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Man arrested Monday afternoon in Peoria after traffic stop and foot chase
PEORIA, Ill. - A traffic stop in Peoria led to the arrest of a man on drug and weapons charges Monday afternoon. Peoria Police say officers made contact with two males at the stop just after two-15 P-...
TJ Carson Apr 09, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US House delays sending Senate Mayorkas impeachment to Senate until next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will delay sending the Senate its impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas until next w...
TJ Carson Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas attends a House Homeland Security Committee hearing examining worldwide threats to the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
More produce, less dairy for low-income families under US nutrition program changes
(Reuters) - Nearly 7 million low-income women and children will be able to purchase more fruits and vegetables but less dairy after the U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized changes to a key federa...
TJ Carson Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A person shops for vegetables at a supermarket in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Man dies after vehicle vs. electric scooter crash in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man died after a crash involving a vehicle and an electric scooter Monday afternoon in South Peoria. Peoria Police say officers arrived just after 2:15 P.M. in the intersection of Ara...
TJ Carson Apr 09, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria County grand jury indicts man for March shooting homicide at apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - The man charged in relation to Peoria's third homicide of the year has been indicted by a grand jury. 21-year-old Javier McGhee was indicted Tuesday on one count of Murder, a Class M Fe...
TJ Carson Apr 09, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump loses bid to delay hush money trial pending gag order appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Tuesday lost his second last-ditch bid in as many days to delay his April 15 trial on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. The former U.S....
TJ Carson Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks outside the courtroom on the day of a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Blinken says talks on Israel's Rafah offensive expected next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said he expects talks between Israeli and U.S. officials to take place next week on a potential Israeli military operation in R...
TJ Carson Apr 09, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron at the State Department in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
Special counsel urges US Supreme Court to reject Trump immunity bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel pursuing federal criminal charges against Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief on Monday urging t...
TJ Carson Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith are seen in a combination of file photos in Washington, U.S., in 2023. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis, Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Hamas says Israeli proposal fails to meet Palestinian demands but is under review
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Tuesday that an Israeli proposal on a ceasefire in their war in Gaza met none of the demands of Palestinian militant factions, but it would study the offer further and d...
Julia Bradley Apr 09, 2024 Rescuers and medics search for dead bodies inside the damaged Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it following a two-week operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/ File Photo
Israel purchases 40,000 tents for Rafah evacuation, Israeli media says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli defense ministry is purchasing 40,000 tents ahead of an evacuation of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which Israel has said it plans to assault to destroy remaining ...
Julia Bradley Apr 09, 2024 A woman sweeps next to a tent, as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/ File photo