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US House ethics panel expands investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A three-year U.S. House probe into allegations of ethical lapses including sexual misconduct and illicit drug use by Republican Representative Matt Gaetz will expand to investig...
Jun 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) looks on as he speaks to the media while former White House counsel Don McGahn appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Netanyahu says Blinken assured him US will cancel limits on weapons supplies
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had assured him that the Biden administration was working to cancel restrictions on ...
Jun 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony marking Israel's national Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem May 5, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
Pop star Justin Timberlake arrested for drunk driving in New York, reports say
(Reuters) -Pop star Justin Timberlake was arrested on drunk driving charges on Tuesday in New York state, CBS News reported, citing local police. Timberlake was to be arraigned Tuesday morning on char...
Jun 18, 2024 Justin Timberlake performs during the iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
US retail sales rise less than expected in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. retail sales barely rose in May and data for the prior month was revised significantly lower, suggesting that economic activity remained lackluster in the second quarter. In...
Jun 18, 2024 A sale sign greets shoppers at a retail store in Carlsbad, California, U.S., May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Commercial building catches on fire Monday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a business in the 3700 block of N. Dayton Avenue Monday night, on reports of smoke in the area. Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says crews arrived jus...
Jun 18, 2024 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Putin vows to support North Korea against the United States
SEOUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Tuesday to deepen trade and security ties with North Korea and to support it against the United States, as he headed to the reclusive...
Jun 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden offers citizenship path to spouses of Americans in sweeping election-year move
UPDATED 4:10 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a new effort to provide a path to citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. illegally who are marr...
Jun 18, 2024 Protesters rally at Legislative Plaza near the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville, Tennessee, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Seth Herald
Metamora residents plead to save their pool
METAMORA, Ill. - It was standing-room only Monday night at the Metamora Park District's monthly meeting, as dozens of residents were there asking that the town's 57-year-old pool be saved. The park di...
Jun 18, 2024 (Metamora Park District)
UPDATE: Three people shot in incident on Peoria's East Bluff Monday afternoon
UPDATE 7:57 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating a shooting in the East Bluff that happened Monday afternoon. Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called just before four-...
Jun 17, 2024 Midwest Communications
Illinois' ban on 'bump stocks' remains in place despite U.S. Supreme Court decision
SPRINGFIELD - An Illinois law banning the sale and use of "bump stocks" and other devices that increase the firing power of semiautomatic weapons remains in place, at least for now, despite a U.S. Sup...
Jun 17, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters at a news conference on June 14. Pritzker said a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling doesn’t affect Illinois’ ban on bump stocks and other firearm accessories. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
