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Biden, Trump poised to clinch nominations and set up bruising presidential rematch
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to win enough delegates on Tuesday to clinch their respective parties' nominations, formally kicking off the first U.S. pre...
Mar 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
Singer and musician Eric Carmen dead at 74
GATES MILLS, Ohio - Eric Carmen, former frontman of the Raspberries and solo artist, has died at 74. Carmen had the hits "Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be with You" with the Raspberries in the early 19...
Mar 12, 2024 (ERICCARMEN.COM)
UPDATE: US prosecutor says classified document report does not exonerate Biden
UPDATED 4:16 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. prosecutor said on Tuesday his investigation of President Joe Biden over his handling of classified documents didn't exonerate the president despite dec...
Mar 12, 2024 Special Counsel Robert Hur is seated to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on his inquiry into President Biden's handling of classified documents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Manufacturing company in Pekin enters partnership to install carbon capturing equipment
PEKIN, Ill. - A manufacturer in Pekin is planning a project that would capture carbon dioxide it produces from its plant. Alto Ingredients announced on Monday that it plans to work with Vault 44.01 on...
Mar 11, 2024 (Alto Ingredients)
Power outage and brush fire causes problems in Bartonville
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - Hundreds were without power in the Bartonville area after downed power lines earlier Monday afternoon caused a brush fire. At one point, Ameren says as many as 700 of its customers...
Mar 11, 2024 (25 News)
Man injured in Sunday morning shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is injured after he was hit by gunfire early Sunday morning. Peoria Police say it happened around 5:30 a.m. near Wiswall and Madison Park Terrace. At least two rounds were fired a...
Mar 11, 2024 Midwest Communications
Multiple fatalities after school bus vs. semi-truck crash Monday morning in Schuyler County
RUSHVILLE, Ill. - Three children are among five people dead in total after a fatal crash Monday morning in Schuyler County. Illinois State Police say the crash occurred at around 11:30 A.M. on U.S. Ro...
Mar 11, 2024 First responders on the scene of a fatal school bus vs. semi-truck accident near Rushville, Ill. on March 11th, 2024. (WGEM/25 News)
UPDATE: United States faces 'increasingly fragile world order,' spy chiefs say
UPDATED 4:50 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence agencies said on Monday the country faces an "increasingly fragile world order," strained by great power competition, transnational challenges...
Mar 11, 2024 A U.S. flag hangs out the gated entrance to an apartment in the Washington Heights neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, U.S., March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/ File Photo
Bears focus on new lakefront stadium
CHICAGO (Field Level Media via Reuters) - Potentially punting plans for a move to the suburbs, the Chicago Bears are focused instead on building a new stadium near the current site of Soldier Field on...
Mar 11, 2024 416th Theater Engineer Command Army Reserve
Polling location in Pekin moved week before Election Day. Here's what we know
PEKIN, Ill. - Election Day for the Illinois primaries is next Tuesday, and some voters in Pekin will be voting in a new location. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says Precincts 7 and 9 will now be...
Mar 11, 2024 (Pekin Public Library)
