Author Archives: Julia Bradley
New $50 million Biden ad campaign targets Trump felony convictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's campaign will target Republican challenger Donald Trump's felony convictions as part of a $50 million ad campaign ahead of the first presidential debate be...
Jun 17, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Combination picture showing former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
East Peoria home caught on fire Sunday
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - An East Peoria home was damaged by fire Sunday morning. Assistant Fire Chief Ronnie Marmitt says fire broke out at the home on Meadow Avenue around 8:30 a.m. No one was inside the ...
Jun 17, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet, Israeli official says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move that came after the departure fro...
Jun 17, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/Pool via REUTERS
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices still falling as summer begins
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 6.5 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.57 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are 10.7 cents lower than a month ago, ...
Jun 17, 2024 Orin Zebest / CC
UPDATE: Boy suffers life-threatening injuries after being shot Sunday in Peoria's East Bluff
UPDATED 4:26 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say an 8-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot in the head Sunday afternoon in the East Bluff. Officers arrived just before 5:...
Jun 17, 2024
NOAA: With extreme heat on the way, be prepared
LINCOLN, Ill. - With temperatures well into the 90s towards the end of the weekend, the National Weather Service in Lincoln is reminding everyone to keep the extreme heat in mind when getting ready to...
Jun 14, 2024 rfphoto / Depositphotos.com
Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum'
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Mos...
Jun 14, 2024 Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the leadership of the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow, Russia June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Peoria Park District appoints new Peoria Zoo director
PEORIA, Ill. - Friday, June 14 is Peoria Zoo Director Yvonne Strode's last day, as she retires after nearly two decades with the zoo. "Yvonne's unwavering commitment to animal welfare has been a corne...
Jun 14, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Peoria Park District)
US Supreme Court backs challenge to federal ban on gun 'bump stocks'
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a challenge to a federal ban on "bump stock" devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, dealing a setba...
Jun 14, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A bump fire stock that attaches to a semi-automatic rifle to increase the firing rate is seen at Good Guys Gun Shop in Orem, Utah, U.S., October 4, 2017. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo
Missile barrage hits northern Israel, emergency services report
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli emergency services reported dealing with a string of fires in northern Israel on Friday after dozens of missiles were fired from southern Lebanon into the area around the...
Jun 14, 2024 Firefighters respond to a fire near a rocket attack from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, June 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
