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Grayson's behavior in Logan County led superior to ask, 'How are you still employed with us?'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Before former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson was accused of shooting Sonya Massey after she called police to investigate a prowler, he had a ...
Jul 26, 2024 Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department)
Trump touts warm ties to Israel's Netanyahu, blasts Harris
PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump said his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had always been warm as the two leaders met on Friday, and the Is...
Jul 26, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump prior to signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada set to appear in Texas court on Friday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was set to appear in an El Paso federal court on Friday, after he and a son of another drug lord were arrested on Thursday in El P...
Jul 26, 2024 A newspaper seller arranges newspapers reporting the El Paso, Texas, U.S., arrest of Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, "El Chapo" Guzman's son, in Mexico City, Mexico July 26, 2024. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf
Olympics-Paris to start 2024 Games under watchful eye of security forces
PARIS (Reuters) -The Olympics will officially start on Friday evening with an extravagant opening ceremony in the heart of Paris, hours after a sabotage attack on the high-speed TGV rail network cause...
Jul 26, 2024 Paris 2024 Olympics - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Security personnel on the roofs of buildings at Tuileries Garden as part of the perimeter deployed ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics REUTERS/Mike Blake
Harris gains ground in polls as Trump tries to brand her a Marxist
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest U.S. teachers' union on Thursday, promising a "fight for the future" as new opinion polls showed her...
Jul 26, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he campaigns in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Harris pushes Netanyahu to ease suffering in Gaza: 'I will not be silent'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to help reach a Gaza ceasefire deal that would ease the suffering of Palestinian...
Jul 26, 2024 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 25, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
UPDATE: One person arrested after Thursday night shooting in Peoria
UPDATED 1:47 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man was arrested after multiple shots were fired in Peoria Thursday night. Peoria Police say a total of 33 shots were fired just before 9:00 p.m. in the area of Jeff...
Jul 26, 2024
Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Harris in video of live call
(Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle endorsed Kamala Harris' bid for president on Friday in a roughly one-minute long video that captured a private phone call between the co...
Jul 26, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., July 25, 2024. Harris is returning to Washington, DC, from Texas, and she is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS
US Senate advances two child online safety bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on a broad bipartisan basis on Thursday advanced two online safety bills that would force social media companies to take responsibility for how their platforms af...
Jul 25, 2024 A view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
In the suburbs, proposed water rates spark outrage from residents, advocates
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Residents of Chicago's southwest suburbs, alongside local and state elected officials, shared their anger over a proposed water rate increase this week, des...
Jul 25, 2024 Cindy Zacharias speaks at a public forum hosted by the Illinois Commerce Commission in Bolingbrook. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
