Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden expected to meet Netanyahu on Thursday at White House, US official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday at the White House, a U.S. official said on Monday. Biden has been battling CO...
Jul 23, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli war cabinet, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Photo
Israel's Netanyahu says deal could be near for hostages in Gaza
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told families of hostages held in Gaza that a deal that would secure their release could be near, his office said on Tuesday, as fi...
Jul 23, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a discussion at the Israeli Parliament Knesset in Jerusalem July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/ File Photo
Delta CEO sees flight disruptions lasting for another couple of days
(Reuters) -Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on Monday said it will take the U.S. carrier another couple of days before its operations recover from a global cyber outage that snarled flights around the w...
Jul 23, 2024 A Delta employee is seen among luggage, as people wait to retrieve their luggage after long delays following cyber outages affecting airlines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., July 22, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Varner
Global tech outage is effecting some flights at PIA
PEORIA, Ill. - In the wake of a global tech outage early Friday morning, some flights in and out of Peoria International Airport are experiencing delays. A few early flights Friday morning to Punta Go...
Jul 19, 2024 (Courtesy of flypia.com)
Israel-Hamas ceasefire close to the goal line, Blinken says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday a long-sought ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas was within sight, saying negotiators were "drivi...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks alongside Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez Acha (not pictured), during the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Ministerial, at the State Department in Washington, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
Pekin woman charged with first-degree murder in baby's death
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police have arrested a woman allegedly responsible for the death of a 10-month-old baby. The suspect, 21-year-old Makenna Rhodes, was booked into the Tazewell County Jail Thursday ...
Jul 19, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State's largest privately owned water utilities seek rate increase amid lawmaker scrutiny
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The two largest privately owned water utilities in Illinois are seeking to raise rates for a combined 1.5 million customers around the state. Illinois Ameri...
Jul 19, 2024 An Illinois American Water water tower is pictured in Bolingbrook. The company is seeking to increase water rates beginning next year. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Biden weighs future, Trump airs grievances in convention speech
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden weighed his political future at his Delaware beach house on Friday, one day after Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in a ...
Jul 19, 2024 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump's gestures at the end of Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Biden will return to campaign trail next week, campaign chairwoman says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will return to the campaign trail next week after isolating from mild COVID symptoms, the head of his reelection campaign said on Friday. "He is absolut...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a new plan for federal student loan relief during a visit to Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S, April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Morton Dist. #709 superintendent announces retirement, replacement announced
MORTON, Ill. - Morton District #709 Superintendent Dr. Craig Smock has announced his retirement at the end of the 2024-25 school year. In 2007, Smock accepted the position of Assistant Superintendent ...
Jul 19, 2024 (Morton School District Unit 709)
