Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment aid unexpectedly fell last week, but more people were collecting benefits in mid-October, which raises the risk ...
Oct 24, 2024 Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Fie Photo
Washington school officials address confusion following possible safety risk
WASHINGTON, Ill. - Officials say there was a noticeable drop in attendance at Washington High School on Wednesday after the school superintendent asked students to leave their backpacks at home. The s...
Oct 24, 2024 (25 News)
Georgia secretary of state's office says it fended off cyberattack on voting website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Georgia secretary of state's office said on Wednesday it had fended off a cyberattack aimed at crashing the website the state's voters use to request absentee ballots. No fu...
Oct 24, 2024 A sign sits outside of a polling location as the battleground state opened for early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Harris to flex star power at Georgia rally with Springsteen, Obama
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris heads to the battleground of Georgia on Thursday for a star-studded rally featuring rock legend Bruce Springsteen, entertainer ...
Oct 24, 2024 A person walks past a mural in support of Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Harris, Trump teams scramble for votes in North Carolina's hurricane damaged west
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Republican Party leaders met in hurricane-torn North Carolina last week with a mission: figure out how to reach displaced or cut-off potential Donald Trump voters...
Oct 24, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Fire and Rescue members set up a ladder to go down on Broad River riverbank, following the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Bat Cave, North Carolina, U.S., September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
South Korea's Yoon, Poland's Duda condemn N.Korea troop dispatch to Russia
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Polish President Andrzej Duda on Thursday condemned North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia for its war against Ukraine as a global securi...
Oct 24, 2024 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Polish President Andrzej Duda speak during a joint press conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, 24 October 2024. JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS
Feds 'turned over heaven and earth' in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - It was a day of dj vu at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday as veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain sat at a defense table listening to opening statements in ...
Oct 23, 2024 Mike McClain, a longtime Statehouse lobbyist and the co-defendant of former House Speaker Michael Madigan in an ongoing corruption trial, is pictured last year at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after being found guilty in a related trial. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
McDonald's shares slide as E. coli outbreak tied to Quarter Pounder kills 1 in US
(Reuters) -Shares of McDonald's fell nearly 6% in premarket trading on Wednesday after an E. coli outbreak linked to the restaurant chain's Quarter Pounder hamburgers resulted in the death of one pers...
Oct 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The sign outside a McDonalds restaurant is seen in Westminster, Colorado, U.S. January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
Blinken urges halt to Middle East conflict as Israel bombs historic Lebanese port city
TYRE/RIYADH (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, but heavy Israeli air strikes on a larg...
Oct 23, 2024 Smoke billows after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Xi tells Putin the world is in chaos but friendship with Russia will endure
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's Vladimir Putin that the international situation was gripped by chaos but that Beijing's strategic partnership with Moscow was a for...
Oct 22, 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk during a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia October 22, 2024. Kristina Kormilitsyna/BRICS-RUSSIA2024.RU Host Photo Agency via REUTERS
