Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Prosecutor calls Madigan, McClain 'grand masters of corruption' as case goes to jury
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's record 36 years in power that while others in the state's political realm were mer...
Jan 30, 2025 Longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan are pictured leaving the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2023 and 2024. (Capitol News Illinois photos by Andrew Adams)
2 dead in Knox County crash on I-74
KNOX COUNTY, Ill. - Part of Interstate 74, near mile marker 63 in Knox County, was closed early Thursday morning due to a crash that left two people dead. Illinois State Police says at approximately 3...
Jan 30, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Pentagon probes crash by 'experienced' Black Hawk crew, halts flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Army helicopter involved in an overnight collision with a passenger jet near Washington involved a "fairly experienced crew" that was operating with night vision goggles...
Jan 30, 2025 Rescuers on a boat work next to the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter at the site of the crash after it collided with the American Eagle flight 5342 which was approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, outside Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US weekly jobless claims decline more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to low layoffs though job opportunities are becoming scarce...
Jan 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A job seeker leaves the job fair for airport related employment at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
PPD seeks information about car involved in pedestrian crash
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for the driver who hit a pedestrian on N. University Tuesday afternoon. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers responded to the crash scene around 2:40 p.m...
Jan 30, 2025 (Peoria Police Department)
Air traffic controller audio captures moments before and after Washington plane crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair collision o...
Jan 30, 2025 Debris is seen at the site of the crash, after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter while approaching Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, U.S. January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Palestinian militants begin handover of three Israeli hostages in latest stage of ceasefire deal
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners to be freed under a phased agreement that halted...
Jan 30, 2025 Female Israeli soldier Agam Berger gestures as she is released by Palestinian Hamas militants, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Caterpillar fourth-quarter profit falls on tepid equipment demand
(Reuters) -Caterpillar reported a decline in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as dealers scaled back equipment restocking due to weak demand, driven by high borrowing costs and persistent inflation....
Jan 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar logo is pictured at the 'Bauma' Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment in Munich, Germany, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
Russian skating couple, world champions in 1990s, were on crashed US plane
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washi...
Jan 30, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Russia's Vadim Naumov lifts up his partner Evgenia Shishkova during the free skating to win the pairs event of the NHK Trophy figure skating grand prix in Nagoya, central Japan December 9, 1995. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama/File Photo
Trump health pick Kennedy under attack for vaccine views in contentious Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick to lead the top U.S. health agency, came under attack for his anti-vaccine views at a contentious Senate confirmation hearing...
Jan 29, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
