Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US labor market still tight; productivity falters in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held steady at a low level last week, pointing to a still fairly tight labor market that should continue to un...
Julia Bradley May 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion
UPDATED 1:18 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -A lawyer for Donald Trump sought on Thursday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in ...
Julia Bradley May 02, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche shows examples of social media during a gag order hearing of his criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. May 2, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Collins: A chance of severe storms Thursday. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Scattered severe storms are possible in Central Illinois Thursday afternoon. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says we could start seeing a few storms after 3 p.m. "...
Julia Bradley May 02, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Flood Warning will remain in effect through early Wednesday (5/8)
Flood Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 815 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024 ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois... Illinois River at Peoria affecting Tazewell, Peoria...
Julia Bradley May 02, 2024
Arizona Senate repeals 1864 abortion ban, governor seen signing quickly
(Reuters) -The Arizona Senate voted on Wednesday to repeal the state's 1864 ban on abortion, which could otherwise have taken effect within weeks. The repeal was passed by the Senate in a 16-14 vote a...
Julia Bradley May 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican Arizona state Senator Anthony Kern speaks with anti-abortion protesters at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo
Reservoir Gifted Academy unveils new Outdoor Classroom
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Reservoir Gifted Academy has a new classroom...outside. On Wednesday, Reservoir Gifted Principal Susan Martin thanked alumni, students and school administrators for their part ...
Julia Bradley May 01, 2024 Principal Susan Martin speaking at the ribbon cutting of Reservoir Gifted Academy's new Outdoor Classroom.
(1470/100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
Area students perform in downtown Peoria during GMB Arts in Education Spring Celebration
PEORIA, Ill. - This time each year, you start seeing a lot of school buses in downtown Peoria...and music coming from the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza. Thousands of students are again performing thi...
Julia Bradley May 01, 2024 Students singing at the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza with the Gerald M. Brookhart Arts in Education Spring Celebration.
(GMB Arts in Education Spring Celebration Facebook page)
Harvey Weinstein expected in New York court after rape conviction overturned
(Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein is due to appear in state court in Manhattan on Wednesday for the first time since New York's highest court threw out his 2020 rape conviction last week. The hearing befor...
Julia Bradley May 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Harvey Weinstein arrives at New York Criminal Court for another day of jury deliberations in his sexual assault trial in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Peoria home demolished after fire Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a home on Tonti Circle on reports of a fire Tuesday night. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says when crews arrived around 8:20 p.m., they found heav...
Julia Bradley May 01, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Police move in to quell clashes at Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus protest
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Violent clashes erupted early on Wednesday morning on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles between pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of counter-demons...
Julia Bradley May 01, 2024 Demonstrators guard their encampment during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 1, 2024. REUTERS/David Swanson