Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Israel mounts airstrikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, tells citizens to evacuate
JERUSALEM, BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel unleashed its most widespread wave of air strikes against Hezbollah on Monday and warned Lebanese citizens to evacuate areas where the armed group was storing weapo...
Sep 23, 2024 Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Road closures in Peoria and East Peoria this week
PEORIA, Ill. - There are a couple of road projects that will affect area motorists this week. Beginning at 7 am Monday, a portion of W. Lake Avenue in Peoria will be closed just west of Sterling and t...
Sep 22, 2024 Midwest Communications
Boeing's space and defense chief exits in new CEO's first executive move
(Reuters) - Boeing said on Friday the head of its troubled space and defense unit is leaving the company immediately, in the first management change under new CEO Kelly Ortberg. Ortberg who took over ...
Sep 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO Ted Colbert speaks to reporters at the Australian International Airshow in Avalon, Australia, February 28, 2023. REUTERS/ Jamie Freed/File Photo
Trump to visit North Carolina as scandal swirls around Republican ally
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not be joined by his party's embattled pick for North Carolina governor when he visits the critical electoral state on Saturday, the Tru...
Sep 21, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" with Dr. Miriam Adelson and Jewish leaders in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Jahnke: Some Illinois farmers dealing with drought conditions heading into harvest
PEORIA, Ill. - The U.S. Drought Monitor says all of Illinois is abnormally dry, with a significant part of the state experiencing moderate drought conditions. RFD Radio's DeLoss Jahnke says the drough...
Sep 20, 2024 (USDA/National Weather Service)
North Carolina Republican denies calling himself Black Nazi, vows to stay in governor's race
(Reuters) -North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor promised to stay in the race on Thursday after CNN reported that he once called himself a "black NAZI!" and proposed bringing back slavery...
Sep 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican candidate for North Carolina Governor and current North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, Mark Robinson gestures as he attends a campaign event in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo
Israel and Hezbollah trade fire after heaviest airstrikes yet
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon urged immediate de-escalation as hostilities rumbled on at the Lebanese-Israeli border on Friday, following Israel's most intense airstrikes in...
Sep 20, 2024 Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
Donald Trump says Jews will be partly to blame if he loses election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be partly to blame if he loses the Nov. 5 election to Vice President Kamala Har...
Sep 20, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" with Dr. Miriam Adelson and Jewish leaders in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
High court: Smell of burnt cannabis is not cause for warrantless vehicle search
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme...
Sep 20, 2024 The Illinois Supreme Court chamber is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Kamala Harris joins Oprah Winfrey in emotional campaign event
FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) -A star-studded virtual event hosted by Oprah Winfrey Thursday night to build enthusiasm for Kamala Harris' campaign was marked by teary moments and celebrity endo...
Sep 20, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Oprah Winfrey attend a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
