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Inside Illinois' youth lockups, children go without basic services and face "excessive" punishments
(Capitol News Illinois) - In late December, a teenage boy with a broken arm was left to suffer alone in his cell at a youth lockup in rural southern Illinois. Staff were aware he'd been seriously inju...
Nov 08, 2023 A 2022 state audit identified the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center in Benton, Illinois, as a “facility in crisis.” (Julia Rendleman for ProPublica)
State police still drafting assault weapons registration rules as deadline nears
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Officials at the Illinois State Police said Tuesday they are working to finalize rules for registering assault weapons and other items that are now tightly ...
Nov 08, 2023 Illinois State Police Capt. Jeffrey Yenchko, left, and special counsel Suzanne Bond answer questions before the legislative Joint Committee on Administrative Rules about rules being developed to govern the registration of assault weapons. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Reuters NEXT-UN chief says Gaza deaths show something 'wrong' with Israel operation
NEW YORK (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that the number of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip shows that there is something "clearly wrong" with Israel'...
Nov 08, 2023 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Ivanka Trump takes the witness stand in NY fraud trial
(Reuters) -Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump took the witness stand in a Manhattan court on Wednesday to testify in a civil fraud trial that has exposed the inner workings of the former U.S. presid...
Nov 08, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in the New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Abortion rights advocates, Democrats score wins in US elections
(Reuters) - Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday, including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky, an early signal that reproductive rights remain a p...
Nov 08, 2023 Voters fill out their ballots as voters in Ohio decide whether to enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution, in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger
Thousands of civilians flee north Gaza as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters clash
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinian civilians trudged in a forlorn procession out of the north of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday seeking refuge from Israeli air strikes and fierce ground ...
Nov 08, 2023 Smoke rises in the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli airstrike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
US House censures lone Palestinian-American lawmaker over Israel comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House voted on Tuesday to censure Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib, Congress's lone Palestinian-American lawmaker, for comments she made regarding Israel's war w...
Nov 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) joins several fellow House Democrats in remarks on the sixth anniversary of Trump-era travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Trump targets 2024 Hispanic vote as rivals gather for Miami debate
(Reuters) - Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, will stage a rally outside Miami on Wednesday to court Hispanic voters seen as important to 2024 electoral victory...
Nov 08, 2023 Former U.S. President and Presidential Republican candidate Donald Trump speaks to his supporters during the Florida Freedom Summit held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, U.S., November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Peoria Fire working to reinstate dedicated rescue squad
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria's fire department is set to get some extra cash flow in hopes of reinstating its rescue squad. This comes as the city debates its budget for the next two years. The fir...
Nov 08, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
G7 ministers urge humanitarian pauses in Gaza, seek hostages' release
TOKYO (Reuters) -G7 foreign ministers on Wednesday called for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to allow in aid and help the release of hostages and sought a return to a "broader peace proce...
Nov 08, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa attend a session on the war in Ukraine during their meetings in Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
