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UPDATE: Former Trump lawyer Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia, could testify against Trump
UPDATED 2:39 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former lawyer for Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping the then-U.S. president's efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in t...
Oct 24, 2023 Jenna Ellis reacts with her lawyers after reading a statement after Ellis plead guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings, inside Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee?s Fulton County Courtroom, October 24, 2023, in Atlanta, U.S. Ellis, an attorney and prominent conservative media figure, reached a deal with prosecutors Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump?s 2020 election loss in Georgia. John Bazemore/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: Trump inflated asset values 'arbitrarily', former lawyer Michael Cohen says on stand
UPDATED 2:19 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump "arbitrarily" inflated the value of his real estate assets in order to secure favorable insurance premiums, Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael C...
Oct 24, 2023 Former attorney for former U.S. President Donald, Michael Cohen, arrives the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Louisiana 'super fog' kills 7 in massive car pile-up
(Reuters) - A Louisiana "super fog" aggravated by marsh fires led to a pile-up of 158 cars just west of New Orleans on Monday that killed seven people, injured at least 25 and left a string of crumble...
Oct 24, 2023 Vehicles pile-up due to a crash on Interstate 55 (I-55) highway in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, U.S., October 23, 2023, in this still image obtained from a handout video obtained by Reuters. Louisiana State Police/Handout via REUTERS
UPDATE: Neighbor credited with reporting South Peoria fire, and for helping those living in the home. Here's what we know
UPDATED 10:33 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - No one was home when fire broke out at a residence in South Peoria Monday night. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says the blaze started around 7:00 p.m. not far from...
Oct 23, 2023 Peoria firefighters responded to the scene of a fire Monday night on W. Proctor St. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Police investigate South Peoria stabbing
PEORIA, Ill. - On a day which has seen several people shot in Peoria, now police say one person was stabbed. It happened around 4:15 p.m. Monday near Blaine and Ann in South Peoria. Peoria Police aren...
Oct 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
One injured in afternoon East Bluff shooting
PEORIA, Ill. - A man is injured after an afternoon shooting Monday. Police say a man was hit with at least one of six gunshots near Indiana and Forest Hill around 1:30 p.m. and was taken to the hospit...
Oct 23, 2023 (25 News)
Gymnastics-U.S. great Retton home from hospital
(Reuters) - Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton is home from hospital and "in recovery mode," her daughter said on Monday, after a rare form of pneumonia left the American fighting for her life. Ret...
Oct 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Olympic Gold medallist gymnast Mary Lou Retton (R) of the U.S. and her former coach Bela Karolyi laugh as they sit next to the floor during the AT&T American Cup gymnastics competition at New York's Madison Square Garden March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
US court challenges Trump appeal in rape accuser E. Jean Carroll's case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday questioned why former U.S. president Donald Trump waited more than three years to claim that he deserved absolute immunity from a defamation laws...
Oct 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: E. Jean Carroll reacts as she exits the Manhattan Federal Court following the verdict in the civil rape accusation case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York City, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Juveniles arrested in two separate Saturday morning incidents
PEORIA, Ill. - A 16-year-old boy faces almost that many charges after allegedly leading Peoria Police on a chase early Saturday morning in what is believed to be a stolen vehicle. Police say it starte...
Oct 23, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Hamas releases two Israeli women, US advises caution on Gaza invasion
UPDATED 3:47 P.M. GAZA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas militant group said on Monday it had released two Israeli women on health grounds as sources said the United States...
Oct 23, 2023 Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
