Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US consumer spending picks up; inflation rises moderately in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting the economy remained on firmer ground early in the third quarter and arguing against a half-percentage-point interes...
Aug 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A woman shops for groceries at El Progreso Market in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
Trump says IVF costs would be covered if he is elected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he will require the government or insurance companies to pay for IVF fertility treatments if he is elected in Nove...
Aug 30, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he attends a town hall event in La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. August 29, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent Alban
Harris vows tougher approach on migration, supports weapons for Israel
SAVANNAH, Georgia/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the U.S. southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview wit...
Aug 30, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as she visits Dottie's Market in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., August 29, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Volunteers needed for traveling Vietnam Memorial's stop in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is coming back to East Peoria at the end of September, and volunteers are needed to help set up and take down the wall. The city is also asking ...
Aug 30, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man seriously injured in shooting overnight in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A man was shot outside the Neon Bison bar in downtown Peoria early Friday morning. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called to the 500 block of Main Street just ...
Aug 30, 2024
Sullivan meets Xi as wide-ranging China-US talks near end in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, wrapping up three days of talks aimed at easing friction between the two world ...
Aug 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Wang Yi, the director of the Communist Party's Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office gestures near White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan before talks at Yanqi Lake in Beijing, China, August 27, 2024. Ng Han Guan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
US weekly jobless claims fall slightly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits slipped last week, but re-employment opportunities for laid-off workers are becoming more scarce, a sign tha...
Aug 29, 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
U.S. travelers set to end summer on a high note with record Labor Day air travel
(Reuters) - U.S. airlines and airports are gearing up for the busiest Labor Day weekend, as a record number of travelers pack their bags and prepare to jet off to squeeze one last summer trip before t...
Aug 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Passengers walk along terminal B of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinian fighters inside West Bank mosque
JERUSALEM/JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Thursday its troops killed five Palestinian fighters who were hiding inside a mosque in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, in one of the ...
Aug 29, 2024 Palestinians inspect a damaged house following an Israeli military raid in Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 29, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman
UPDATE: After criticism, Harris sits for first major interview
UPDATED 3:20 P.M. SAVANNAH, Georgia (Reuters) -Kamala Harris sat down for her first interview with a mainstream news organization since becoming the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, in a high-...
Aug 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz walk down the steps from Air Force Two at Savannah/ Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
