Category Archives: Top Stories
UPDATE: US judge sets jury selection in Luigi Mangione CEO killing trial for September
UDPATED 1:47 P.M. NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday said jury selection will begin in early September for the murder trial of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a heal...
Jan 09, 2026 Luigi Mangione appears in good spirits as the suppresion hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson goes into another week, in New York, U.S., December 12, 2025. Curtis Means/Pool via REUTERS
Supreme Court set to issue rulings as Trump awaits fate of tariffs
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court could issue at least one ruling on Friday as several major cases remain pending including litigation testing the legality of Presid...
Jan 09, 2026 A semi-truck drives past Chinese shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, U.S., November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake
With tension high in Minnesota, border agent shoots two in Oregon traffic stop
By Renee Hickman and Maria Alejandra Cardona MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Tension over U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown rose across the United States after a second shooting invol...
Jan 09, 2026 A person looks through a vehicle’s sunroof as people protest against increased immigration enforcement, a day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 8, 2026. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Peorian arrested for armed robbery of a teenager
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man has been arrested for an armed robbery in the East Bluff back in November. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 18-year-old Shamari Joiner was taken into custod...
Jan 09, 2026
Five states sue over Trump freezing $10 billion in childcare, family assistance funds
By Nate Raymond Jan 8 (Reuters) - Five Democratic-led states sued U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday challenging its decision to freeze their access to more than $10 billion in f...
Jan 09, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Peoria home to be demolished after arson fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire Thursday night in the 1400 block of S. Livingston Street in Peoria. Battalion Chief Mike Ralston said crews arrived around 7:05 p.m., finding fir...
Jan 09, 2026 Midwest Communications
US border agents shoot and wound two people in Portland
Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, who were taken to hospital, police said on Thursday while urging the city to remain calm after heightened tensions following ...
Jan 08, 2026 FBI agents work outside Adventist Hospital after U.S. federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, U.S., January 8, 2026. REUTERS/John Rudoff
Judge hesitant to grant dismissal of lawsuit over immigration agents' use-of-force tactics in Chicago
Article Summary A Chicago federal judge on Thursday declined to immediately grant a motion by protesters who sued the Trump administration over immigration agents' use-of-force tactics this fall after...
Jan 08, 2026 Several immigration enforcement agents push back media and protestors as U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino makes his way out of the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago on Oct. 28, 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Pritzker signs major energy reform bill amid projected shortages
Article Summary The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act incentivizes battery storage among other measures aimed at bolstering grid reliability. It creates "virtual power plants" aimed at harvest...
Jan 08, 2026 An industrial-scale battery storage facility at G&W Electric in Bolingbrook, which was installed in 2024. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
US Senate votes to curb military action in Venezuela, Trump says oversight could last years
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to advance a resolution that would bar President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressiona...
Jan 08, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth look on during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
