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Colorado judge finds Trump engaged in 'insurrection' but allows him on ballot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Colorado judge on Friday allowed Donald Trump to remain on the ballot in the state's election next year, but found that he "engaged in insurrection" by sparking the Jan. 6, 202...
Nov 17, 2023 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., October 25, 2023. Dave Sanders/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Two people injured in three-vehicle crash near downtown
PEORIA, Ill. - A three-vehicle accident just east of downtown Peoria injured two people. Peoria Fire says the two people that had to be extricated from one of the cars involved near Jefferson and Spri...
Nov 17, 2023 Midwest Communications
Another arson reported to local home
PEORIA, Ill. - Another arson has been reported in the City of Peoria - at least the third in the last three weeks. Peoria Fire says this one happened near Ravine and Wisconsin just before 3:00 p.m. Fr...
Nov 17, 2023 Midwest Communications
Israel renews call for Gazans to flee key southern city
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel issued a fresh warning to Palestinians in the southern city of Khan Younis to relocate west out of the line of fire and closer to humanitarian aid in the latest indica...
Nov 17, 2023 Palestinians stand at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Suspect in New Hampshire hospital shooting dead; all patients reported safe
(Reuters) -Gunfire erupted on Friday in the lobby of a state psychiatric hospital in New Hampshire before the threat was neutralized and the suspect was killed, state police and emergency management o...
Nov 17, 2023 Midwest Communications
Tornado hits too close to home, even for Meteorologist Chuck Collins
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - Just what was it that caused several tornadoes to touch down in Central Illinois ten years ago Friday, one of which caused major devastation to the city of Washington, along with s...
Nov 17, 2023 Sandy Gallant and Chuck Collins prepare to leave their broadcast location at WEEK-TV during the November 17, 2013 tornado. (25 News via YouTube)
Donald Trump loses bid for mistrial in New York civil fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York judge on Friday rejected Donald Trump's bid for a mistrial in state Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit against him, after the former U.S. president accu...
Nov 17, 2023 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, Florida, U.S. November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter, 96, enters hospice care at home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, the 96-year-old wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has entered hospice care at home, the Carter Center said in a statement on Friday. ...
Nov 17, 2023 Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is seen outside her home after U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with former President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter in Plains, Georgia, U.S., April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATE: Man shot, putting schools on brief lockdowns
UPDATED 5:21 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two Peoria schools were on brief lockdowns after Peoria Police say a man was shot nearby. The shooting prior to 2:30 p.m. Friday happened near Griswold and Krause. Pol...
Nov 17, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Biden, Mexican president discuss drugs, migration on final day of Pacific summit
UPDATED 5:42 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday expressed a shared desire to tackle migration and drug trafficking...
Nov 17, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
