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Top US general Milley takes apparent jab at Trump as he retires
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. general Mark Milley retired on Friday after a four-year tenure, saying in a speech that U.S. troops take an oath to the Constitution and not a "wannabe dictator," an ap...
Sep 29, 2023 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley reacts on the day of the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of General Milley and an Armed Forces Hail in honor of General Brown, at Summerall Field at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia, U.S., September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Trump ally Scott Hall agrees to plea deal in Georgia elections case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump ally and former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiring to interfere with Georgia's elections as part of the former U.S. president...
Sep 29, 2023 Republican poll watcher Scott Hall is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a grand jury brought back indictments against former U.S. President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 22, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
UPDATE: Prosecutors charge suspect in 1996 shooting of US rapper Tupac Shakur
UPDATED 5:27 P.M. (Reuters) -A Nevada grand jury has indicted an accused former gang leader with the murder of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur three decades ago, authorities said on Friday, a breakthrough i...
Sep 29, 2023 Rapper Tupac Shakur at the MTV Music Video Awards in New York City, September 4, 1996. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Peoria Firefighters now have a drone in their arsenal
PEORIA, Ill. - Imagine the possibilities. The Peoria Fire Department did just that, in acquiring its first drone. "It's got pretty good zoom capabilities. It's got thermal capabilities. You can see at...
Sep 29, 2023 The Peoria Fire Department's new drone took to the skies Friday morning near the department's training site. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
8th grade students across central Illinois try numerous jobs at the Greater Peoria Career Spark
PEORIA, Ill. - Most 8th graders are uncertain of what their futures would look like. But an event at the Peoria Civic Center aims to help give them options for what their career could be. The 7th Grea...
Sep 29, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
"Bark in the Park" event raises awareness for the Humane Society this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Sometimes barking is a good thing...especially if it's the annual "Bark in the Park" event. The Peoria Humane Society is inviting you to bring your four-legged friends to Peoria Heights...
Sep 29, 2023 (Peoria Humane Society--Facebook)
7 years after passage, Illinois' first in string of recent abortion protections gets day in court
ROCKFORD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In 2016 - before Donald Trump's presidency paved the way for the eventual overturning of Roe v. Wade - Democrats in Illinois passed what would become the first...
Sep 29, 2023 The Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse is pictured in Rockford. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Hannah Meisel)
Long-serving US Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein dead at 90
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dianne Feinstein, a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from California and gun control advocate who spearheaded the first federal assault weapons ban and documented the CIA's t...
Sep 29, 2023 U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting to vote on legislation and pending nominations before the committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/ File Photo
Appeals court will not delay Donald Trump civil fraud trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Thursday refused to delay Donald Trump's scheduled Oct. 2 civil fraud trial, after the former U.S. president accused the trial judge of wrongly refusin...
Sep 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the Pray Vote Stand Summit, organized by the Family Research Council in Washington, U.S. September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATE: Ford, UAW clash as union expands strikes
UPDATED 2:44 P.M. DETROIT (Reuters) -Ford Motor Chief Executive Jim Farley on Friday accused United Auto Workers leaders of holding up a new U.S. labor agreement and halting production at several fact...
Sep 29, 2023 Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) union workers picket outside the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dieu-Nalio Chery
