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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...
Julia Bradley 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...
Julia Bradley May 30, 2024 Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS

One of three men wanted in connection to Peoria Heights gas station shooting incident in custody
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Peoria Heights Police say they have taken into custody one of three men wanted for a Memorial Day weekend shooting incident at a gas station. Police say 22-year-old Jontin Evans...
TJ Carson May 29, 2024 (Peoria Heights Police Department/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Golf-Scheffler freed of charges arising from Louisville arrest
(Reuters) -Charges against world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler stemming from his arrest before the second round of the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, two weeks ago were dropped on Wed...
TJ Carson May 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: May 26, 2024; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Scottie Scheffler hits his tee shot on #9 during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

Black voters will help defeat Trump, Biden says in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden began a new push in Philadelphia on Wednesday to court Black voters, a critical voting bloc that is showing signs of weakness for Democrats ahead of t...
TJ Carson May 29, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the National Memorial Day Wreath-Laying and Observance Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/ File Photo

US Supreme Court's Alito rejects calls to recuse in 2020 election-related cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito rejected on Wednesday requests by Democratic lawmakers to recuse himself from two cases - one on Donald Trump's bid for immunity from pros...
TJ Carson May 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Jr is seen during a group portrait session for the new full court at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

Pekin students reveal project telling stories and wisdom from Tazewell County veterans
PEKIN, Ill. - For the past four months, students at Pekin Community High School spent time with veterans in Tazewell County to learn about their stories and share their wisdom. "Honoring the Veterans ...
TJ Carson May 29, 2024 Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman and Pekin Community High School students unveil a project to tell stories and wisdom from veterans in the county. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Chillicothe man dies after motorcycle crash over Memorial Day weekend
CHILLICOTHE TOWNSHIP, Ill. - A Chillicothe man died after a crash north of the town on Saturday night while on his motorcycle. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 37-year-old Nathan Knop was pron...
TJ Carson May 29, 2024

Peoria home damaged by fire Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home in the area of Hayward and Jefferson Streets in Peoria Wednesday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Haskall says crews arrived around 7:30 a.m., findi...
Julia Bradley May 29, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

UPDATE: Jury begins deliberations in Trump criminal hush money trial
UPDATE 10:59 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jurors in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial began deliberations on Wednesday, retreating behind closed doors to weigh the evidence and testimony they have ...
Julia Bradley May 29, 2024 Former President Donald Trump sits in court as the jury gets set to begin deliberations in the hush money trial filed against him by DA Bragg. May 29 2024. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS


