Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Record 80 million Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving holiday, industry group says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans are expected to set a new record for Thanksgiving travel, with nearly 80 million to hit the roads, catch flights and board cruises over the holiday period, travel group ...
Nov 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People walk through the O?Hare train station, as they travel for the Thanksgiving holiday at O?Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Vincent Alban/File Photo
Peoria council to address homelessness issue again Tuesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A city ordinance that could potentially punish Peoria's homeless community with fines or jail time for camping outside will be discussed again at a special meeting of the city council T...
Nov 18, 2024 MSPhotographic / Depositphotos.com
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still dropping ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 7.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.14 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in ...
Nov 18, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision said on S...
Nov 18, 2024 Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump taps Big Tech critic Carr to chair Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration's telecom policies and Big Tech, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, ...
Nov 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Commissioner of Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr testifies during an oversight hearing held by the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to examine the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in Washington, U.S. June 24, 2020. Alex Wong/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
DOJ investigates Sangamon Co. Sheriff's Office following Sonya Massey's death
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office following the police killing of Sonya Massey. In a letter released on Thursda...
Nov 16, 2024 Sean Grayson is pictured in a booking photo. The former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy is charged with first-degree murder and accused of shooting Sonya Massey to death in her kitchen. (Source: Sangamon County Sheriff's Department)
Boxing-Paul beats Tyson as former heavyweight champ can't turn back clock
ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) -Jake Paul beat boxing legend Mike Tyson by unanimous decision to win an intergenerational heavyweight battle in Texas on Friday that failed to live up to its enormous hype....
Nov 16, 2024 Nov 15, 2024; Arlington, Texas, UNITED STATES; Mike Tyson (black gloves) fights Jake Paul (silver gloves) at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
Trump picks campaign aide Karoline Leavitt for White House press secretary
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump reached into his inner circle on Friday and chose his transition spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, as his White House press secretary, p...
Nov 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Karoline Leavitt, spokeswoman for former U.S. President Donald Trump, walks into the courtroom behind Trump as she attends the Trump criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, Wednesday, May, 29, 2024. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Netflix back up for most users in US after outage, Downdetector shows
(Reuters) -Video streaming platform Netflix was back up on Saturday after an outage that lasted roughly six hours in the United States, according to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Downd...
Nov 16, 2024 Netflix logo is pictured at a premiere for the 4th and final season of the television series "The Umbrella Academy" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
G7 confirms pledge to impose severe costs on Russia for Ukraine war
ROME (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies on Saturday reiterated a pledge to keep imposing severe costs on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, through sanctions, export con...
Nov 16, 2024 A general view of an empty room with the round table for a working session at a G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, at the City Hall in Muenster, Germany November 4, 2022. Bernd Lauter/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
