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Former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley says she will vote for Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley said on Wednesday that she will vote for Donald Trump in the November election, despite lobbing harsh criticisms at her form...
May 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump reaches out to outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House after the president accepted Haley's resignation in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Four confirmed dead in Iowa tornado as more storms threaten Southern Plains
(Reuters) -Four people were killed and at least 35 were hurt, Iowa authorities said Wednesday, after a tornado slashed through the farming town of Greenfield the day before and reduced homes and other...
May 23, 2024 Damage the day after a deadly tornado struck Greenfield, Iowa, U.S. May 22, 2024. REUTERS/Scott Morgan
Man accused of being in possession of pipe bombs in Pekin ordered to remain in jail
PEKIN, Ill. - A Tazewell County judge has ordered a man alleged to have had pipe bombs to remain in jail until his trial. 25 News reports 34-year-old Dalton Mattus will be back in court June 20th afte...
May 22, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Music festival returns to Chillicothe this weekend under a new name
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - A Memorial Day weekend tradition outside of Chillicothe returns this year, but with a new name and look. The formerly known Summer Camp is now Solshine Reverie, running Thursday th...
May 22, 2024 (Summer Camp/Solshine Reverie)
Woman injured after Wednesday morning stabbing in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a stabbing in South Peoria early Wednesday morning. Peoria Police found an adult female with apparent stab wounds in the area of Sta...
May 22, 2024 (Midwest Communication)
Uvalde, Texas to pay $2 million to families of school shooting victims
(Reuters) -The city of Uvalde has reached a $2 million settlement with families of the victims of a 2022 mass shooting at a public school in the Texas city, one of their lawyers said on Wednesday, ahe...
May 22, 2024 Memorial crosses stand in front of Robb Elementary School, as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the results of a review into the law enforcement response to a 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/ File Photo
Biden secures 200th judicial confirmation as election looms
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden secured U.S. Senate confirmation of his 200th appointment to the federal judiciary on Wednesday, surpassing his Republican predecessor Donald Trump's pace even as the cl...
May 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?s confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, as she stands at his side during a celebration event on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
New details of Mar-A-Lago raids revealed
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Newly unsealed records show more classified documents were found in Donald Trump's bedroom at his Mar-A-Lago resort four months after the 2022 FBI search. Court records filed on Tue...
May 22, 2024 felixtm / Depositphotos.com
US has ongoing conversation with Israel over weapons use, Blinken says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration remains concerned about Israel's possible use of heavy bombs against civilians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and is in contact with Israel about it...
May 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on President Biden's proposed budget request for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Peorians sentenced for trying to rob area gun stores
PEORIA, Ill. - Four Peoria residents were sentenced after trying to rob several area gun stores. The Department of Justice says 22-year-old Erika Garner was sentenced on Tuesday to time served, follow...
May 22, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
