Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Southwest jet narrowly avoids colliding with business jet at Chicago airport
(Reuters) - A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to abort a landing at Chicago Midway airport on Tuesday and narrowly avoided a collision with a business jet that entered the runway without authoriz...
Feb 26, 2025 anyaberkut / Depositphotos.com
Breakthrough in Gaza hostage deal as Israel mourns Bibas family
CAIRO/RISHON LEZION, Israel (Reuters) - Hamas agreed to release the last hostage bodies included in phase one of the Gaza ceasefire deal, in a breakthrough announced as Israelis mourned a family seen ...
Feb 26, 2025 Israelis gather on the day of a funeral procession for Shiri, 32, and her two children, Kfir, 9 months old, and Ariel, 4, of the Bibas family, who were kidnapped from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas and then killed in Gaza, at a public square dedicated to hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel February 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem
US House Speaker says budget vote may not happen Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said the House may not vote on Tuesday on a budget framework that would be a first step toward enacting President Donald Trump...
Feb 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a House Republican members conference meeting in Trump National Doral resort, in Miami, Florida, U.S. January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Police identify four people who died in Bloomington triple murder-suicide
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington Police say a 33-year-old man fatally shot his girlfriend, her 13-year-old son, and the woman's friend before shooting himself on Sunday morning. Police and the McLean C...
Feb 25, 2025 (Bloomington Police Facebook)
After setback, Musk presses forward with federal worker threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A defiant threat by Elon Musk warning that federal employees will be given "a second chance" to respond to his email asking them to justify their jobs or risk termination is lik...
Feb 25, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo
UPDATE: No issues as voters head to the polls on Tuesday in Peoria
UPDATED 2:05 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The head of the Peoria County Election Commission says primary voting day is smooth sailing so far. Executive Director Elizabeth Gannon says, as of 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, ...
Feb 25, 2025 Midwest Communications
Arson to blame for residential fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a residential fire early Tuesday morning on S. Charles Street. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says when crews arrived around 12:15 a.m., they found f...
Feb 25, 2025 D4E / CC
PPD: Teens arrested at Peoria home Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police responded to a home on N. Webster Street Friday evening on reports of a male pointing a gun at a female. When officers arrived around 6:45 p.m., several juveniles were ins...
Feb 24, 2025 MWC-PPD
Pope Francis remains critically ill but alert; cardinals speculate
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia and the onset of slight kidney failure, but he remains alert, the Vatican said on Monday. The 88-year-old p...
Feb 24, 2025 Nuns pray outside the Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, February 23, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri
Macron arrives at White House for Ukraine talks with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the White House on Monday for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump expected to cover the prospects for ending the Ukraine war amid ...
Feb 24, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the White House to participate in a G7 leader summit call in Washington, DC, U.S., February 24, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
