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Trump to seek overturn of NY hush money conviction after immunity ruling -NYT
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers plan to ask that his May conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star be set aside due to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this week on...
Jul 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Rossi pleads not guilty to latest federal charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he made himself richer at the expense of state taxpayers and health insurance companies. According to 25...
Jul 02, 2024 (25 News)
Biden and Democratic allies raise $264 million in second quarter
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign and its Democratic allies raised $264 million in the second quarter, including $127 million in June and a record "grassroots" fundraising haul on the da...
Jul 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden takes part in a conversation with former U.S. President Barack Obama and late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel during a star-studded campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 15, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
White House takes steps to protect workers from extreme heat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of President Joe Biden took steps on Tuesday to protect workers and communities from the deadly effects of extreme heat including proposing the first-ever rul...
Jul 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man lies on a sidewalk during a heatwave in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/File Photo
Biden warns Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling is 'dangerous precedent'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity set a "dangerous precedent" that could turn presidents into kings and called on the Amer...
Jul 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 election subversion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Peoria Public Schools board swears in new member, elects new leadership
PEORIA, Ill. - Changes were made to the Peoria Public Schools board on Monday. The board swore in Christina Rose as a new member of the board. She will represent District Three, and replaces Chase Kla...
Jul 01, 2024 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
US court allows part of Biden student debt relief plan to resume
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court allowed President Joe Biden's administration to move forward with implementing a key part of a new student debt relief plan designed to lower monthly payments for milli...
Jul 01, 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
Manito man dies in Sunday night motorcycle crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A 39-year-old Manito man died after a motorcycle crash Sunday night in Tazewell County. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the single-motorcycle crash occurred just after 8:30 P.M...
Jul 01, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Teenager arrested by Peoria Police on weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested a wanted teenager last week on weapons charges. Officers observed the teen leave a South Peoria house in the area of Lincoln and Olive just before 3:00 P.M. on Th...
Jul 01, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Deal reached between Illinois American Water and striking employees
PEORIA, Ill. - Fourteen employees of Illinois American Water's Peoria District are back to work after going on strike last month. The utility says it and the International Union of Operating Engineers...
Jul 01, 2024 Illinois American Water
