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Prosecutors appeal Trump classified documents case dismissal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors formally appealed on Wednesday a federal judge's decision to throw out the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith accusing Donald Trump of illegally...
Jul 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 22, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Israel pounds central Gaza, sends tanks into north of Rafah
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces hit areas in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least nine Palestinians, according to health officials, while Israeli tanks carried out a limited advance f...
Jul 17, 2024 Palestinians inspect a house damaged in a nearby Israeli strike on Abdullah Azzam mosque, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Ameren expects power fully restored by Thursday night
UPDATED 7/18 10:05 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Ameren says customers still in the dark after Monday night's storms should be back online by Thursday night. The utility says some customers should be back onlin...
Jul 17, 2024 (Ameren Illinois)
US House task force to investigate Trump assassination attempt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will establish a bipartisan task force next week to investigate the attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a weekend rally, Ho...
Jul 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A member of the FBI Evidence Response Team, works near the building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, near the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt during a rally the day before, in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 15, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US Rep. Schiff calls on Biden to end reelection bid, LA Times reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Representative Adam Schiff called on President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid in a statement to the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, becoming the 20th congres...
Jul 17, 2024 U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Arson destroys S. Peoria home early Wednesday
PEORIA, Ill. - It appears arson is the cause of a fire that destroyed a South Peoria home early Wednesday morning. Peoria firefighters were called to a story-and-a-half home on W. Arlington around 4:5...
Jul 17, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Co. Sheriff: 14-year-old was running from police before he drowned
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office has released new information about the drowning death of 14-year-old Leron Griffin. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says during the course of an i...
Jul 17, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriffs Department)
US House Democrats, others protest virtual Biden nomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -At least three U.S. House of Representatives Democrats were preparing to sign a letter protesting a plan to speed up the official party approval of President Joe Biden's reelecti...
Jul 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 14, 2024. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Accident on I-74 leads to large spill near Knoxville Avenue exit
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Fire Department says one person was injured after a crash involving two semis and a passenger vehicle on Tuesday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey Hascall says it happe...
Jul 17, 2024 An accident involving two semis and a passenger vehicle Tuesday afternoon left a large spill on eastbound I-74 near the Knoxville Avenue exit.
(25 News)
UPDATE: Multiple tornadoes in Monday night's storm confirmed
UPDATED 3:49 P.M. The National Weather Service says multiple tornadoes touched down Monday night in Peoria County, in addition to the one in Tazewell County. Both twisters were rated EF-0. The first s...
Jul 17, 2024 Trees and power lines are down in East Peoria at Clover Avenue and Bloomington Road, after storms with strong winds left destructive damage and power outages across central Illinois. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
