Category Archives: Top Stories
Trump takes Colorado ballot disqualification to US Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado's top court disqualified him from the state's Republican primary ballot for e...
Jan 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool/File Photo
More people living in Illinois than reported in 2020 Census. Here's what we know
CHICAGO, Ill. - There's more people in the state of Illinois than originally thought. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that a request to include nearly 47,000 people in population estimates ...
Jan 03, 2024 (State of Illinois)
UPDATE: Russia and Ukraine stage big POW exchange after UAE mediation
UPDATED 2:42 P.M. KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday announced their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly five months, with more than 200 freed by each side after what both said ...
Jan 03, 2024 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) react after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an unknown location in Ukraine, in this handout picture released January 3, 2024. Ukrainian Armed Forces/Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War/Handout via REUTERS
School security help for local districts turns into unfunded mandate
PEORIA, Ill. - A relatively new state law was supposed to help local school districts with security. Instead, it created another unfunded mandate. The law was to provide state grant money to schools t...
Jan 03, 2024 Midwest Communications
Illinois Attorney General warns about phone scam that uses AI to copy voices
CHICAGO, Ill. - Illinois' Attorney General is warning the public about a new method for phone scams that involves mimicking a loved one's voice with artificial intelligence. In the warning issued Wedn...
Jan 03, 2024 (Office of the Illinois Attorney General)
City of Peoria promotes numerous ways people can submit reports about potholes and more
PEORIA, Ill. - There's multiple ways a person in Peoria can report a pothole to the city. Communications Director Stacy Peterson tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" people can report a pothole by calling Peor...
Jan 03, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US Senator Menendez helped businessman with Qatar investment -indictment
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez helped a New Jersey businessman seek an investment from a Qatari company with ties to the Middle Eastern country's government, prosecutors said on Tuesday...
Jan 03, 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
Blasts kill over 100 at ceremony to mark death of Iranian Guards commander Soleimani
DUBAI (Reuters) -Two explosions killed more than 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran on Wednesday to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a U.S. drone in 2020, ...
Jan 03, 2024 People gather at the scene of explosions during a ceremony held to mark the death of late Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, in Kerman, Iran, January 3, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
US job openings fall moderately in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings fell for the third straight month in November as labor market conditions gradually ease. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, dropped 62,000 to 8.790 milli...
Jan 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
US public debt tops $34 trln as Congress heads into funding fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal government's total public debt has reached $34 trillion for the first time, the U.S. Treasury Department reported on Tuesday, as members of Congress gear up for ...
Jan 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
