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US House panel to hold Jan. 10 Mayorkas impeachment hearing -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee is resuming its effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over allegations he has been derelict in his duty of m...
Jan 03, 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
No cash bail seen as factor in holding down Peoria County's jail population
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The jail population in Peoria is the lowest in years, and Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins thinks part of the reason is the new SAFE-T Act. On Sept. 18, when Illinois elimi...
Jan 03, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
USDA recalls thousands of pounds of ground beef produced in Illinois
COAL VALLEY, Ill. - Almost 6,800 pounds of uncooked beef patties and ground beef produced by an Illinois-based company has been recalled due to a risk of E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of ...
Jan 03, 2024 lizzardo / CC
Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza after killing of Hamas leader
BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli forces intensified their bombing of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and told civilians to leave a refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave after the war st...
Jan 03, 2024 Palestinians inspect a house damaged in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 3, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
UPDATE: Japan says Coast Guard plane apparently not cleared for take-off before runway collision
UPDATED 3:40 P.M. TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese authorities said on Wednesday a passenger jet that collided with a Coast Guard turboprop at a Tokyo airport had been given permission to land, but the small...
Jan 03, 2024 Officials investigate a burnt Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan January 3, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Trump appeals disqualification from Maine primary ballot -US media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Tuesday appealed a decision from Maine's top election official disqualifying him from the state's Republican presidential primary ballot next year over his role ...
Jan 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
White House turns to US Supreme Court in Texas razor-wire border dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked it from destroying razor wire fencing ...
Jan 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A migrant waits for others after crossing the Rio Grande and getting over the razor wire in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Global shipping firms continue to pause Red Sea shipments
OSLO (Reuters) -Denmark's Maersk and German rival Hapag-Lloyd said on Tuesday their container ships would continue to avoid the Red Sea route that gives access to the Suez Canal following a weekend at...
Jan 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Container vessel Maersk Hangzhou sails in the Wielingen channel, Westerschelde, Netherlands July 15, 2018. Rene van Quekelberghe/Handout via REUTERS
City of Pekin set to appoint high school teacher to fill vacancy on city council
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin will soon fill the lone vacancy on its city council with a teacher. Chris Onken, a P.E. teacher at Pekin Community High School, has been tabbed to replace Becky Cloyd. ...
Jan 02, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Byrider closes Peoria sales office, service still open -official
PEORIA, Ill. - A car dealership chain has closed its Peoria location, but it says customers still should make payments. A spokesperson with Indiana-based J.D. Byrider says the sales office on Pioneer ...
Jan 02, 2024 (Byrider)
