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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
Bellevue man indicted on hate crime charge
BELLEVUE, Ill. - A Bellevue man has been indicted on a hate crime charge by a Peoria County grand jury. 46-year-old Charles Gathard was indicted on felony hate crime one count Tuesday. 25 News reports...
Aug 28, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
As Illinois receives praise for its cannabis equity efforts, stakeholders still working on system's flaws
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Medical marijuana patients can now purchase cannabis grown by small businesses as part of their allotment, Illinois' top cannabis regulator said, but smalle...
Aug 28, 2024 The graphic shows how cannabis grown in Illinois gets from cultivation centers to customers. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Dilpreet Raju)
US Supreme Court declines to revive Biden's student debt relief plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to revive President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan, giving a boost to Republican-led states that have sued to block it. The ju...
Aug 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media after the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/Fle Photo
United Airlines flight attendants vote to authorize strike
(Reuters) -Flight attendants at United Airlines have voted in favor of a strike authorization, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said on Wednesday. Over 90% of the flight attendants participate...
Aug 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jetliner, January 7, 2024. REUTERS/Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/File Photo
Design submissions for potential new Illinois flag to be accepted starting next week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If you have an idea for what the Illinois state flag should look like, you'll get your chance to starting on September 3rd. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says that's when ap...
Aug 28, 2024 Matt Turner / CC
FBI says Trump gunman spent months seeking target, then settled on Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump mounted a "sustained, detailed effort" to attack a major gathering of some sort before deciding to target the Republican presidential ca...
Aug 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Bethel Park police officer looks at the home of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, named by the FBI as the "subject involved" in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/FIle Photo
Teenager turns self in after shooting Friday night in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection to a South Peoria shooting that occurred Friday night. Peoria Police says Andrew Drummond was arrested after he turned himself in Tuesday a...
Aug 28, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
At least 10 Palestinians killed in major Israeli raids across West Bank
JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -Hundreds of Israeli troops backed by helicopters, drones and armored personnel carriers raided the flashpoint cities of Jenin and Tulkarm and other areas in the occupied We...
Aug 28, 2024 Mourners grieve next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Hussam Al-Masri
US agency to probe deaths of two workers at Delta maintenance facility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. workplace safety agency said it is opening an investigation after two workers were killed and one seriously injured at a Delta Air Lines aircraft maintenance facility at...
Aug 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Delta Air Lines jets are seen on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. December 22, 2021. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
