Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: At least seven people dead in Philadelphia plane crash, officials say
UPDATED 11:17 A.M. (Reuters) - At least seven people died when a medevac plane crashed in Philadelphia on Friday, including six Mexicans aboard the plane and one person who was on the ground, Mexico's...
Feb 01, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Debris of the aircraft lies on the ground at the site of a plane crash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo
IDOT: New lane closure begins Monday on the McClugage Bridge
PEORIA, Ill. - Beginning Monday, IDOT has scheduled a left lane to be blocked westbound on the East Peoria side of the McClugage Bridge. The lane closure is needed as part of the demolition of the old...
Feb 01, 2025 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Custom cars exhibit begins this weekend at Peoria Riverfront Museum
PEORIA, Ill. - The first exhibition to showcase American custom cars from across the Midwest opens this weekend at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Everley Davis, the museum's community engagement direct...
Jan 31, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
Illinois students remain at or above national average
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Fourth and eighth grade students in Illinois generally scored as well or better than the national average in reading and math, according to results of the latest ...
Jan 31, 2025 Eighth grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in Illinois rose slightly in 2024 and outperformed the national average. (Source: Nationsreportcard.gov)
Three Israeli hostages, including dual US citizen, set for release in Gaza on Saturday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including a dual U.S....
Jan 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view of a banner depicting Keith Siegel, who is a dual U.S. citizen seized during the October 7 attack on Israel and taken hostage into Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, is seen with other images of hostages in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Figure skating legend Dick Button dies at 95
REUTERS-- Dick Button, an Olympic champion figure skater who became one of the voices of the sport for decades, died Thursday at age 95 in North Salem, N.Y., his daughter told The Washington Post. But...
Jan 31, 2025 Violin / Depositphotos.com
Rubio warns of risk of China shutting down Panama Canal in any conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday he had "zero doubt" that China has a contingency plan to shut down the Panama Canal in the event of a conflict with the U.S. and ...
Jan 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship sails towards the Bridge of the Americas, which spans the entrance to the Panama Canal, after newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks during his inauguration speech, when he vowed that the United States would take back the canal, in Panama City, Panama January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File Photo
North America braces for new Trump tariffs as Saturday deadline nears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies, consumers and farmers across North America braced on Friday for U.S. President Donald Trump to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports within hours, moves ...
Jan 31, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an event to sign the Laken Riley Act, legislation requiring the detention of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who are accused of theft, at the White House, in Washington, U.S. January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Trump FBI nominee Patel questioned on Capitol riot, retribution claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, vowed on Thursday to protect FBI employees against "political retribution" even as the Trump administration has beg...
Jan 31, 2025 Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the FBI, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US official vows to 'fix' FAA after fatal collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late on Thursday he will soon announce a plan to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a devastating collision betw...
Jan 31, 2025 Secretary of U.S. Department of Transportation Sean Duffy addresses the media, after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into Potomac River, U.S. January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
