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Pallets of boxes for Tazewell County contain envelopes, not ballots
PEORIA, Ill. - Pallets of boxes meant for Tazewell County that were found in a downtown Peoria business lobby are not what they seem. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says the boxes contain envelop...
Mar 04, 2024 (Tazewell County)
U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't bar Trump from ballot based on insurrection clause
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that individual states do not have authority to disqualify candidates for federal office based on the insurrection claus...
Mar 04, 2024 Donald Trump, whose placement on the March 19 primary ballot was challenged in Illinois, received a favorable ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The high court ruled states don’t have the authority to disqualify federal candidates from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams. Original photo by Gage Skidmore used under CC-SA 2.0 license.)
Trump turns attention to looming Supreme Court fight over immunity
(Reuters) - Donald Trump lauded the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal on Monday of his disqualification from Colorado's ballot, but quickly turned his attention to another big case before the justices by ...
Mar 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on stage during a campaign rally tonight in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. March 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jay Paul/FILE PHOTO
UPDATE: NFL-Beloved Eagles centre Kelce retires after 13 seasons
UPDATED 3:14 P.M. (Reuters) - Philadelphia Eagles centre Jason Kelce announced his retirement on Monday after a 13-year National Football League career during which he established himself as one of th...
Mar 04, 2024 Jan 15, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA;Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce (62) warms up before a 2024 NFC wild card game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
UPDATE: Hamas, mediators press on with Gaza truce talks in Israelis' absence
UPDATED 2:09 P.M. CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Hamas and Egyptian mediators said on Monday they were pressing on with talks on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel's decision not to send...
Mar 04, 2024 Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
State Police: Crash closes I-74 ramp for as much as six hours
PEORIA, Ill. - Details are scarce, but Illinois State Police says an Interstate 74 ramp in Peoria could be closed for as much as six hours. State Police says that's because of an accident on I-74 east...
Mar 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
US FAA hits Boeing 737MAX production for weak quality control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said the agency's 737 MAX production audit into Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems found multiple instances where the companies ...
Mar 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 MAX airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington, U.S. March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
Man arrested in connection to February shooting in South Peoria that injured teenager
PEORIA, Ill. - An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting last month in South Peoria that injured a teenage boy. Peoria Police say Nehemiah Garner, 19, was arrested on Friday in the area of W...
Mar 04, 2024 Nehemiah Garner (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Threat of severe weather looms across central Illinois on Monday. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Central Illinois will need to keep an eye on the skies Monday. National Weather Service Meteorologist Rebekka Delaney of Lincoln says there is a marginal risk of severe weather for the ...
Mar 04, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Pentagon leak defendant Jack Teixeira pleads guilty, faces years in prison
BOSTON (Reuters) -Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard charged with leaking classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded guilty on Monday to carrying ou...
Mar 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An undated picture shows Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, who was arrested by the FBI, over his alleged involvement in leaks online of classified documents, posing for a selfie at an unidentified location. Social Media Website/via Reuters /File Photo
