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Man arrested for assaulting Peoria Police officer indicted in multiple incidents
PEORIA, Ill. - A man arrested earlier this month for assaulting a Peoria Police officer has been indicted for multiple incidents. Eric Anderson, 33, is accused of repeatedly punching the officer on th...
Apr 23, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Illinoisans can now get documents notarized online
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinoisans who need a notary public can now access those services online through a new "E-Notary" portal launched by the secretary of state's office. This ...
Apr 23, 2024 The secretary of state’s downtown driver services facility is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
In Trump hush money trial, tabloid publisher testifies he helped candidacy
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The first witness in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified on Tuesday that he used his supermarket tabloid to suppres...
Apr 23, 2024 Former US President Donald Trump, with lawyer Todd Blanche, speaks to the press as he arrives at his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Pool via REUTERS
Biden rule grants overtime pay to 4 million US workers
(Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a rule extending mandatory overtime pay to an estimated 4 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era r...
Apr 23, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One with staff as he departs the White House en route to Tampa, Florida, in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
IL State comptroller welcomes ratings upgrade from Moody's
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Comptroller Susana Mendoza says bond rating agencies take notice when Illinois puts more money toward its Rainy Day and Pension Stabilization Funds. Moody's Analytics on Tuesday ch...
Apr 23, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Illinois Comptroller's Office)
Russian court rejects new appeal by US reporter Evan Gershkovich
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday rejected the latest in a series of appeals by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention on charges of espionage. Gersh...
Apr 23, 2024 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, speaks with a lawyer while standing behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
UPDATE: Israel steps up strikes across Gaza, orders new evacuations in north
UPDATED 1:19 P.M. (Reuters) - Israeli strikes intensified across Gaza on Tuesday in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, residents said, and the army ordered fresh evacuations in the north of the e...
Apr 23, 2024 A Palestinian man sits on the rubble of a house destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, April 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Pekin passes tax hikes and fees to help with budget
PEKIN, Ill. -Pekin's City Council on Monday night passed several measures to raise taxes and fees, as the city faces a $12 million deficit. In the upcoming fiscal year, Pekin will be required to compl...
Apr 23, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: US Senate votes overwhelmingly to advance Ukraine, Israel aid legislation
UPDATED 2:11 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, heading for a vote on final passage days after the Hou...
Apr 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: View of the U.S. Capitol prior to a House of Representatives vote on legislation providing $95 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Drone, rocket attacks targeted US forces in Iraq, US officials say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, in the f...
Apr 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Military vehicles of U.S. soldiers are seen at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison/File Photo
