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Ukraine says it uncovers mass fraud in weapons procurement
(Reuters) - Ukraine's SBU security service said on Saturday it had uncovered a corruption scheme in the purchase of arms by the country's military totaling the equivalent of about $40 million. The ann...
Jan 29, 2024 A Ukrainian serviceman of 80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade prepares shells to fire a L119 howitzer towards Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a position near Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 25, 2024. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia/File Photo
Bayer ordered to pay $2.25 billion in latest Roundup trial
(Reuters) - Bayer was ordered on Friday to pay $2.25 billion to a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company's Roundup weedkiller, the man's attorneys said. A jury in t...
Jan 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Logo of Bayer AG is pictured February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
Criminal charges dropped against Peoria man the day his trial was to start
PEORIA, Ill. - He was supposed to go on trial Monday after being arrested almost a year ago on a home invasion incident, but instead, his case just got dropped. Peoria County Court records indicate pr...
Jan 29, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Sheriffs Department reports another phone scam
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriffs Department is reporting yet another scam involving a phone caller purporting to be a deputy. Sheriffs department officials say several people have called them...
Jan 29, 2024 Midwest Communications/University of Illinois Extension
Man 'severely beaten,' in hospital with life-threatening injuries -Police
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is hospitalized with what are life-threatening injuries after Peoria Police say he was severely beaten early Monday morning. Police say it was reported before 1:15 a.m., when a ma...
Jan 29, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man convicted of teen's murder to get new trial following appeal
OTTAWA, Ill. - An Illinois Appellate Court decided Friday that a Peoria man must get a new trial after he was convicted several years ago of murdering a 14-year-old boy. The 3rd District Appellate Cou...
Jan 29, 2024 Doyle Nelson, Jr. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail June 2019)
UPDATE: State election board to rule on challenge to Trump candidacy
UPDATED 4:17 P.M. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois State Board of Elections will be asked to decide Tuesday whether former President Donald Trump is barred under the 14th Amend...
Jan 29, 2024 The Illinois State Board of Elections building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Migrants staying at Chicago O'Hare facing eviction this week
CHICAGO, Ill. - The pressure is building on Chicago's mayor with thousands of migrants facing evictions starting this week. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and city officials are calling for Mayor Brandon J...
Jan 29, 2024 N i c o l a / CC
UPDATE: Austin vows 'all necessary actions' after US troop deaths in Jordan
UPDATED 12:21 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday vowed that the United States would take "all necessary actions" to defend its troops after a drone attack by Iran...
Jan 29, 2024 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Nikki Haley suggests she'll stay in Republican race after South Carolina
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday accused party leaders of not being honest brokers in her campaign against Donald Trump and said she did not have to win t...
Jan 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign visit ahead of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary election in Mauldin, South Carolina, U.S. January 27, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
