Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Bodies recovered after deadly Texas refinery incident, says Pemex CEO
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The two victims of a chemical leak at the Deer Park refinery in Texas have been recovered and an investigation into what may have caused the deadly incident launched, the top ex...
Oct 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Deer Park Manufacturing Complex is seen in Deer Park, Texas, U.S. August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
Harris, Trump tied across U.S. swing states, WSJ poll finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump are tied across seven battleground states that could decide the November presidential e...
Oct 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks about her economic plan during a campaign event, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: Suspect in robbery of Peoria Walgreens found in Mercer County
UPDATED 5:10 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The man wanted by Peoria Police for a robbery at a Walgreens last month has been taken into custody. Peoria Police say 41-year-old Jeffrey Holbrook was found in Aledo,...
Oct 11, 2024 (Peoria Police Department)
UPDATE: Millions in Florida still without power after Hurricane Milton
UPDATE: 7:47 A.M. FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -Millions of Floridians were still without electrical power on Friday, more than a day after Hurricane Milton roared across the midsection of the state...
Oct 11, 2024 An aerial view shows streets flooded after Hurricane Milton's landfall, in Siesta Key, Florida, U.S., October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Blinken says concern in Asia about prospect of Middle East conflicts spreading
VIENTIANE, Laos (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday there was deep concern in Asia about the plight of people in Gaza and conflict in the Middle East and stressed Washing...
Oct 11, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a press conference during the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Vientiane, Laos, on October 11, 2024. TANG CHHIN SOTHY/Pool via REUTERS
US consumer prices rise slightly above expectations in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rose slightly more than expected in September, but the annual increase in inflation was the smallest in more than 3-1/2 years, potentially keeping the Feder...
Oct 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man arranges produce at Best World Supermarket in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
Trump rejects Fox News invite to debate Harris in late October
(Reuters) -Republican former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will not debate Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, hours after Fox News invited the two presidential contenders to partic...
Oct 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a presidential debate hosted by ABC as Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, listens, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Peoria home significantly damaged by accidental fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a house fire Wednesday night in the 4400 block of W. Andover Drive. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Sander said crews arrived just after 9 p.m., finding flames...
Oct 10, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US calls out Israel at UN for 'catastrophic conditions' in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel needs to address urgently "catastrophic conditions" among Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip and stop "intensifying suffering" by limiting aid deliverie...
Oct 10, 2024 Palestinians walk past a house hit in an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo
Transfer station for Peoria trash gets final approval
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria City/County Landfill Committee has approved a plan for GFL Environmental to build a transfer station, then a new landfill in about 10 years, in a six to one vote. The landfil...
Oct 10, 2024 (Gflenv.com)
