Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden student debt relief plan blocked again by different judge
(Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Democratic President Joe Biden's administration from implementing a plan to forgive student loan debt held by millions of Americans. The ruling ...
Oct 04, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks, as he visits storm-damaged areas in the wake of Hurricane Helene, at Shiloh Pecan Farm, near Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., October 3, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
US job growth surges in September; unemployment rate falls to 4.1%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in September and the unemployment slipped to 4.1%, further reducing the need for the Federal Reserve to maintain large interest rate cuts at its rema...
Oct 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A 'Help Wanted' sign hangs in restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Makeup artist's lawsuit accuses Garth Brooks of rape
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music superstar Garth Brooks was accused of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit filed by an unnamed hair and makeup artist on Thursday. In a complaint submitted to Sup...
Oct 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Garth Brooks hosts at the 58th Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards in Frisco, Texas, U.S. May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Liz Cheney, campaigning with Harris, says Trump 'not fit to lead'
RIPON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump is not fit to lead the U.S., urging voters...
Oct 04, 2024 Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) attends a campaign event with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (not pictured) in Ripon, Wisconsin, U.S., October 3, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Donald Trump tries to blunt Democrats' momentum in North Carolina
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Donald Trump is heading to North Carolina on Friday for the fourth time in a month, as the Republican presidential candidate tries to firm up support in a stat...
Oct 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/ File Photo
NATO chief Rutte visits Ukraine in first trip in new role
KYIV (Reuters) - NATO chief Mark Rutte discussed the war in Ukraine and Kyiv's "victory plan" with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday after arriving in the Ukrainian capital on his first offici...
Oct 03, 2024 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attend a press conference, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 3, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
US weekly jobless claims rise moderately
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose marginally last week, but Hurricane Helene's rampage in the U.S. Southeast and strikes at Boeing a...
Oct 03, 2024 An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Gaza and a ceasefire slip out of focus as Lebanon conflict rages
CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world's attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed dozens more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects...
Oct 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes on houses, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Ship queue grows at US ports as dockworker strike enters third day
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Long lines of container ships queued up outside major U.S. ports on Thursday as the biggest dockworker strike in nearly half a century entered its third day preventing unloading a...
Oct 03, 2024 Containers are stacked at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT), as port workers from the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) participate in a strike, in Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S., October 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
UPDATE: Victim in fatal South Peoria house fire identified
UPDATED 5:35 P.M. - An 81-year-old man was the victim in a fire Wednesday night in South Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Raul Rosas was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire just b...
Oct 03, 2024 Midwest Communications
