Category Archives: Top Stories
Sheila Jackson Lee, strong Democratic voice in U.S. Congress, has died, family says
(Reuters) -U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a strong progressive voice in the Democratic Party who was outspoken on African-American and women's rights, has died, her family posted on X late Fr...
Jul 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 8, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
McIlroy, Woods, DeChambeau miss British Open cut
TROON, Scotland (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy and three-times winner Tiger Woods led a long list of former champions who missed the British Open cut after a windswept second round at Royal...
Jul 19, 2024 Golf - The 152nd Open Championship - Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland, Britain - July 19, 2024 Tiger Woods of the U.S. hits his approach on the 3rd hole during the second round REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska
Wall St ends volatile session lower in aftermath of global tech outage
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks extended their slump on Friday as lingering chaos related to a global technical outage caused by a software glitch added uncertainty to an already-anxious market. The f...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 3, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File photo
Satellite runs across Illinois help support Memphis to Peoria St. Jude run fundraising efforts
PEORIA, Ill. - Each summer, runners from central Illinois journey down to Memphis, Tenn. for the St. Jude Runs, running 465 miles back to Peoria and raising money for the St. Jude Children's Research ...
Jul 19, 2024 Runners for the St. Jude Marshall County to Peoria run cross the Lacon Bridge. (St. Jude Marshall County to Peoria Run Facebook)
Global tech outage is effecting some flights at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. - In the wake of a global tech outage early Friday morning, some flights in and out of Peoria International Airport are experiencing delays. A few early flights Friday morning to Punta Go...
Jul 19, 2024 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Israel-Hamas ceasefire close to the goal line, Blinken says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday a long-sought ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas was within sight, saying negotiators were "drivi...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks alongside Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez Acha (not pictured), during the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Ministerial, at the State Department in Washington, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
Pekin woman charged with first-degree murder in baby's death
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police have arrested a woman allegedly responsible for the death of a 10-month-old baby. The suspect, 21-year-old Makenna Rhodes, was booked into the Tazewell County Jail Thursday ...
Jul 19, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State's largest privately owned water utilities seek rate increase amid lawmaker scrutiny
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers around the state. Illinois Ameri...
Jul 19, 2024 An Illinois American Water water tower is pictured in Bolingbrook. The company is seeking to increase water rates beginning next year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Biden weighs future, Trump airs grievances in convention speech
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden weighed his political future at his Delaware beach house on Friday, one day after Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in a ...
Jul 19, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump's gestures at the end of Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Biden will return to campaign trail next week, campaign chairwoman says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will return to the campaign trail next week after isolating from mild COVID symptoms, the head of his reelection campaign said on Friday. "He is absolut...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a new plan for federal student loan relief during a visit to Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S, April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
