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Severe weather a concern Tuesday in central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. - Strong and severe storms could make their way through central Illinois on Tuesday in multiple rounds. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says the first round will occ...
Jun 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Hunter Biden requests new federal gun trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Lawyers for Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, said on Monday his trial on federal gun charges went forward prematurely earlier this month and must be done over a...
Jun 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, and son Beau walk from Marine One after President Biden arrived at the Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden/File Photo
US traffic deaths fall in early 2024 but above pre-COVID levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.2% in the first three months of 2024 -- the lowest number since the same period in 2020 -- but crash fatalities still remain sharply above pre-COVID l...
Jun 24, 2024 Traffic is pictured at twilight along 42nd St. in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
UNRWA is sued by Israeli victims of Oct. 7 Hamas attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency was sued on Monday by dozens of Israelis who accused it of aiding and abetting the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. In a complaint file...
Jun 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini attends a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Peoria food kitchen hit by recent vandalism
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria food kitchen says its doors are staying open after a recent rash of vandalism. In a Facebook post, Sophia's Angels Kitchen says a vandal, who has been arrested, broke windows a...
Jun 24, 2024 (Sophia's Angels Kitchen)
US Supreme Court to hear challenge to ban on transgender care for minors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the legality of a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, as the justices wa...
Jun 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Prosecutors to seek limit on Trump's 'inflammatory' FBI claims
FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors will ask a judge on Monday to rein in Donald Trump's "inflammatory" statements about law enforcement agents working on the criminal case accusing the ...
Jun 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign event, in Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Biden takes fresh immigration moves into debate with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden heads into a crucial debate with rival Donald Trump this week armed with new immigration and border policies that his backers hope will boost his standi...
Jun 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump stands next to Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity during a visit at the U.S.-Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, as seen from Piedras Negras, Mexico, February 29, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
UPDATE: Harris, Democrats aim at Trump on abortion ruling anniversary
UPDATED 12:51 P.M. COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's campaign used the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision overturning abortion rights on Monday to spotlight Donal...
Jun 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People protest in the district of Republican State Representative Matt Gress after Arizona's Supreme Court revived a law dating back to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances, in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. April 14, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo
Analysis-US Supreme Court divisions expected to be exposed as final rulings loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, managed to bridge its ideological divide in major rulings this month involving constitutional gun rights and access t...
Jun 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2024. REUTERS/Will Dunham/File Photo
