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Garland blasts 'unfounded attacks' on US Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday criticized what he called "unfounded attacks" on the Justice Department by congressional Republicans as he rejected their reque...
May 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to reporters during a brief news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
PPD honors fallen officers downtown with memorial ceremony
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria officers who have died in the line of duty were honored at an annual ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. Peoria Police hold the memorial service each year during National Police Wee...
May 16, 2024 Peoria Police held their annual Fallen Officer Memorial ceremony Wednesday afternoon outside Peoria City Hall.
(25 News)
US soldier held in Russia pleads guilty, RIA agency reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier being held in the Russian city of Vladivostok, has pleaded guilty to theft charges and is cooperating with investigators, Russia's RIA state news agenci...
May 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Gordon Black, a U.S. serviceman detained in Russia, poses for a selfie in this picture obtained from social media, in an unspecified location, released on February, 2023. Gordon Black Via Facebook/via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump's lawyers cite Michael Cohen's insults to undercut his credibility
UPDATE: 10:06 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers sought to undermine the credibility of his former fixer Michael Cohen on Thursday at the Republican presidential candidate's criminal hus...
May 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen a former attorney for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, departs to testify at Trump's criminal trial, over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
UPDATE: Peoria Police provide further details in arrest of suspect in MikeQuese Taylor's shooting death
UPDATED 5/16 12:13 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have released more details surrounding an arrest made in the shooting death of 18-year-old MikeQuese Taylor. It was the city's 5th homicide of 2024...
May 15, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Former Peoria Friendship House employee sentenced to prison in connection to sexual encounter with minor
PEORIA, Ill. - A former employee of Peoria Friendship House will head to prison after pleading guilty to criminal sexual assault of a minor who also worked there. 25 News reports 23-year-old Jasmine L...
May 15, 2024 courtroom gavel
US Senator Menendez motivated by greed, prosecutor says as corruption trial starts
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal prosecutor portrayed Democratic U.S. Senator Robert Menendez at the start of his corruption trial as a greedy politician willing to help foreign governments and disrupt l...
May 15, 2024 U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), arrives at Federal Court, for his bribery trial in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City, U.S., May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
US Congress passes broad aviation bill on safety and consumer rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a broad aviation bill to boost air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call i...
May 15, 2024 A commercial airliner takes off into an evening sky as it departs San Diego, California, U.S. May 25, 2021. Mike Blake/REUTERS/ File Photo
UPDATE: Man in critical condition after Wednesday afternoon shooting in Peoria
UPDATE: 9:10 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man is in critical condition after a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Peoria. Peoria Police say officers were dispatched to Green Street between Adams and Jefferson j...
May 15, 2024 (Caleb Kelch/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US consumer inflation resumes downward trend as domestic demand cools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased less than expected in April, suggesting that inflation resumed its downward trend at the start of the second quarter in a boost to financial marke...
May 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People shop at the Macy’s flagship store in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
