Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump administration blocks more than $400M in funding for Illinois health programs
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - President Donald Trump's administration is pulling back $477 million from Illinois that was to be used to prevent infectious disease and treat mental health and s...
Mar 28, 2025 Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sameer Vohra is pictured at a news conference in Springfield in May 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Powerful quake in Southeast Asia kills several, Myanmar declares state of emergency
(Reuters) -A powerful earthquake rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people, bringing down a skyscraper under construction in Bangkok and toppling buildings and bridges in neighboring Mya...
Mar 28, 2025 View of a collapsed building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well with people pouring out of buildings following the tremors in the Thai capital, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang
King Charles taken to hospital after cancer treatment 'bump in the road'
(Reuters) -Britain's King Charles spent a brief time under observation in hospital on Thursday after experiencing side effects from treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace said, with royal sources say...
Mar 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Britain's King Charles leaves the London Clinic after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate in London, Britain January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
MS-13 gang leader arrested in Virginia
(Reuters) -Federal authorities arrested a leader of the violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang in Virginia on Thursday, Trump administration officials said. The FBI, along with state and local authorit...
Mar 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A prisoner with a MS-13 gang tattoo stands in a cell as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS/FilePhoto
Trump drives trade war fears as auto tariffs pound allies
WASHINGTON/TOKYO/BERLIN (Reuters) - Governments from Ottawa to Paris threatened retaliation on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a 25% tariff on imported vehicles, expanding a global...
Mar 27, 2025 Trucks are parked at the Ford Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant following U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of a 25% tariff on imported cars and light trucks starting next week, in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico, March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Santiago Fontes
US Health Secretary Kennedy to cut 10,000 jobs in department overhaul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will cut about 10,000 full-time jobs and close half of its regional offices, it said on Thursday, a major overhaul of the depart...
Mar 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends U.S. President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Peoria crews battle garage fire Wednesday afternoon
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a garage fire on N. Columbus Avenue late Wednesday afternoon. Fire Battalion Chief Phil Snowden says crews arrived around 4:40 p.m., finding light smoke...
Mar 27, 2025 D4E / CC
After debate, Peoria fire truck will be donated to Ukraine
PEORIA, Ill. - As war rages on in Eastern Europe, national politics were a topic of discussion on Peoria's Horseshoe this week as the council weighed sending a decommissioned fire truck to Ukraine. Th...
Mar 27, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
First of six demolition explosions on McClugage Bridge taking place Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - The first of six scheduled demolition explosion events on the McClugage Bridge will take place on Thursday. Beginning around 10 a.m. and continuing for up to an hour, the McClugage Brid...
Mar 27, 2025 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Ukraine allies meet in Paris with new aid, security assurances in mind
PARIS (Reuters) -France pledged 2 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine as some 30 leaders met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris on Thursday to discuss how to strengthen Kyiv's position a...
Mar 27, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he arrives for a meeting with European leaders on peace and security for Ukraine, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 27, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
