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US Capitol police clash with protesters demanding Gaza ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Capitol Police officers in riot gear clashed with dozens of demonstrators who gathered outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington on Wednesda...
Nov 16, 2023 Police and demonstrators argue at the entrance to the Democratic National Headquarters during a multi-denominational event hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America, IfNotNow Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US Senate passes stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate took the risk of an impending partial government shutdown off the table on Wednesday as it passed a stopgap spending bill and sent it to President Joe Biden to si...
Nov 16, 2023 People walk past the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Washington Panthers football team one game away from state championship
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The road to Normal for the Washington Community High School football team makes one more stop at home this weekend. The Panthers will host 10-time and defending Class 6A state champ...
Nov 15, 2023 Darrell Crouch, Washington High School Football Coach. (25 News)
State Supreme Court weighs constitutionality of lifetime restrictions on child sex offenders
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Supreme Court is weighing whether it is constitutional to impose lifetime restrictions on where a person can live after they've been convicted ...
Nov 15, 2023 The Illinois Supreme Court building is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Police Chief: Teens arrested, one in connection with recent shootings near Manual High School. Here's what we know
UPDATED 6:44 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One search warrant led to two arrests by Peoria Police Wednesday afternoon at a home, with at least one arrest in connection to recent shootings at Peoria Manual High ...
Nov 15, 2023 This house on West Nebraska, near University, was searched by Peoria Police Wednesday in connection with an investigation into a shooting Tuesday in the area of Manual High School. (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Six dead, 18 sent to hospitals after Ohio highway crash
(Reuters) -Six people were killed and 18 others were injured on Tuesday in a fiery chain-reaction crash involving a charter bus, a tractor-trailer truck and three other vehicles on a highway in centra...
Nov 15, 2023 Midwest Communications
City Council approves buying more license plate readers, upgrading Tasers
PEORIA, Ill. - The City of Peoria says license plate readers are working, so they're going to buy more of them. The Peoria City Council Tuesday night approved spending just over $200,000 for 71 more c...
Nov 15, 2023 Flock Safety "Falcon" License Plate Reader (Source: www.flocksafety.com)
Israeli military says it uncovers Hamas command centre, weapons at Gaza hospital
GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli troops found an operational command centre and assets belonging to Palestinian Hamas militants in Gaza's biggest hospital, Israel's military said on Wednesday, during a campaig...
Nov 15, 2023 Weapons and equipment which Israel's army says were found at Al Shifa hospital complex in the Gaza Strip, as seen in this screen grab from video released by the Israel Defense Forces on November 15, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
GM workers at big Texas plant approve UAW deal, boosting chances of passage
(Reuters) - More than 60% of United Auto Workers union members at General Motors' <GM.N> Arlington, Texas assembly plant voted to approve a new labor deal, boosting the odds of passage, in what ...
Nov 15, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Small earthquake shakes Putnam County early Wednesday morning
STANDARD, Ill. - A small quake in a small town. A 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook the village of Standard in eastern Putnam County, just before 4:45 A.M. Wednesday. The quake went as deep as nearly thr...
Nov 15, 2023 (U.S. Geological Survey/U.S. Department of the Interior)
