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US Senator Menendez asks judge to dismiss charges, says he is immune
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss the government's corruption case against him, saying the indictment targets official acts that should be immune from...
Jan 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) walks out of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Craig Hudson/File Photo
SCOTUS denies one appeal of assault weapons ban while another waits in the wings
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The U.S. Supreme Court has denied one request to review the Illinois assault weapon ban, but many believe the court is more likely to take up another challe...
Jan 10, 2024 Tom Thai / CC
Trump cannot deliver closing arguments at NY fraud trial, judge says
(Reuters) - Donald Trump cannot personally deliver a closing argument in his civil fraud trial, a New York judge said Wednesday after the former U.S. president's attorneys did not agree to conditions ...
Jan 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigns, in Clinton, Iowa, U.S., January 6, 2024. REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo
Pilot program aims to install temporary fencing for sidewalk cafes in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - When the weather warms up, people visiting Peoria's downtown and riverfront areas will be able to enjoy the sun with their meals. City council approved a pilot program on Tuesday night ...
Jan 10, 2024 Kickback on Fulton is one of the businesses participating in a pilot program to have sidewalk cafes in downtown Peoria and the Riverfront. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Penguin Project kicks off 20th season this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Social interaction for kids with developmental disabilities can be difficult, but the Penguin Project, celebrating its 20th season this weekend, is all about letting them shine. The Pen...
Jan 10, 2024
Blinken meets Palestinian leader Abbas in occupied West Bank
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, after pressing Israel's leaders to of...
Jan 10, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in the Muqata'a, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
UPDATE: Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at House contempt hearing
Updated: 9:35 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic President Joe Biden, made an unexpected appearance on Wednesday at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing where Republican...
Jan 10, 2024 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, walks through the cemetery at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church on the day of the death of the President’s first wife and daughter who died in a car accident in 1972, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 18, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/ File Photo
UPDATE: Republicans hammer Biden border chief during impeachment hearing
UPDATED 12:40 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday condemned President Joe Biden's top border official during an impeachment hearing over r...
Jan 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas attends a House Homeland Security Committee hearing examining worldwide threats to the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Judges skeptical of Trump's immunity claim in election subversion case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday questioned Donald Trump's claims that he is immune from criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election, and the former president threat...
Jan 10, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seen as Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith speaks during an appeals hearing on Trump's claim of immunity in the federal case accusing him of illegally attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in this courtroom sketch in U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Bill Hennessy
Center for Prevention of Abuse expanding new facility in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - What is now a vacant, snowy field will soon be home to a second site for the Peoria-based Center for Prevention of Abuse. The Center, which offers free and confidential service...
Jan 10, 2024 Future site of a new facility for the Center for Prevention of Abuse in Pekin (25 News)
