Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Next round of Iran-US nuclear talks likely to be in Oman at weekend
DUBAI (Reuters) -A fourth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States is likely to take place over the weekend in the capital of Oman, with Iranian state media pointing to May 11 as a pr...
May 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A general view of Muscat, ahead of the awaited negotiations between U.S. and Iran, Muscat, Oman, April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Controllers lost contact with Newark airplanes for 30 seconds last week, USDOT says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Air traffic controllers overseeing planes at Newark International Airport in New Jersey lost contact with aircraft for 30 seconds last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean D...
May 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: United Airlines planes land and prepare to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, , U.S., January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to revoke thousands of migrants' status
BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal appeals court rejected on Monday a request by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cuba...
May 06, 2025 Asylum seeking migrants, mostly from Venezuela and Cuba, wait to be transported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after crossing the Rio Grande river into the U.S. from Mexico at Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
Local veterans making another trip to Washington, D.C. Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - A plane full of local veterans and their guardians are headed for the nation's capitol Tuesday. The Greater Peoria Honor Flight is scheduled to take off from Peoria's Wayne A. Downing I...
May 06, 2025 (Greater Peoria Honor Flight)
Water main break prompts e-learning at Dunlap High School Tuesday
DUNLAP, Ill. - Due to a water main break, Dunlap High School will have remote learning for students on Tuesday (May 6th). Dunlap CUSD #323 says all other grades will have a normal school day. The wate...
May 06, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Courtney Pierce)
Pekin Police say recent 'gun gag' is no laughing matter
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police are looking for a man they say went to a home with what appeared to be a handgun, and knocked on a window. The homeowners did not answer the door, and the man walked off. Th...
May 05, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Washington's Mayor Manier reflects on 24 years of service
WASHINGTON, Ill. - For 24 years, Gary Manier has been Washington's mayor...that run ends on Monday. He tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan Show" there were several factors in deciding now was the time to retir...
May 05, 2025 Gary Manier's last day on the job as Washington's mayor is Monday. He spoke with WMBD's Greg and Dan Show to talk his time in office. (1470 & 100.3 WMBD-Julia Bradley)
Trump orders the reopening of Alcatraz prison
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay to "house...
May 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Alcatraz Island is seen in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo
Who will be the next pope? Even the cardinals don't know
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic cardinals entering a conclave on Wednesday to pick a new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will emerge as Pope Francis' successor, several said, and speeches b...
May 05, 2025 A cardinal speaks to the media as he arrives for a general congregation meeting ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope, as seen from Rome, Italy, May 5, 2025. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Trump orders 100% tariff on foreign-made movies to save 'dying' Hollywood
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country, saying the American movie industry was dying a "very fast death" due to the ...
May 05, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump exits Air Force One upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, while on his way back to the White House after a weekend in West Palm Beach, Florida, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
