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Trump Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis admits relationship, says no misconduct
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Georgia prosecutor trying Donald Trump for attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat acknowledged having a relationship with another lawyer on the case but rejected an ...
Feb 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a Harrison Floyd bond revocation hearing, at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 21, 2023. Dennis Byron/Pool via REUTERS
Kahl addresses some social media 'nonsense' during State of East Peoria address
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - East Peoria Mayor John Kahl will often tell you he's a pretty positive guy. But in his State of East Peoria speech Friday, he had to address a couple of things he referred to as "n...
Feb 02, 2024 East Peoria Mayor John Kahl gives his "State of the City" speech Friday, February 2, at Paradice Hotel in East Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Stanley cups maker sued over lead in tumblers, class action proposed
(Reuters) - The maker of the ultra-popular Stanley cups was sued on Thursday in California state court by four women who say the company misled consumers by failing to disclose that the product contai...
Feb 02, 2024 (Stanley Facebook Page)
Defense rests in manslaughter trial for mother of Michigan school shooter
(Reuters) - The mother of a Michigan boy who shot dead four high-school classmates in 2021 finished testifying in her own defense on Friday ahead of closing arguments in a novel trial to determine whe...
Feb 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Jennifer Crumbley, the parent of accused Oxford High School gunman Ethan Crumbley, is escorted into the courtroom by an Oakland County Sheriff during a court procedural hearing in Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S., February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Apartment fire causes about $3,000 damage in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A resident escaped an apartment fire in East Peoria Thursday night. Firefighters were called to the building on High Oak Drive around 7:10 p.m., extinguishing the fire within a few...
Feb 02, 2024 1470-100.3 WMBD/Mike Sabol
Democratic leaders poised to revisit Biometric Information Privacy Act after court rulings
(Capitol News Illinois) - Nearly a year ago, the Illinois Supreme Court asked the General Assembly to clarify a 15-year-old law that's led to hundreds of lawsuits and several high-dollar settlements w...
Feb 02, 2024 State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, is pictured at a committee hearing in Chicago in July 2023. Cunningham is the lead sponsor of a bill to curtail the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Adams)
US labor market sizzles; delivers large job and wage gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in January and wages increased by the most in nearly two years, signs of persistent strength in the labor market that could make it difficult for the...
Feb 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "Help Wanted" sign hangs in a restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Police arrest second suspect in year-old homicide case
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have found the second of two people wanted for murder in a case stemming back from early last year. Peoria County Jail booking records indicate Torreon Carey, 25, was arre...
Feb 02, 2024 Torreon Carey (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring
(Reuters) - The celebrated groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his Pennsylvania burrow on Friday and failed to see his shadow, a sign that the warmer temperatures of spring will arrive e...
Feb 02, 2024 Punxsutawney Phil's handler A.J. Dereume holds the famous groundhog during the 136th Groundhog Day, at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Biden to witness return of remains of US soldiers killed in Jordan
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - With U.S. President Joe Biden bearing witness, the remains of three American soldiers killed in an attack by an Iranian-made drone in Jordan will arrive back in the Un...
Feb 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One as he arrives in the Detroit metro area, Michigan, U.S., February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
