Category Archives: Top Stories
Tennessee tornadoes leave at least 6 dead, tens of thousands without power
(Reuters) - Severe storms and tornadoes in Tennessee left at least six people dead on Saturday and caused what local emergency services described as extensive damage with tens of thousands of resident...
Dec 10, 2023 A car is buried under rubble on Main Street after a tornado hit Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. December 9, 2023. Andrew Nelles/USA Today Network via REUTERS
US skips congressional review to approve emergency sale of tank shells to Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review, the Pentagon said on Saturday. The ...
Dec 09, 2023 An Israeli soldier sits atop of a tank, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israeli-Gaza Border, as seen from Israel, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Ukraine presses ahead with removal of Soviet monuments
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials pressed on with a campaign to remove Soviet-era monuments on Saturday as authorities in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv dismantled a statue of a Red Army commander from...
Dec 09, 2023 Municipal workers dismount a monument to Mykola Schors, a Soviet field commander during the Russian Civil War, amid the ongoing Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 9, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Another call from doctors, medical experts to get COVID, RSV, flu vaccinations
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - Area doctors and health professionals are once again urging vaccinations with the holidays starting now that Hanukkah is under way - not just for COVID-19, but other respirator...
Dec 09, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Where to get Hyundai vehicle anti-theft upgrades in Peoria, and what vehicles need them
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say there could be as many as 1,600 Hyundais registered in the City of Peoria that have not gotten their cars fixed so people can't break into them and drive off. This, fo...
Dec 09, 2023 DennisM2
Republican-majority US House takes step toward vote on Biden impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives took a procedural step on Thursday toward voting to authorize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, an escalation ...
Dec 09, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden looks up while addressing the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Intensified fighting across Gaza as U.S. vetoes ceasefire
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel pounded the Gaza Strip from north to south on Saturday in an expanded phase of its two-month-old war against Hamas, after the United States wielded its U.N. Security Counc...
Dec 09, 2023 Palestinian firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a house after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
'Drive for Miracles' successful again for OSF Children's Hospital. Here's how much was raised
PEORIA, Ill. - An annual fundraiser for OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois has proven to be a success once again. The annual "Drive for Miracles" Radiothon which has been hosted annually f...
Dec 08, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
Federal judge halts separations of families at the United States southern border
(FOX News) - A federal judge has approved a settlement that would halt the separation of families at the United States southern border. FOX News reports the settlement between the Justice Department a...
Dec 08, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Pritzker signs measure allowing new small-scale nuclear technology in Illinois
(Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law a measure that will allow for the limited development of new nuclear power generation technology in the state. The measure, House B...
Dec 08, 2023 While large-scale nuclear facilities like the Byron Generating Station won’t be allowed under a new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Friday, smaller-scale modular reactors are authorized under the plan. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
