug 29, 2024 Palestinians inspect a damaged house following an Israeli military raid in Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 29, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman
UPDATE: After criticism, Harris sits for first major interview
UPDATED 3:20 P.M. SAVANNAH, Georgia (Reuters) -Kamala Harris sat down for her first interview with a mainstream news organization since becoming the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, in a high-...
Aug 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz walk down the steps from Air Force Two at Savannah/ Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
