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Greater Peoria Honor Flight tours Washington D.C.
PEORIA, Ill. - The 30th Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria International Airport early Tuesday morning, bound for Washington D.C. The plane, filled with 75 veterans and t...
Apr 30, 2024 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Teenager arrested by Peoria Police multiple times for same offense within a week
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested twice last week by Peoria Police for the same offense. Officers observed a vehicle driving recklessly Saturday just before 1:00 A.M. in the area of Peoria and Ne...
Apr 29, 2024
State health plans must cover gender-affirming surgery, US appeals court rules
(Reuters) - Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The 8-6 opinion from the Richmond, Virginia-ba...
Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A supporter of "Billboard Chris", who opposes medical treatments for transgender youth, stands across the street from counter-protestors outside Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
UPDATE: Four law enforcement officers killed in North Carolina, police say
UPDATED 11:04 P.M. (Reuters) -Four law enforcement officers were shot to death and four others were wounded on Monday in a gun battle that erupted while they were serving a fugitive arrest warrant at ...
Apr 29, 2024 Midwest Communications
Hiking trails closed at Peoria-area park after heavy rains from past weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Some hiking trails in the Peoria-area did not escape damage from this weekend's heavy rains. Forest Park Nature Center says some closures of trails have occurred due to flood damage. Pa...
Apr 29, 2024 (Peoria Park District)
Republican-led states sue to block Biden protections for transgender students
(Reuters) - Five Republican-led states on Monday filed lawsuits challenging new Biden administration regulations that bar schools and colleges that receive federal funding from discriminating against ...
Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, flanked by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Texas Solicitor General Judd Stone, speaks during a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden's bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
USDA to test ground beef in US states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing but remains confident the m...
Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A dairy cow stops to look up while feeding at a dairy farm in Ashland, Ohio, December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo
Israel concerned over possible ICC arrest warrants related to Gaza war
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel is voicing concern that the International Criminal Court could be preparing to issue arrest warrants for government officials on charges related to the conduct of its war a...
Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Peoria man dead after two-vehicle crash in Iowa
SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa - A man from Peoria died after a crash last (Sunday) night in Iowa involving a semi-truck and an SUV. The Scott County Sheriff's Office says the crash occurred on Interstate 80 abou...
Apr 29, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Columbia threatens to suspend pro-Palestinian protesters after talks fail
UPDATED 12:49 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University's president said on Monday that talks with pro-Palestinian protesters over the dismantling of an encampment on the Ivy League campus had fail...
Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Students continue to maintain a protest encampment at Columbia University in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
