Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years after convicting him of espionage, state media says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage and jailed him for 16 years, state news agency RIA said, in a case that his employer, the Wall Str...
Jul 19, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
Ali to face challenger from within City Council
PEORIA, Ill. - A member of the Peoria City Council says he'll run for mayor, challenging Rita Ali, who announced on Tuesday that she's seeking a second term. John Kelly has been an at-large council me...
Jul 19, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/City of Peoria)
UPDATE: Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media
UPDATED 6:48 A.M. (Reuters) - A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to healthca...
Jul 19, 2024 Passengers wait at Barajas Airport, as Spanish airport operator Aena on Friday reported a computer systems "incident" at all Spanish airports which may cause flight delays, in Madrid, Spain July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Elena Rodriguez
St. Jude runners making their way back to Peoria, raising money for patients
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's St. Jude Runners are making the trek back home. One of the 185 runners this year is Midwest Communications' Lee Hall...who is running a 37th time from Memphis to Peoria. "I lov...
Jul 18, 2024 Participants in the 43nd annual Memphis to Peoria Run travel through the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
(St. Jude Runs Facebook Page)
Biden cancels additional $1.2 billion in student debt
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday canceled another $1.2 billion in student debt for 35,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of people to benefit from his debt relief push to 4.76 mil...
Jul 18, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden participates in an economic summit with U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) in Henderson, Nevada, U.S., July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Schumer, Pelosi increase pressure on Biden to step aside, US media reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Democrats including U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have increased pressure on President Joe Biden to withdraw from his reel...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) answers reporters questions during a press conference following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Pekin man awaits sentencing for 2021 murder
PEKIN, Ill. - A 69-year-old Pekin man convicted of fatally shooting his wife in 2021 is awaiting sentencing in September. On May 17, 2021, Tracie Turnbow, who was 59, was found with gunshot wounds and...
Jul 18, 2024 (Tazewell County Sheriff's Office)
Trump running mate J.D. Vance vows to fight for 'forgotten' workers
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance, presented himself to the nation on Wednesday night as the son of a neglected industrial Ohio town who will ...
Jul 18, 2024 Vice Presidential Nominee Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Dunlap Schools approves new training facility
DUNLAP, Ill. - Dunlap athletes will soon have plenty of space to play, after the Dunlap School Board approved a new sports training facility that will be built near the middle and high schools, costin...
Jul 18, 2024 (Dunlap School District)
Secret Service head to testify to US congressional panel on Trump shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has agreed to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on July 22 for a hearing related to the shooting of f...
Jul 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face while he is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
