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US Supreme Court's Roberts rebuffs meeting with Democratic senators over Alito
(Reuters) -U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rejected a request by two Democratic senators for a meeting to urge him to take steps to ensure fellow Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recuses...
May 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pekin man facing federal charges after allegedly being in possession of homemade weapons
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man accused of being in possession of homemade pipe bombs and a gun is in federal custody. The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Central District of Illinois says 34-year-old Dalton...
May 30, 2024 courtroom gavel
PPS: Woodruff Career & Technical Center expanding programs next year
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Public Schools' Woodruff Career and Technical Center is expanding, adding new courses of study and offering programs to a wider range of students starting next year. Dr. Susan Gr...
May 30, 2024 Culinary students at Peoria Public Schools' Woodruff Career & Technical Center this year had 3 first place finishers in the Skills USA State Event --(Woodruff Center Facebook Page)
Bloomington ECHL team becomes affiliate of NHL's New York Rangers
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington is in a New York state of mind. The city's new ECHL team, the Bison, announced Thursday their NHL affiliation will be with the New York Rangers. The Bison will also be ...
May 30, 2024 (Grossinger Motors Arena)
US Supreme Court boosts NRA in free speech fight with New York official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court gave a boost on Thursday to the National Rifle Association in its free speech dispute with a New York state official it accused of coercing banks and insur...
May 30, 2024 A person walks at the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) meeting in Dallas, Texas, U.S., May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File photo
Lawmakers OK bill to require 'faithful' electors in 2024, loosen campaign finance rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Illinois appears likely to join most of the rest of the country in requiring that the state's Electoral Colleg...
May 30, 2024 Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, prepares for a debate over a broad package of election legislation. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Factbox-Over 196,000 still without power in Texas and Arkansas after storms
(Reuters) - More than 196,000 homes and businesses in Texas and Arkansas were still without power on Thursday after storms battered the region earlier in the week, according to meteorologists and data...
May 30, 2024 Wreckage is strewn across a property the day after a deadly series of tornados hit the central United States, in Valley View, Texas, U.S. in a still image from aerial video. ABC Affiliate WFAA via REUTERS/ File Photo
Highland Park gunman appears in court ahead of two year anniversary of shooting
CHICAGO, Ill. - It's been nearly two years since a gunman attacked the crowds watching a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. 23-year-old Robert Crimo III is accused of killing seven peop...
May 30, 2024 courtroom gavel
Boeing to detail quality, training improvements in FAA meeting, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing's outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun and other senior company officials will detail the plane maker's quality, training and other improvements during meetings with U.S. aviation r...
May 30, 2024 A Boeing 737 MAX 7 aircraft piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson lands during an evaluation flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
UPDATE: Jurors review testimony as they weigh verdict in Trump hush money trial
UPDATE 9:25 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial on Thursday to review testimony from prominent witnesses, to help them reach a verdict in the fi...
May 30, 2024 Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS
