Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Teen suspected in Georgia school shooting makes first court appearance
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Suspected Georgia high-school shooter Colt Gray made his first appearance in state court, where he faces murder charges stemming from Wednesday's rampage that killed four people and...
Sep 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Colt Gray, 14, is shown in this police booking photo released September 5, 2024 by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, U.S. Barrow County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
US job growth misses expectations in August; unemployment rate slips to 4.2%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased less than expected in August, but a drop in the jobless rate to 4.2% suggested an orderly labor market slowdown continued and probably did not warrant ...
Sep 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo
Ukraine presses for long-range strike support, US announces more aid
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Western allies on Friday to ignore Moscow's "red lines" and allow Kyiv to use long-range weapons for strikes on Russ...
Sep 06, 2024 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Heiko Becker
Donald Trump to appeal first court loss to E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers will ask a federal appeals court on Friday to overturn a $5 million jury verdict finding him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming the writer E. Jean ...
Sep 06, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
In rare move, Georgia arrests father of teen suspected in school shooting
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia state officials on Thursday arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected in a school shooting that killed four people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, saying the f...
Sep 06, 2024 Colin Gray, 54, father of 14-year-old suspected Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, poses for police booking photos in this undated handout photo released September 5, 2024. Barrow County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
US weekly jobless claims decline as layoffs remain low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits declined last week as layoffs remained low, which could help to allay fears that the labor market was deteri...
Sep 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump pleads not guilty to revised US 2020 election indictment
UPDATED: 9:31 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges in a revised federal indictment accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to overturn hi...
Sep 05, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs after a brief press conference at a hotel, following his hearing at District Court on Trump's claim of immunity in the federal case accusing him of illegally attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
UPDATE: WIU campus closed after officers shot in Macomb
UPDATED 11:20 A.M. MACOMB, Ill. -- The Macomb Police Department says two officers were shot Wednesday evening, prompting an emergency alert on the campus of Western Illinois University nearby. The off...
Sep 05, 2024 (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Georgia high school student, 14, kills 4 and wounds 9 in campus shooting
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, jolting the United States with the first ...
Sep 05, 2024 Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, U.S. September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
Hunger in US continued multi-year rise in 2023, government report says
(Reuters) -Hunger reached its highest point in the United States in nearly a decade last year, with 18 million households, or 13.5%, struggling at some point to secure enough food, a Department of Agr...
Sep 04, 2024 Vegetables and fruits are pictured after being restocked at The Community Assistance Center a local pantry that receives its donations from the Atlanta Community Food Bank, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo
