Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: Nine dead in Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years, 50 missing
UPDATED: 7:10 A.M. HUALIEN, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday, injuring more than 900, while 50 hotel workers were missing en route to ...
Apr 03, 2024 Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te inspects the damage following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan in this Taiwan Presidential Office handout image released April 3, 2024. Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS
Amid controversy at Prisoner Review Board, Pritzker calls for more training as GOP again seeks reform
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - After two members of the state's Prisoner Review Board resigned last week following the release of a prisoner who then stabbed his ex-girlfriend and killed ...
Apr 02, 2024 PRB: Prisoner Review Board members (left to right) Julie Globokar, Darryldean Goff, Matthew Coates and Jeffrey Grubbs are pictured at the board’s March 28 meeting in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
At UN, US warns Iran not to target it over Syria strike
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States warned Iran on Tuesday not to retaliate against it for an attack on Iran's embassy compound in Syria, telling the U.N. Security Council it had no prior war...
Apr 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Alternate Representative of the United States for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations Robert A. Wood speaks to delegates during a United Nations Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Man charged in March stabbing death at Peoria apartment complex indicted by grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - The man charged in Peoria's fourth homicide of the year has been indicted by a grand jury. 61-year-old Josef Viel was indicted on a First Degree Murder charge and a Murder charge Tuesda...
Apr 02, 2024 Josef Viel Mugshot (Peoria County State's Attorney's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Trump calls migrants 'animals,' intensifying focus on illegal immigration
UPDATED 4:40 P.M. (Reuters) -Donald Trump called immigrants in the United States illegally "animals" and "not human" in a speech in Michigan on Tuesday, resorting to the degrading rhetoric he has empl...
Apr 02, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Washington set to approve FY25 spending plan that includes multiple road projects
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington is set to approve one of the biggest spending plans it has ever had. The fiscal year 2025 budget received a first reading at Monday's City Council meeting, an...
Apr 02, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rivian deliveries beat expectations; Tesla dampens industry hopes
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive beat estimates for quarterly deliveries, fueled by strong demand for its electric pickup trucks and SUVs, although its shares fell 5% as Tesla's weak numbers fanned concer...
Apr 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FilePhoto
Blues Traveler and Big Head Todd & the Monsters coming to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two bluesy bands are coming to the Peoria Riverfront this summer. Grammy Award-winning Blues Travel is co-headlining the "Blue Monsters Tour 2024" with Big Head Todd and the Monsters. T...
Apr 02, 2024 (Blues Traveler Facebook Page)
FOREIGNER bringing Farewell Tour to Peoria with Loverboy
PEORIA, Ill. - Two iconic bands...together in one night. FOREIGNER, known for its Classic Rock hits "Juke Box Hero", "Hot Blooded", "Urgent" and "Cold As Ice", is bringing its Farewell Tour to the Peo...
Apr 02, 2024 (FOREIGNER Facebook Page)
Biden speaks to China's Xi on Taiwan, Ukraine, Philippines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first direct talks on Tuesday since meeting in November, with Biden looking to keep tensions from mounting ah...
Apr 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he walks with U.S. President Joe Biden at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
