Category Archives: Top Stories
Influential Democrats back Biden, as others break ranks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden got a boost on Friday from two prominent Democrats who said he should stay in the White House race, as other members of his party said the 81-year-old incumbe...
Jul 12, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden attends a press conference during NATO's 75th anniversary summit, in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
UPDATE: Judge dismisses charges against Alec Baldwin in Rust killing
UPDATED 5:14 P.M. SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 12 (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin on Friday after his lawyers alleged police hid evidence o...
Jul 12, 2024 US actor Alec Baldwin attends his trial for involuntary manslaughter at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 12, 2024. RAMSAY DE GIVE/Pool via REUTERS
St. Jude runners ready to hit the road for a 43rd time for the kids
PEORIA, Ill. - It's almost time for this year's St. Jude "Memphis To Peoria Run". A caravan of RVs, filled with runners and support team members, will leave Peoria early Tuesday morning. It's the run'...
Jul 12, 2024 (Memphis to Peoria Run Facebook)
First Israeli military report on Oct. 7 attack finds army failed to protect civilians
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military published on Thursday the findings of a first probe into its own security failings during the devastating Oct. 7 Hamas attack, acknowledging it hadn't protect...
Jul 12, 2024 A woman on a bicycle rides past a billboard with the Israeli flag and a slogan in support of the hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack displayed, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 11, 2024.. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Washburn woman's 2022 murder conviction overturned by appeals court
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. - A Washburn woman's murder conviction has been overturned by an appeals court. 21-year-old Maya Nodine was found guilty but mentally ill in September of 2022 for her role in a D...
Jul 12, 2024 (File-25 News)
SpaceX Falcon 9 suffers rare failure in space, imperiling Starlink mission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A second-stage engine on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare malfunction in space during a routine Starlink mission on Thursday night, imperiling the satellites in the compa...
Jul 12, 2024 SpaceX's Falcon 9 is pictured launching satellites to orbit in space after it lifted off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, U.S., in this screenshot obtained from a handout video released on July 12, 2024. SpaceX/Handout via REUTERS
AT&T says data from around 109 million US customer accounts illegally downloaded
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -AT&T said Friday the company suffered a massive hacking incident as data from about 109 million customer accounts containing records of calls and texts from 2022 was illegall...
Jul 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The AT&T logo is seen in a store window, as airports around the country are awaiting for Verizon and AT&T to rollout their 5G technology, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
US producer prices rise moderately in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer prices increased moderately in June, further confirmation that inflation had resumed its downward trend and strengthening the case for a September interest rate cu...
Jul 12, 2024 People display merchandise for pedestrians around Times Square, in New York, U.S., December 25, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Peoria County rejects GFL's plan for a transfer station
PEORIA, Ill. - With Peoria's city and county landfill in Edwards getting closer to capacity, and no alternative location available, Peoria County Board members want to keep searching for an Environmen...
Jul 12, 2024 (25 News)
Sorensen calls on President Biden withdraw from the presidential race
PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Moline), whose district includes areas of Central Illinois, is calling on President Joe Biden to step aside in his campaign for re-election. Sorensen, who rep...
Jul 12, 2024 (Rep. Eric Sorensen via Zoom-screenshot)
