2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (522+ words) LOS ANGELES, Sept 10 (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Thursday new tech company restrictions barring children under 16 from exposure to behaviorally addictive features on social media platforms and banning toys containing AI companion chatbots. The two measures…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (142+ words) PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man will spend 22 years in prison for shooting a delivery driver at a Dollar General store nearly three years ago. The Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Shiloe Beasley was sentenced on Wednesday for his June…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (836+ words) By Nathan Layne and Nandita Bose DALLAS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Republicans gathering in Dallas this week will celebrate President Donald Trump and rally support ahead of U.S. midterm elections, but a disappointing showing in the November 3 vote could sharpen an already…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (352+ words) PEORIA, Ill. – A public hearing for the proposed Peoria Tourism Improvement District mostly heard from those that would benefit from it. The hearing was conducted during Tuesday night’s city council meeting. If approved, it would impose a 1.5% tax on all hotel…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (110+ words) PEORIA, Ill. – A teenager has been the second person arrested for a shooting in Peoria’s East Bluff on Saturday night that injured two children. Peoria Police says the 16-year-old male and family members arrived at the department Monday at around 5:00 P....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1242+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in August while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, pointing to a stable labor market and keeping an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve this month on the table. Nonfarm…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (164+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc super PAC will ​spend at least $10 million ‌on the campaign of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for his U.S. Senate race against Democratic state Representative James Talarico, according ‌to ​a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (120+ words) PEORIA, Ill. – Two arrests were made after a car was allegedly shot Thursday evening in Peoria. Police say officers arrived just before 7:00 P.M., seeing a vehicle with front-end damage and damage consistent with gunshot strikes in the area of Creighton Terrace…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (218+ words) 93.3 The Drive - Win Lunch for Your Workplace from Hickory River Smokehouse! Second installment of Peoria County property taxes due PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria County Treasurer Branden Martin reminds Peoria County taxpayers that the second installment of real estate taxes is due on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (428+ words) By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will now speak on both nights of the Republican Party’s unusual midterm convention next week, a party official said on Wednesday, an expanded role ​that will…...