Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Biden acknowledges age, says he intends to defeat Trump after rough debate
UPDATED 1:12 P.M. RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday he intended to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign that h...
Jun 29, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden gestures during a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., June 28, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
US Supreme Court raises bar for obstruction charge against Jan. 6 rioters, Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court raised the legal bar for prosecutors pursuing obstruction charges against defendants involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol in a ruling on Fri...
Jun 28, 2024 Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, 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/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Iowa can enforce six-week abortion ban, state's top court rules
(Reuters) -Iowa can enforce a ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, the state's highest court ruled on Friday, reversing a lower court order that had blocked the law from taking ef...
Jun 28, 2024 Abortion rights activists gather at the U.S. Supreme Court to mark the second anniversary of the Court overturning Roe v. Wade, in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
US Supreme Court backs anti-camping laws used against homeless people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Friday anti-camping laws used by authorities in an Oregon city to stop homeless people from sleeping in public parks and public streets - a rulin...
Jun 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Officer Tim Artoff issues a ticket to an unhoused man for fentanyl possession, in Grants Pass, Oregon, U.S., April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Deborah Bloom/File Photo
Instant view: US inflation cools in May; consumer spending rises moderately
(Reuters) - U.S. prices were unchanged in May while consumer spending rose moderately, a trend that could draw the Federal Reserve closer to start cutting interest rates this year. The flat reading in...
Jun 28, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A woman shops in a supermarket in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Mail-In ballot tracker coming to Tazewell County ahead of November election
PEKIN, Ill. - A new vote-by-mail service will give Tazewell County voters the ability to track their vote once it's mailed in. Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says the county has contracted with K...
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Mission of Mercy offering free dental care at Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. - The Illinois Mission of Mercy is providing a free dental clinic Friday and Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. Organizers of the event say the goal is to provide dental care for people...
Jun 28, 2024 Mission of Mercy dental volunteers with a young patient. The free dental clinic will be set up Friday and Saturday at the Peoria Civic Center. (Illinois State Dental Society Foundation)
Rivermen extend Coach Trudel and Assistant Coach Levine's contracts for another season
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Rivermen hockey team announced on Thursday that they have extended head coach Jean-Guy Trudel and assistant coach Eric Levine's contracts through the 2024-25 season. "We are ...
Jun 27, 2024 (Peoria Rivermen)
US Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to permit - for now - abortions to be performed in Idaho when pregnant women are facing medical emergencies, as the justices dispensed wi...
Jun 27, 2024 Placards in support of abortion rights are seen on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over the legality of Idaho's Republican-backed, near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations, at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Man sentenced for firing gun that led to fatal pedestrian crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A man will spend 15 years behind bars after being convicted of reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon in a case that led to a fatal pedestrian cr...
Jun 27, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
