Category Archives: Top Stories
Taylor Swift surprises with extra tracks on 'Tortured Poets Department' album
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Taylor Swift surprised fans with her new record "The Tortured Poets Department" on Friday, revealing it was a double album featuring songs about heartbreak and a period describe...
Julia Bradley 21h ago FILE PHOTO: Singer Taylor Swift performs at her concert for the international "The Eras Tour" in Tokyo, Japan February 7, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Lawyers aim to wrap up jury selection in Trump criminal trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers in Donald Trump's criminal trial are expected on Friday to wrap up the painstaking process of selecting a jury that will for the first time in U.S. history determine wheth...
Julia Bradley 22h ago Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, while holding news clippings, as his trial continues over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Pool
US House Speaker Johnson risks fellow Republicans' wrath with Ukraine vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson looks set to push forward this weekend on a $95 billion aid bill for Kyiv, Israel and other allies, despite a firestorm of protest from hardline ...
Julia Bradley 22h ago FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media after the Senate dismissed the House Republican impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
US stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full ...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan speaks to members of Security Council during a meeting to address the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
One person arrested on drug charges Tuesday afternoon in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were arrested in South Peoria on drug charges Tuesday afternoon. Peoria Police say a search warrant was executed at a house in the area of Antoinette and Madison Park Terrace...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Planned changes to Peoria mail distribution center moving forward
PEORIA, Ill. - A restructuring plan by the United States Postal Service that would affect operations in Peoria is moving forward. 25 News reports USPS is moving mail processing and distribution center...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 mail and packages
US Congress moves ahead on bill to push TikTok's Chinese owner to sell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An effort to force TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Represe...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. flag is placed on a TikTok logo in this illustration taken March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
PAAR: With fewer new homes on the market, competition for existing homes is fierce
PEORIA, Ill. - Finding a home in your price range and where you want isn't getting any easier. Leslie Rothan with Peoria Area Association of Realtors, or PAAR, says with a limited inventory of homes a...
Julia Bradley Apr 18, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy, File)
US announces new sanctions on Iran after missile and drone strike on Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced new sanctions on Iran targeting its unmanned aerial vehicle production after its missile and drone strike on Israel last weekend. The U.S...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Israel's military displays what they say is an Iranian ballistic missile which they retrieved from the Dead Sea after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, at Julis military base, in southern Israel April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims remain at low level
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits was unchanged at a low level last week, pointing to continued labor market strength. Labor market resilience, ...
TJ Carson Apr 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "Help Wanted" sign sits in the window of a shop in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo