Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Rossi pleads not guilty to latest federal charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he made himself richer at the expense of state taxpayers and health insurance companies. According to 25...
Jul 02, 2024 (25 News)
Biden and Democratic allies raise $264 million in second quarter
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign and its Democratic allies raised $264 million in the second quarter, including $127 million in June and a record "grassroots" fundraising haul on the da...
Jul 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden takes part in a conversation with former U.S. President Barack Obama and late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel during a star-studded campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 15, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
White House takes steps to protect workers from extreme heat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The administration of President Joe Biden took steps on Tuesday to protect workers and communities from the deadly effects of extreme heat including proposing the first-ever rul...
Jul 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A man lies on a sidewalk during a heatwave in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/File Photo
Biden warns Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling is 'dangerous precedent'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity set a "dangerous precedent" that could turn presidents into kings and called on the Amer...
Jul 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid for immunity from federal prosecution for 2020 election subversion, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 1, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
UPDATE: US Supreme Court rules Trump has immunity for official, not private acts
UPDATED 10:13 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court found on Monday that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for official actions taken as president, but can for private acts, in a landmark ...
Jul 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump waves to supporters during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel, tanks advance in Gaza
CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as fighting raged in Gaza and Israeli tanks advanced deeper in parts of the enclave,...
Jul 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian man holds his children as he walks next to buildings destroyed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
New Illinois state laws going into effect on July 1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Across the country new state laws are taking effect starting Monday. Here in Illinois, a new law will allow undocumented immigrants to get an Illinois driver's license. The state g...
Jul 01, 2024 benkrut / Depositphotos.com
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices steady ahead of 4th of July
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped a little over one cent a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.66 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 gas stations in Peoria. Prices in Pe...
Jul 01, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
Beryl, earliest Category 4 hurricane on record, hurtles towards Caribbean
(Reuters) -The "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Hurricane Beryl barrelled across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night toward the Caribbean's Windward Islands, where it is expected to bring life-th...
Jul 01, 2024 Men place metal protection on a shop window ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Bridgetown, Barbados June 30, 2024. REUTERS/Nigel R Browne
Top Democrats rule out replacing Biden amid calls for him to quit 2024 race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Democrats on Sunday ruled out the possibility of replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee after a feeble debate performance and called on party members to focu...
Jul 01, 2024 Burlington County, New Jersey, June 29, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
