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Peoria-area baseball legend among people honored with state's highest honor for civilians
CHICAGO, Ill. - A baseball legend from Peoria is one of the recipients of the highest honors in the state of Illinois. Jim Thome was announced Monday as one of seven 2024 recipients of the Order of Li...
Feb 12, 2024 (File-25 News)
Ex-Madigan aide sentenced to 30 months in prison for obstruction of justice attempt, perjury
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - For most of his adult working life, Tim Mapes only had one boss: former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. And for the more than 25 years he served as Madigan's ...
Feb 12, 2024 Former political insider Tim Mapes and his wife Bronwyn Rains exit the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago on Monday after Mapes was sentenced to 30 months in prison for perjury and attempted obstruction of justice. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Gun rights groups ask SCOTUS to review Illinois' assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In a long-expected move, national gun rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Illinois' ban on assault weapons and large capacity...
Feb 12, 2024 Pictured is the front page of the National Association for Gun Rights’ petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a review of Illinois’ assault weapons ban.
US Senate chair wants airline, credit card CEOs to testify on fees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday asked the CEOs of American Airlines, United Airlines, Visa and Mastercard to testify at an April 9 hearing on credit card co...
Feb 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) speaks to reporters outside a hearing on federal judge nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
East Peoria Fire Department makes several promotions official on Monday
UPDATED 5:21 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The East Peoria Fire Department made multiple promotions on Monday, on the heels of a new fire department building opening. Andy Ogburn was promoted from lieutena...
Feb 12, 2024 (25 News)
Biden says he is pushing for six-week Gaza pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday the United States is pushing for a six-week pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza as a stepping stone toward a longer cea...
Feb 12, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Jordan's King Abdullah, as they attend a press conference, following their meeting, at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
McCann trial delayed another day as he cancels plan to represent himself
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The federal corruption trial of former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann was delayed again on Monday, but this time for only one day to allow a court-appoint...
Feb 12, 2024 Former state Sen. Sam McCann is pictured in a mugshot after being arrested last week for violating his conditions of pretrial release. McCann checked himself into a Missouri hospital on the eve of his corruption trial and allegedly failed to notify his probation officer of his release. His trial was again delayed until Tuesday, Feb. 13 after he terminated his plan to represent himself and agreed to let his standby attorney take over his defense. (Courthouse photo by Peter Hancock, Capitol News Illinois; booking photo from Macon County Sheriff’s Office)
UPDATE: Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene as he presses immunity bid
UPDATED 3:45 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday turned to the U.S. Supreme Court as he presses his claim - rejected by lower courts - that he is immune from being prosecuted for trying...
Feb 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his Iowa caucus night watch party in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 15, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Democratic senator raises concerns about Biden campaign decision to join TikTok
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Monday he is concerned about the decision by the campaign of President Joe Biden to join short-video app TikTok, ...
Feb 12, 2024 U.S. Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia and Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, holds a hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., April 14, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: US says Rafah strike should not impact hostage talks ahead of expected spy chiefs meeting
UPDATED 3:16 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes in Rafah should not affect negotiations toward a deal between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas on the release of hostages, a U.S. offic...
Feb 12, 2024 Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a mosque, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
