Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment. Ti...
Jan 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and TikTok logo are seen in this illustration taken January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Scott Bessent wins Senate confirmation as US Treasury secretary
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent to be President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the new administrat...
Jan 28, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of treasury, looks on next to his husband John Freeman and son Cole, on the day he testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo
TV host 'Dr. Phil' films as ICE targets migrants in Chicago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The TV host known as "Dr. Phil" embedded with U.S. immigration enforcement officers during an operation in Chicago on Sunday, defending President Donald Trump's deportation effor...
Jan 27, 2025 People gather during a service at Starting Point Community Church, which assists members of the newly arrived migrant community, amid concerns of intensified immigration enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, in Chicago, Illinois U.S. January 26, 2025. REUTERS/Vincent Alban
UPDATE: Auschwitz survivors warn of rising antisemitism at 80th anniversary of camp's liberation
UPDATED 1:07 P.M. OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) - Auschwitz survivors warned of the dangers of rising antisemitism on Monday, as they marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German deat...
Jan 27, 2025 A holocaust survivor places a candle during an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Brzezinka, Poland January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices stable as oil prices drop
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped less than a penny per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.20 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in P...
Jan 27, 2025 Mike Mozart / CC
Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday after Hamas agreed to hand over three Israeli hostages later this week and I...
Jan 27, 2025 Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, arrive on foot while making their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
US, Colombia reach deal on deportations; tariffs, sanctions put on hold
WASHINGTON/BOGOTA (Reuters) -The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft carry...
Jan 27, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at the opening of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit in Cali, Colombia October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
Coroner identifies Chillicothe man killed in crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the 33-year-old man from Chillicothe who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Friday. Harwood says Matthew Burke died from m...
Jan 27, 2025 (Peoria County Coroner)
ICC receives second grant from the Good Jobs Challenge program
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -Illinois Central College announced on Friday that it has received a $4.8 million grant from Round 2 of the Good Jobs Challenge. ICC is one of eight funded programs, the only institu...
Jan 24, 2025 (Illinois Central College)
Trump defense pick Hegseth narrowly survives US Senate test vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate narrowly voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host and military veteran, to be President Donald Trump's secretary of def...
Jan 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be U.S. Defense Secretary walks with his wife Jennifer Rauchet in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
