Author Archives: Julia Bradley
One body found, 38 still missing from capsized migrant boat off Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) -Rescue crews recovered one body but hopes dimmed for 38 other people lost at sea over the weekend from a capsized boat off Florida's coast in an incident being treated as an ill-fated...
Julia Bradley Jan 27, 2022 Coast Guard Cutter Ibis' crew search for 39 people reported missing after their boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in what is being called a human smuggling attempt gone awry, off the coast of the Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida, January 25, 2022. Picture taken January 25, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria's Madison Theater is a step closer to reopening
PEORIA, Ill. -- Plans to renovate the Madison Theater in downtown Peoria are now closer to being a reality. Lee Wenger, with the Madison Preservation Association, told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show" o...
Julia Bradley Jan 26, 2022 (Madison Preservation Association)
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi seeks re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she will run for a 19th term in office, without saying whether she would seek to remain in her Democratic leade...
Julia Bradley Jan 26, 2022 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2022. Eric Lee/Pool via REUTERS
Peoria Council approves $1.7M land purchase in the Warehouse District
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Council has signed off on an agreement to buy land in the Warehouse District for a new parking lot that leaders hope will spur growth. "They will be singing in the Warehous...
Julia Bradley Jan 26, 2022 (25 News)
U.S. Labor Dept. withdrawing COVID vaccine rule for large employers
(Reuters) -The Department of Labor said on Tuesday it will withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing requirement for large U.S. employers after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the rule, ending a contro...
Julia Bradley Jan 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A health care worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as California opens up vaccine eligibility to any residents 16 years and older during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chula Vista, California, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Pfizer/BioNTech: watchdogs' requirements may defer planned launch of Omicron shot
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech said it and partner Pfizer may not be able to stick with their plan to launch an Omicron-targeting vaccine by the end of March, depending on how much clinical trial data...
Julia Bradley Jan 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "VACCINE Coronavirus COVID-19" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed Biontech logo in this illustration taken December 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Illinois marks 2-year anniversary of first COVID case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It's been two years since Illinois announced its first case of COVID-19. It happened on January 24, 2020. A Chicago woman who had recently returned from Wuhan, China, tested posit...
Julia Bradley Jan 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden curses Fox News reporter after he asks about inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic cursing a Fox News reporter at a White House event on Monday after the journalist shouted a question about the impact of rising ...
Julia Bradley Jan 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden responds to questions from reporters as he meets with his Competition Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Supreme Court to hear challenge to race-conscious college admissions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid to bar Harvard University and the University of North Carolina from considering race in undergraduate admissions in a case that imperil...
Julia Bradley Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Derek Chauvin's ex-colleagues face trial over deadly Minneapolis arrest
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to hear opening statements on Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the deadly arrest of Geor...
Julia Bradley Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: (L-R) Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng in a combination of booking photographs from the Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS