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Classified documents found at former U.S. Vice President Pence's Indiana home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Documents marked as classified were discovered at former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home last week, and he has turned those classified records over to the FBI, his ...
Julia Bradley Jan 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is interviewed by Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, in front of an audience at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Details of Trump's attempt to overturn defeat in Georgia could be released
(Reuters) -The final report from a Georgia grand jury investigating then-President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his defeat in the state's 2020 election could soon be publicly released, depending...
Julia Bradley Jan 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Illinois Music Educators Conference brings thousands to Peoria this week
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's literally the biggest conference to come to Peoria every year. The Illinois Music Educators Association brings with it this week over 12,000 people to the Peoria Civic Center, wit...
Julia Bradley Jan 24, 2023 (File-Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD)
Pekin residents spared from required snow removal
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin homeowners are no longer required to remove snow from their property. In August, Pekin city council members passed an ordinance requiring property owners to clear snow from sidewa...
Julia Bradley Jan 24, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Two students and adult fatally shot at Iowa school program
(Reuters) - Two students were killed on Monday and an adult was seriously wounded in a "targeted" shooting at a nonprofit educational center for at-risk youth in Des Moines, Iowa, local police said. T...
Julia Bradley Jan 24, 2023 Des Moines police investigate a fatal multiple-injury shooting at Starts Right Here, a nonprofit educational mentorship program that helps at-risk metro Des Moines youth, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. January 23, 2023. Zach Boyden-Holmes/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (Reuters) -Just two days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Los Angeles-area dance studio, seven more victims were shot dead in an agricultural area near San Francisco, as Cali...
Julia Bradley Jan 24, 2023 People gather for a candle light vigil after a mass shooting during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park, California, U.S. January 23, 2023. REUTERS/David Swanson
White House: DOJ searched Biden's home after 'voluntary, proactive offer' by president's lawyers
UPDATED 4:53 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Monday that a search by the Justice Department of President Joe Biden's home on Friday was carried out after a "voluntary, proactive off...
Will Stevenson Jan 23, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One for return travel to Washington, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
NWS: Snow storm to impact Peoria area Wednesday, but worse south and east
LINCOLN, Ill. - A winter storm is coming, but the biggest impacts might not be in Peoria. National Weather Service Meteorologist Ed Shimon in Lincoln says the Peoria area could receive around four inc...
Will Stevenson Jan 23, 2023 (National Weather Service)
UPDATED: State preparing further defense of assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday filed a petition asking an appellate court to vacate a temporary restraining order that was issued late Friday aftern...
Will Stevenson Jan 23, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Jury convicts four Oath Keepers of seditious conspiracy for roles in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A jury on Monday convicted four members of the far-right Oath Keepers group of seditious conspiracy, handing the Justice Department another major victory in its quest to prosecut...
Will Stevenson Jan 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Members of the Oath Keepers are seen among supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol during a protest against the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo