Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Feds set to rest case in Sen. Emil Jones III red-light camera bribery trial
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois)- On a still-warm early fall morning in September 2019, federal agents walked into the Illinois Capitol building in Springfield and left with boxes of evidence collected...
Apr 15, 2025 Prosecutors are set to rest their case Tuesday in State Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. Jones is accused of agreeing to accept bribes from a red-light camera entrepreneur-turned-FBI cooperator and lying to federal agents about it. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Hannah Meisel and Andrew Adams)
US import prices unexpectedly fall in March on cheaper energy goods
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. import prices unexpectedly fell in March, pulled down by decreasing costs for energy products, but the trend is unlikely to be sustained amid an escalation in trade tension...
Apr 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship sits outside of the Port of Elizabeth marine terminal seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S., April 9, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Harvey Weinstein faces new sex crimes trial in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein is set to stand trial on rape and sexual assault charges in Manhattan on Tuesday, a year after a state appeals court overturned the former movie mogul's 2020 convi...
Apr 15, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court during a hearing ahead of his April 2025 re-trial on sexual assault charges, in New York City, New York, U.S., March 12, 2025. Steven Hirsch/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Edwards man arrested in connection with weekend business break-in
PEORIA, Ill. - An Edwards man has been arrested after being tied to a burglary last weekend at a Peoria smoke shop. Peoria Police were called just before midnight Saturday to the VIP Smoke Shop on N. ...
Apr 15, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
Trump calls for deporting some citizens to El Salvador, testing US law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants to deport some violent criminals who are U.S. citizens to Salvadoran prisons, a move that experts said would violate U.S. law. Trum...
Apr 15, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 14, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria Heights man arrested on obstruction/drug charges after police chase
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police arrested a Peoria Heights man Friday night after he allegedly tried to run off after a traffic stop, carrying drugs. PPD says the suspect, 21-year-old Jyvonnie Williams, J...
Apr 15, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Trump meets with El Salvador's president amid questions over deportations
Updated: 11:38 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump met on Monday with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, a leader praised by the administration for opening his country's prison system ...
Apr 14, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele attend a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 14, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Katy Perry launches into space with all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
(Reuters) -Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to earth on Monday, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 y...
Apr 14, 2025 Pop star Katy Perry comes out of the capsule in which she, journalists Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos' fiance and other participants, landed back on earth after blasting off into space on a Blue Origin rocket, as part of the New Shepard Mission NS-31, marking the first all-female flight crew in more than six decades, in West Texas, Texas, U.S., April 14, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a video. Blue Origin/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT
Peoria firefighters respond to nursing home fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a nursing home on N. Rochelle Lane Monday morning on reports of fire in the building. Fire Battalion Chief Stephen Rada says when crews arrived around...
Apr 14, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Golf-World unites in praise of McIlroy after momentous Masters triumph
(Reuters) -Rory McIlroy's triumph at the Masters on Sunday was hailed on both sides of the Atlantic as the 35-year-old Northern Irishman became the first European men's player to complete a career gra...
Apr 14, 2025 Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 13, 2025 Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy takes the applause of Augusta National members during the green jacket presentation after winning The Masters and completing a career grand slam REUTERS/Mike Blake
