Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Catholic cardinals signal with black smoke there is no new pope yet
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the cardinals locked in a conclave have not yet chosen a new pope to guide the Roman Cat...
May 08, 2025 Black smoke rises from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel, indicating no decision has been made to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge's order
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge in New York issued a preliminary order Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from cutting off states' access to hundreds of millions of doll...
May 08, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is pictured in a file photo. He was part of a lawsuit securing a temporary injunction to stop the Trump administration from cutting off more than $77 million in education funds to the state. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
OSF HealthCare lights up the Murray Baker Bridge for Nurses Week
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF HealthCare is lighting up the Murray Baker Bridge in red, in honor of National Nurses Week, which runs May 6-12. A lighting ceremony was held Tuesday night at East Peoria Riverfront...
May 07, 2025 The Murray Baker Bridge will be lit up in red lights the week of May 6th in honor of National Nurses Week. (Photo from OSF HealthCare Facebook)
PPD: Garbage truck driver robbed at gunpoint
PEORIA, Ill. - Police are looking for someone who allegedly robbed a Peoria garbage truck driver at gunpoint. Officers were called to the area of S. Western and W. Lincoln Avenues just before 6 a.m. T...
May 07, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
US health chief Kennedy launches autism project using Medicare and Medicaid data
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to research the causes of the autism spectrum disorder, creating a database of au...
May 07, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network survey, Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Cardinals set to enter conclave to decide who follows Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose the man they hope can unite a diverse...
May 07, 2025 Cardinals attend the Holy Mass, celebrated for the election of the new pope, presided over by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
EV makers Rivian, Lucid flag increasing costs as tariffs bite
(Reuters) -Electric vehicle makers Rivian and Lucid warned of higher costs from U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles and auto parts, even as automakers scramble to rework sourcing of critical supplies an...
May 07, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Workers assemble second-generation R1 vehicles at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez/File Photo
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi announces Senate candidacy
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is the latest Democrat to enter the 2026 U.S. Senate primary for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin's seat. Krishnamoorthi, of Schaumburg, has re...
May 07, 2025 U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Schaumburg Democrat, speaks at the 2022 Illinois Democratic County Chairs Association annual brunch in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Carney meets Trump, stresses Canada will never be for sale
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump began his first talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday and vowed to bring up "tough points" that are dividing the two countries sin...
May 06, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Bessent says US could announce trade deals with some countries this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the Trump administration could announce trade agreements with some of the United States' largest trade partners as early as ...
May 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
