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US tells staff in Israel not to travel outside cities amid Iran threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it had restricted its employees in Israel and their family members from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Be'er Shev...
Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Photo taken on March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
State-funded EV stations coming to Peoria area. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Thanks to state funding backed by State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, the Peoria area is getting some new electric vehicle charging stations installed. Illinois is investing in the EV infras...
Apr 12, 2024 sam741002 / Depositphotos.com
Kamala Harris heads to Arizona after abortion ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels on Friday to Arizona, three days after a court there upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban, igniting a charged issue in one of 2024's most...
Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a visit to the St. Paul Health Center, a clinic that performs abortions, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Nicole Neri/File Photo
As foreign leaders urge US Ukraine support, Republicans look to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unprecedented series of foreign officials, including from Japan, Britain and Italy, have visited Washington over the past several months and appealed to congressional Republi...
Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden cancels $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers
UPDATED 3:42 P.M. (Reuters) -The Biden administration will cancel $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers, the White House said on Friday, the latest in a series of debt cancellations. Pres...
Apr 12, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on "student debt relief" during a campaign stop at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) Student Resource Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
US House vote on surveillance bill expected Friday after change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on controversial surveillance legislation on Friday, lawmakers said, two days after an initial attempt failed in the Republi...
Apr 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative French Hill (R-AR) walks to a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Giannoulias calls for disclosure of lobbyist contracts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - For decades, lobbyists in the Illinois Statehouse have been required to report how much they spend wining, dining and entertaining lawmakers. Currently, tho...
Apr 11, 2024 Amy Williams, left, of the Illinois secretary of state’s office, and lobbyists Josh Witkowski, Holly Ambuehl, and Bryan Zarou testify before a House committee about a bill that would require lobbyists to disclose how much they are paid by each of their clients. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Bankman-Fried appeals FTX fraud conviction, 25-year sentence
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sam Bankman-Fried, facing the prospect of spending much of his adult life behind bars, on Thursday appealed his conviction and 25-year prison sentence for stealing $8 billion from ...
Apr 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried stands before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan as he is sentenced to 25 years in prison, at Federal Court in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Peoria Township voters to be asked about ranked choice voting in November
PEORIA, Ill. - Voters in Peoria Township will be asked whether or not they want to see changes to how they vote their representatives. At the annual township meeting on Tuesday evening, a non-binding ...
Apr 11, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin Community High School athletic director back to work after arrest last month
PEKIN, Ill. - The athletic director of Pekin Community High School remains on the job after an arrest last month. In a statement from the high school, Cole Stoner was arrested on March 29th while off-...
Apr 11, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
