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18 Dec, 2019
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Pro-impeachment supporters to Davis, LaHood: Choose ‘country over party’
About 100 people gathered for a pro-impeachment rally outside U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood's downtown Springfield office late Tuesday afternoon.
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Statehouse dome inspection reveals damage

A Capitol dome study conducted earlier this month revealed "some obvious flaws on the exterior of the dome," a state employee said Tuesday.

City, community group to fund coordinator position for local homeless agencies

In an effort to better facilitate and coordinate the local system of homeless shelters, services and housing, the city of Springfield and a local community organization are partnering to fund a full-time coordinator for the Heartland Continuum of Care.

 
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Lara Logan says ’60 Minutes’ career ruined by New York mag ‘hit piece’ on Benghazi

AUSTIN, Texas -- A former CBS News "60 Minutes" correspondent, whose award-winning career was tarnished by an inaccurate report on the 2012 Benghazi attack, has filed a lawsuit against a magazine that slammed her for the error.

California man and his pet opossum were stranded for four days after being booted from flight home

It's not a bird or cat or dog on a plane...

 
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McConnell rejects Dem push on impeachment trial witnesses

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is rejecting the Democrats' push for fresh impeachment testimony against President Donald Trump and making a last-ditch plea for them to "turn back from the cliff" of Wednesday's expected vote to send the case to the Senate for trial.

Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection

NEW YORK - A small group of President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president's own chief adviser, is launching a super PAC designed to fight Trump's reelection and punish congressional Republicans deemed his "enablers.

Pope removes shroud of secrecy from clergy sex abuse cases

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis abolished the use of the Vatican's highest level of secrecy in clergy sexual abuse cases Tuesday, responding to mounting criticism that the rule of "pontifical secrecy" has been used to protect pedophiles, silence victims and prevent police from investigating crimes.

Ripples from Boeing’s 737 Max quagmire begin to spread

Boeing is suspending production of the 737 Max as hopes of getting its marquee aircraft back in the air quickly fade.

House nears historic impeachment; Trump cries ‘perversion’

WASHINGTON AP - On the eve of his all-but-certain impeachment, President Donald Trump fired off a furious letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tuesday denouncing the "crusade" against him but acknowledging that at this point he was unlikely to change any votes.