Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Crewed SpaceX mission delayed after leak in ground equipment
(Reuters) - The launch of SpaceX's four-person Polaris Dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day because of a helium leak in ground equipment at Kennedy Space Center, the company said on Tuesday,...
Aug 27, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is prepared for launch of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 26, 2024. Two crew members are expected to attempt the first-ever private spacewalk. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Funding on the way for PIA's air traffic control tower project
PEORIA, Ill. - 17th District Congressman Eric Sorensen has announced over $14 million in additional federal funding for Peoria International Airport's new air traffic control tower. Sorensen secured t...
Aug 27, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles, drones for second day in row, Kyiv says
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks targeting scores of Ukrainian regions and killing at least four people, Ukraine's military said early on Tuesday, a day after...
Aug 27, 2024 Rescuers work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine August 27, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 content
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration had pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19 content during the pandemic, adding that he wo...
Aug 27, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a meeting with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Excessive Heat Warning in effect from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday (8/27)
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 115 expected. * WHERE...Portions of cen...
Aug 27, 2024
Trump threatens to pull out of Harris debate, hot mics an issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed on Monday over next month's U.S. presidential debate, with the vice president's team seeking a return to open microphones...
Aug 26, 2024 Glendale, Arizona, August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
Peoria's Red Lobster among IL locations closing
ORLANDO, Fl. - Peoria's Red Lobster restaurant is one of two dozen more locations now scheduled to close as part of the chain's ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. The company is reportedly not renewing t...
Aug 26, 2024 (Redlobster.com)
Peoria Cooling Stations available
PEORIA, Ill. - With an Excessive Heat Warning going into effect on Monday, and most likely Tuesday, the City of Peoria is reminding residents that City Hall, Peoria Fire Stations, and the Police Depar...
Aug 26, 2024 rfphoto / Depositphotos.com
GasBuddy: Peoria prices still dropping ahead of Labor Day weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped nearly four cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.66 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria prices...
Aug 26, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Trump struggles to keep media spotlight in battle with Harris
(Reuters) -Donald Trump, touting plans on taxes and health, tried on Friday to turn the page on a week in which he was overshadowed by Kamala Harris and struggled to focus on policy issues instead of ...
Aug 26, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., August 23, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
