Category Archives: Top Stories
Gymnastics-Olympic gold medalist Retton 'fighting for her life' with rare form of pneumonia, daughter says
(Reuters) - U.S. gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton is "fighting for her life" and has been in an intensive care unit for more than a week battling a rare form of pneumonia, her daughter said on Tuesday....
Oct 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former 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
Two US House Republicans make their bid for the speaker's gavel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives heard pitches on Tuesday from prominent party members Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan, who are vying for the powerful role ...
Oct 11, 2023 U.S. House Majority Leader and candidate for next U.S. Speaker of the House Steve Scalise (R-LA) arrives for a meeting with members of Florida's House of Representatives, after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House speaker, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria's Jewish community gathers in support of Israel
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Even though the conflict is thousands of miles away, members of Peoria's Jewish community have such strong ties to their spiritual homeland that the conflict there feels as re...
Oct 11, 2023 (25 News) --Susan Katz, Executive Director of the Peoria Jewish Federation.
Report: Financial mismanagement allegations at WTVP prior to CEO's resignation, death
PEORIA, Ill. - We're learning more about financial trouble at Peoria Public Television station WTVP that is coming to light after the sudden death of the former CEO. 25 News reports the board of direc...
Oct 10, 2023 (25 News)
Plans for one CO2 pipeline withdrawn, while opposition continues to another plan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - One proposed Carbon Dioxide pipeline that was planned to go through Illinois, and close to, but not in Peoria is out, while opposition continues to one that would go through the ar...
Oct 10, 2023 (25 News)
US congressman Santos hit with more charges for inflating fundraising numbers
(Reuters) - U.S. congressman George Santos was hit with additional criminal charges on Tuesday for inflating his campaign's fundraising numbers in a bid to qualify for financial and logistical support...
Oct 10, 2023 U.S. Representative George Santos (R-NY) walks to a House Republican Conference meeting as Republicans work towards electing a new Speaker of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Grand jury files sex charges against two people in individual cases
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria County grand jury Tuesday filed felony sex-related charges against two individuals in two separate cases. The grand jury filed a Class-X felony charge of Predatory Criminal Sex...
Oct 10, 2023 Gildardo Fernandez (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Pritzker calls Illinois' support for Israel 'unequivocal' after weekend's Hamas attacks
(Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday condemned the deadly attacks on Israel over the weekend by the militant group Hamas, telling those gathered outside a synagogue in Chicago's north...
Oct 10, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks in suburban Glencoe Tuesday at a solidarity gathering on behalf of Israel. The Jewish United Fund coordinated the Israel solidarity event days after a series of coordinated attacks by the militant group Hamas killed more than 900 people over the weekend. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
White House says 20 or more Americans missing after Hamas attack on Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty or more Americans are missing following Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel over the weekend that left hundreds dead, U.S. national security adviser Jake S...
Oct 10, 2023 Rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in Gaza, October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Sam Bankman-Fried directed fraud on FTX customers, Caroline Ellison tells jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive officer of Sam Bankman-Fried's hedge fund, testified on Tuesday that the former crypto mogul directed her and others to defraud custome...
Oct 10, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz//File Photo
