Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump says China will supply rare earths, US to allow students
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the U.S. deal with China is done, with Beijing to supply magnets and rare earth minerals while the U.S. will allow Chinese students in i...
Jun 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Truck carrying containers move at Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China May 9, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois plans to merge with Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria-based Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois and Central and Southern Indiana are becoming one. Don Johnson, President and CEO of Goodwill of Central Illinois, says the merger i...
Jun 11, 2025 Goodwill Commons is located at 2319 E. War Memorial Drive in Peoria.
Musk says some of his posts about Trump 'went too far'
(Reuters) -Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said on Wednesday he regretted some of the posts he made last week about U.S. President Donald Trump as they had gone "too far", the latest sign of a tenta...
Jun 11, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Trump wants to 'liberate' Los Angeles, residents say 'no thanks'
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump says he sent in the National Guard and Marines to "liberate" Los Angeles from the violence of protesters, but some residents of Little Tokyo, a neighborhood hit ...
Jun 11, 2025 A man in a car uses his mobile phone as members of law enfocement stand guard on a road after curfew, as protests against federal immigration sweeps continue, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Teen facing multiple charges for Farmington home invasion, battery and vehicle theft
FARMINGTON, Ill. - A 16-year-old was arrested Monday night after he broke into a Farmington home, beat the homeowner unconscious, and stole his vehicle. Farmington Police said they were called just af...
Jun 11, 2025 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Arson to blame for Peoria fire Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire in Peoria's North Valley Tuesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Rick Waldron said crews were called around 7:15 p.m. to Voris Street, near NE Glenda...
Jun 11, 2025 Arson fire on Voris Street in Peoria on Tuesday. (Peoria Firefighters Local 50 Facebook)
West Nile positive mosquito sample found in Peoria County
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - The Peoria City/County Health Department is reporting the first West Nile virus positive mosquito sample found in Peoria County this year. The positive sample is an indication th...
Jun 10, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pekin Police equipping seized vehicle for covert operations
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police say a vehicle recently seized from its owner because it was used in illegal drug trafficking, is now in the department's possession to use as a covert crime-fighting tool. P...
Jun 10, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Gunman kills at least nine in attack on Austrian secondary school
GRAZ, Austria (Reuters) -A gunman killed at least nine people at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, in the worst school shooting in the country's modern history. Poli...
Jun 10, 2025 Police officers stand as children are evacuated from the school, following a deadly school shooting in Graz, Austria, June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic
US Health Secretary Kennedy guts vaccine advisory committee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all 17 members of a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel of vaccine experts and is in the process of replacing t...
Jun 10, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 20, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
