Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Illinois Republicans see Harris' polling surge as 'honeymoon period' that's destined to end
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Republicans say they are still as united about the upcoming election as they were at their national convention in Milwaukee last month, despite a surge o...
Aug 16, 2024 Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi (left), and Republican Day guest speaker Matthew Whitaker (right), who served under former President Donald Trump as acting attorney general, greet rally attendees at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Harris' economic plan mirrors Biden's, aims for lower taxes and prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kamala Harris is laying out proposals to cut taxes for most Americans, ban "price gouging" by grocers and boost affordable housing during her first major economy-focused speech ...
Aug 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks at the Sheraton hotel, in Phoenix, U.S., August 10, 2024. Julia Nikhinson/Pool via REUTERS/FIle Photo
Gaza ceasefire negotiations extend to another day as death toll exceeds 40,000
DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel continued to slam targets in the Palestinian e...
Aug 16, 2024 Displaced Palestinians shelter in a cemetery, as Gaza health ministry announced that death toll has surpassed 40,000, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 15, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
UPDATE: Canton man arrested and seriously injured after crashing into East Peoria restaurant
UPDATED 8:20 A.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A car speeding through East Peoria Thursday night crashed into a fast food restaurant. Police say the driver, 22-year-old Reese Allen, of Canton, was taken to a h...
Aug 16, 2024 A speeding vehicle crashed into the East Peoria Hardee's Thursday night. (25 News)
New round of Gaza ceasefire talks begins in Qatar
DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) - A new round of Gaza ceasefire talks was underway in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday afternoon, an official briefed on the meeting told Reuters, with Israel's spy chief joini...
Aug 15, 2024 An Israeli tank manouvers near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, August 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Multiple people charged, one arrested in death of 'Friends' star Matthew Perry, media report
(Reuters) - Multiple people face federal charges and at least one has been arrested related to an investigation into the death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry in Los Angeles nearly a year ago, various...
Aug 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A makeshift memorial for actor Matthew Perry, the wise-cracking co-star of the 1990s hit television sitcom "Friends," who was found dead at his Los Angeles home October 28, is pictured on Bedford Street in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Pekin Police involved in SWAT situation with wanted man Wednesday
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police have arrested a man in connection with a SWAT situation that happened Wednesday afternoon. The Police Department says they obtained a search warrant Wednesday for a home on ...
Aug 15, 2024 Pekin Police outside a home on Don Court Wednesday, during a standoff with a man inside a home there. (25 News)
US retail sales rise more than expected in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose more than expected in July, which could help to allay financial market fears of a sharp economic slowdown that were fanned by a jump in the unemployment r...
Aug 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk through the King of Prussia Mall, United States' largest retail shopping space, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela/File Photo
US announces prices in Medicare drug negotiations
(Reuters) - The U.S. announced the final prices of its first ever negotiation over prescription drugs on Thursday, with Merck's diabetes drug Januvia seeing the steepest percentage cut at 79%. The gov...
Aug 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar banknote and medicines are seen in this illustration taken, June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Peoria's Liv Warfield's run on America's Got Talent is over
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Liv Warfield did not make it to the next round of NBC's America's Got Talent Wednesday night, despite having judge Simon Cowell in her corner. Warfield learned, along with the ...
Aug 15, 2024 Peoria native Liv Warfield performs on NBC's America's Got Talent in June, receiving the Golden Buzzer.
(NBC.com)
