Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump orders US exit from the World Health Organization
NEW YORK/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Jan 21, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Gazans' joy at ceasefire dims as they visit ruined homes, dig for the dead
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -On foot or riding rickshaws, many Palestinians exhausted by war in Gaza began returning to the ruins of their homes on the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, shoc...
Jan 21, 2025 Palestinians ride a vehicle past the rubble of houses and buildings destroyed during the war, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Afghan Taliban member freed from US custody in exchange for two Americans, Kabul says
KABUL (Reuters) -The United States has freed an Afghan convicted by an American court on charges of drug smuggling and terrorism in exchange for two U.S. citizens held in Afghanistan, authorities in K...
Jan 21, 2025 A man, believed to be released Afghan citizen Khan Mohammad, appears after his release from a California prison following a prisoner exchange between the Afghanistan and the U.S., in this undated picture obtained from social media, said to be taken in Afghanistan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs ? Afghanistan via REUTERS
After taking office, Trump pardons 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 of his supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol four years ago as he moved swiftly to impose his will on the U.S. government just hours after re...
Jan 21, 2025 Washington , DC - January 20: Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump takes part in a signing ceremony in the President’s Room following the 60th inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Also in attendance are: Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), newly sworn-in Vice President JD Vance, Melania Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Melina Mara/Pool via REUTERS
Man arrested for breaking into West Peoria City Hall construction site
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - A West Peoria man was arrested after a burglary was reported at the construction site of the new West Peoria City Hall on Friday. 29-year-old Quentrell Walker faces charges of resi...
Jan 20, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
Trump sworn in a second time, vowing swift action on his agenda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president on Monday, ushering in another turbulent four-year term with promises to push the limits of executive power, deport millions of immig...
Jan 20, 2025 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump meet with U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the White House on inauguration day of Donald Trump's second presidential term in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Man arrested in connection with Peoria homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Police have made an arrest in connection with Peoria's first homicide of 2025. Officers were called to E. Ravine Avenue just after 5 p.m. Sunday, where they arrested 45-year-old Derrick...
Jan 20, 2025 (Peoria Co. Jail)
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices up a bit ahead of Trump inauguration
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have gone up three cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.21 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices...
Jan 20, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Biden issues pardons to protect Milley, Fauci, others from Trump retaliation, statement says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden issued pre-emptive pardons on Monday for people Republican successor Donald Trump has targeted for retaliation, including former Republican lawmaker Liz ...
Jan 20, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Trump says he will quickly release JFK, Robert Kennedy, MLK assassination files
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he would release classified documents in the coming days related to the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Senator Rob...
Jan 20, 2025 Dallas, November 22, 1963
