Category Archives: Top Stories
Grand jury charges Washington man with Attempted Murder
PEORIA, Ill. - A Washington man faces a number of charges after an assault in Bartonville earlier in the month. A Peoria County grand jury Tuesday charged Austin Ricca, 27, with Attempted Murder, Aggr...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Trump tax returns to be released by U.S. House panel on Friday
(Reuters) -Former Republican President Donald Trump's redacted tax returns will be made public on Friday, a spokesperson for the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee said on Tuesday....
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
U.S. Supreme Court leaves pandemic-era border restrictions in place, takes up case
UPDATED 3:46 p.m. (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place for the time being a pandemic-era order allowing U.S. officials to rapidly expel migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border ...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Migrants run to hide from the U.S. Border Patrol and Texas State Troopers after crossing into the United States from Mexico, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Embattled Republican Santos faces new heat over 'Jew-ish' heritage claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative-elect George Santos, a New York Republican who this week acknowledged lying about his education and employment history while running for Congress, faced fresh...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative-elect George Santos, a New York Republican who acknowledged lying about his education and employment history while running for Congress, appears in an undated still image from a political campaign video in New York, U.S. George Santos campaign/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. House administration arm bans TikTok on official devices
(Reuters) - The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House's administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into ef...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
Expert discusses how to protect yourself against respiratory viruses
PEORIA, Ill. - Family, presents, and cheer are all part of the holiday season. But so is the possibility of coming down with an illness. Experts have been concerned with people catching three viruses ...
TJ Carson Dec 27, 2022 (Midwest Communications)
Lawmakers proposes capping pawn broker interest rates -- same as payday lenders
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - One Illinois lawmaker wants the state to further clamp down on the interest rates pawn brokers charge. Described as a follow-up to a law crafted last year by State Senator Jacqueli...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 (Illinois Senate Democrats)
U.S. FDA weighs regulating cannabis compound CBD in food, supplements - WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to make recommendations on how to regulate the use of popular cannabis compound CBD in food and supplements, the Wall Street Journal...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
IRS delays $600 income reporting rule for U.S. gig workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Friday it would delay a new rule requiring more extensive reporting by gig workers and others who are paid through third party apps, af...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Double-digit U.S. home price growth streak skids to an end
(Reuters) - Annual price growth in the increasingly fragile U.S. housing market slid into the single digits in October for the first time in about two years when mortgage rates that month surged above...
Will Stevenson Dec 27, 2022 A "For Sale" sign is posted outside a residential home in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey/File Photo