Category Archives: Top Stories
Ex-CNN journalist Don Lemon pleads not guilty to Minnesota protest charges
LOS ANGELES, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Former CNN news anchor Don Lemon entered a not guilty plea on Friday to federal charges over his role covering a protest at a Minnesota church against President Donald ...
Jan 30, 2026 Don Lemon attends the premiere of the fourth season of the TV show "The Morning Show" in New York City, U.S., September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
Thousands demonstrate in Minnesota and across US to protest ICE
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis and students across the United States staged walkouts on Friday to demand the withdrawal of federal immigrati...
Jan 30, 2026 A person makes a heart gesture toward a National Guard member in a vehicle during a protest outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, after the fatal shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 30, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
US Senate approves spending deal, but short government shutdown likely
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. government was headed toward a partial shutdown on Friday, as Congress appeared unlikely to approve a deal...
Jan 30, 2026 Birds fly past the U.S. Capitol building dome in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Illinois Music Education Conference returning to Peoria through 2031
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Music Education Conference will remain in Peoria through 2031 following the signing of a five-year contract announced Friday. Discover Peoria joined the Peoria Civic Center...
Jan 30, 2026 (Illinois Music Education Association Facebook)
Catherine O'Hara, star of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone,' dead at 71
LOS ANGELES, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Catherine O'Hara, the shapeshifting Canadian comic actor whose characters ranged from the deliriously theatrical Moira Rose in "Schitt's Creek" to the frantic mother in...
Jan 30, 2026 Cast member Catherine O'Hara attends an FYC (For Your Consideration) event for the television series ''The Studio'', in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
US Justice Dept opens civil rights probe into Alex Pretti shooting, official says
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has started a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, a senior off...
Jan 30, 2026 A memorial for Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Margaret Cochran Corbin VA Campus in New York City, U.S., January 29, 2026. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Trump's Justice Department releases massive cache of Jeffrey Epstein files
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday published a new and final cache of millions of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, under a law pa...
Jan 30, 2026 Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo
Next season of Ameren Illinois Broadway in Peoria lineup announced
PEORIA, Ill. - The American Theater Guild has announced the 26-27 Ameren Illinois Broadway in Peoria Season for the Prairie Home Alliance Theater. Kicking off the season October 6-7 will be the 10th A...
Jan 30, 2026 Ameren Illinois Broadway in Peoria Series 26-27. (Peoria Civic Center)
Student loan borrowers in Illinois could face federal, state 'tax bomb' in 2026
Article Summary Certain types of student loan forgiveness face federal and state taxes after a law that protected borrowers expired Dec. 31. Now, these loan breaks are considered taxable income at the...
Jan 30, 2026 Students study at the John T. Richardson library in Chicago on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Sam Freeman)
2nd Senate debate: Democrats talk fighting Trump, restoring trust in government
By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Article Summary Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly met for the second U.S. Se...
Jan 30, 2026 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and Raja Krishnamoorthi were the fundraising leaders in the Democratic Senate primary, according to quarterly finance reports. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Jerry Nowicki)
