Category Archives: Top Stories
US labor market cooling gradually as job openings, resignations fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings fell marginally in January, while the number of workers quitting their jobs dropped to a three-year low, indicating that labor market conditions were gradually...
Mar 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File photo
UPDATE: US House approves spending bill to avert government shutdown
UPDATED 3:27 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation funding a broad swath of the federal government through the fiscal year ...
Mar 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People walk past the U.S. Capitol building as the deadline to avoid partial government shutdown looms in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ FILE PHOTO
UPDATE: Man injured after early Wednesday morning shooting in Peoria's West Bluff
UPDATED 12:51 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A man was taken to the hospital after a shooting in Peoria's West Bluff early Wednesday morning. Peoria Police says officers responded to the area of Broadway and Col...
Mar 06, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden's post-Super Tuesday message: It's Trump or me, folks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Now that Donald Trump has all but sealed the Republican nomination to run for the White House, President Joe Biden will aim to sharpen the contrast between the two men and their ...
Mar 06, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks before a meeting of his Competition Council, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Hamas vows to press on with Gaza ceasefire talks as humanitarian plight worsens
CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Hamas said on Wednesday it was pressing on with efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza with Israel despite the absence of Israeli negotiators from talks in Egypt. Neg...
Mar 06, 2024 Military vehicles maneuvre near the Israel-Gaza border fence, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
UPDATE: Nikki Haley suspends White House bid, clearing path for a Trump-Biden rematch
Updated: 9:20 a.m. CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Nikki Haley ended her long-shot challenge to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday, ensuring the former president will...
Mar 06, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks as she announces she is suspending her campaign, in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Rivian eliminating third shift at Normal plant. Here's what we know
NORMAL, Ill. - Rivian Automotive says it will meet this year's goals operating with two shifts instead of three at its plant in Normal. The company announced last month that it's on track to produce 5...
Mar 06, 2024 (25 News)
Former Gov. Pat Quinn backs GOP-sponsored ethics amendment
UPDATED 7:06 p.m. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A Republican proposal that would give citizens the ability to propose ethics-related constitutional amendments on the ballot received a bi...
Mar 05, 2024 Former Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat from Chicago, is pictured at a state Capitol news conference Tuesday with Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, to promote ethics reforms. The pair spoke in favor of a constitutional amendment that would allow citizens to propose ethics-related constitutional amendments on the ballot through petitions. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
US Senator Menendez charged with obstruction of justice in new indictment
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and his wife were charged with obstruction of justice in a new, 18-count indictment unsealed on Tuesday, adding to corruption charges the New Jersey Democ...
Mar 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) walks through the Senate subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/ FILE PHOTO
Man indicted by grand jury for shooting, fatal car crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is facing multiple charges from a grand jury for a shooting that turned in to a fatal car crash almost a month ago. The grand jury Tuesday indicted Vanda Terrell, 51, on tw...
Mar 05, 2024 Vanda Terrell (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
