Author Archives: Julia Bradley
In first 100 days, Trump tells migrants 'leave the United States'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Taras Atamanchuk found safety for his family near Houston, Texas. The 32-year-old moved to the U.S. with his wife and daughter in 2023 throug...
Apr 25, 2025 Taras Atamanchuk with his daughter Violet and wife Viktoria attend his son Maximilian's baptism at a church in Sugar Land, Texas, U.S., April 14, 2024. Courtesy of Taras Atamanchuk/Handout via REUTERS
Jury deadlocks, mistrial declared in federal bribery case of Sen. Emil Jones III
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether...
Apr 25, 2025 State Sen. Emil Jones III walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on April 15, 2025. After hearing two weeks of evidence and testimony in his corruption trial and deliberating for nearly 23 hours, a jury on Thursday deadlocked on charges that Jones agreed to accept bribes and lied to the FBI about it. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Shooter in 2022 Chicago-area parade massacre sentenced to life in prison
Chicago (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Thursday sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb that ki...
Apr 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Robert E. Crimo III. arrives for his trial in Judge Victoria A. Rossetti’s courtroom in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., March 3, 2025. Nam Y. Huh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Trump on Russia strikes on Kyiv: 'Vladimir, STOP!"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump turned his criticism on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday after Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, saying "Vladimir, STOP!...
Apr 24, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announces U.S. Senate campaign
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is the first Democrat to step into what is expected to be a crowded race to fill Sen. Dick Durbin's Senate seat. Stratton launched her c...
Apr 24, 2025 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association brunch in Springfield in August 2024. She became the first high-ranking Democrat to formally announce her candidacy for U.S. Senate on Thursday, April 24, one day after Illinois’ senior U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced he would not run again after his term ends in 2026. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
UPDATE: Suspect in South Pekin double homicide shooting identified
UPDATED: 8:30 A.M. 4/25 SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. - The suspect accused in a double homicide in South Pekin from early Thursday morning has been identified. Tazewell County Sheriff Jeffrey Lower says 21-year-...
Apr 24, 2025 (Tazewell County Sheriff's Office)
Dollar rally unravels as investors shrug off Trump U-turns
LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar staged a broad retreat on Thursday, as investor gloom over the lack of any real progress towards defusing the U.S./China trade war reasserted itself following a brief inte...
Apr 24, 2025 U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Crowds queue to pay final respects to Pope Francis at the Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - St. Peter's Basilica opened its doors again on Thursday after a brief closure in the early hours to welcome crowds of worshippers from around the world lining up to pay their ...
Apr 24, 2025 A nun sits on side of the road as faithful queue to enter St. Peter's Basilica to pay respect as Pope Francis lies in state, as seen from Rome, Italy, April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
State reports first measles case in southern Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday afternoon the first case of measles in the state. The measles diagnosis involving an adult in f...
Apr 24, 2025 The first case of measles in Illinois has been confirmed since an outbreak of more than 800 cases first was reported in New Mexico and Texas earlier this year. (CDC via Unsplash.com)
Peoria County looking into adding RV park at Wildlife Prairie Park
PEORIA, Ill. - An RV park could be coming to Wildlife Prairie Park. The Peoria County Land Use Committee on Monday forwarded a recommendation to the full board of allowing a Special Use permit for 40 ...
Apr 24, 2025 (Wildlife Prairie Park Facebook)
