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Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss charges in 'Rust' shooting
(Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin's lawyers on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss manslaughter charges against him for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the West...
Mar 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Actor Alec Baldwin appears in court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 23, 2019. Alex Tabak/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: At least three dead after swarm of tornadoes touch down in Indiana, Ohio
UPDATED: 8:08 A.M. (Reuters) -At least three people have been killed and many injured as at least one tornado reportedly ripped through Indiana and Ohio, leveling homes and businesses in its path. Thr...
Mar 15, 2024 Damage from tornadoes is revealed in the morning light after tornadoes ripped through the Indian Lake area of Logan County, Ohio, U.S., March 15, 2024. Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
Michigan school shooter's father convicted of manslaughter
(Reuters) - A Michigan jury on Thursday convicted the father of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates at a high school near Detroit of manslaughter after prosecutors argued he bore responsibilit...
Mar 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: James Crumbley, parent of accused Oxford High School gunman Ethan Crumbley, is escorted into the courtroom by a Oakland Count Sheriff during a court procedural hearing in Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Shed destroyed by rural Tazewell County fire
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - A machine shed was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon near Morton. Morton Fire officials say the blaze was first reported around 3:15 p.m. to a home on Allentown Road, with t...
Mar 14, 2024 Firefighters put out a shed fire in rural Tazewell County March 14. (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Judge declines Trump motion to dismiss classified-documents case
UPDATED 5:27 P.M. FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday denied former U.S. President Donald Trump's request to dismiss a criminal case that charges him with illegally holding on...
Mar 14, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the courthouse as he is expected to bid for dismissal in a hearing on a classified documents case, in Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Two more teens charged in fatal Facebook Marketplace armed robbery
UPDATED 4:44 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - There are now a total of five people arrested in connection with an armed robbery turned deadly involving a fake car posted to Facebook Marketplace. The Peoria County ...
Mar 14, 2024 Jonathan Williams (left) and Tanarius Kingcade (right) (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
House panel opens hearings on Pritzker's health insurance reforms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. JB Pritzker's proposals for sweeping changes in the state's health insurance industr...
Mar 14, 2024 The House Human Services Committee hears testimony Wednesday about Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposal to limit the ability of insurance companies to deny claims or steer patients toward cheaper, and possibly less effective, treatments. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Trump hush money prosecutors OK with 30-day delay to New York trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money case said on Thursday they were not opposed to a 30-day delay in the trial, currently set to begin on March 25, due to a recent disclosure ...
Mar 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on stage during a campaign rally in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. March 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jay Paul/FILE PHOTO
Two stores announced for former Bergner's location in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. - The former Bergner's location at East Court Village in Pekin is receiving a facelift. Cullinan Properties announced on Thursday the property is being redeveloped to make way for Five Bel...
Mar 14, 2024 (25 News)
US Senate committee hearing centered on reducing standard work week to 32 hours
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX News) - A proposal from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders would get you an extra day off from work each week. FOX News reports a Senate committee on Thursday held a hearing on a pro...
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