Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Judge blocks Trump's $10B child care funding freeze that targeted blue states, including Illinois
Article Summary A judge for the Southern District of New York issued a preliminary injunction to block the Trump administration from freezing $10 billion for child care and family services program The...
Feb 07, 2026 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul speaks about his office's actions against the Trump Administration during a January 20, 2026 press conference marking the 1-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's 2nd inauguration (Capitol News Illinois by Maggie Dougherty).
Search for Nancy Guthrie, missing 6 days from Arizona home, turns to new message
By Evan Garcia and Steve Gorman TUCSON, Arizona, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Investigators searching through a sixth day for the elderly mother of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie are examining a new...
Feb 07, 2026 Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos exits the press room past a missing persons poster after giving an update on the investigation after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble
Trump condemns, won't apologize for video depicting Obamas as apes
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump condemned but did not apologize for a video on his social media account depicting Democratic former President...
Feb 07, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Al Drago
DUI crash in Peoria leaves man seriously injured Friday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman is facing multiple charges, including Driving Under the Influence and Aggravated Reckless Driving, after a two-vehicle crash Friday night that left a man seriously injure...
Feb 07, 2026 28-year-old Ganala Johnson. (Peoria County Jail)
US arrests suspect in 2012 Benghazi consulate attack, Bondi says
By Andrew Goudsward, Jana Winter and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. has arrested a person suspected of playing a central role in the 2012 attack on its consulate in Benghazi,...
Feb 06, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's budget request for the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Peoria man formally charged for seriously harming an infant
By Liz Lape PEORIA. Ill. (25 News) - A Peoria man accused of seriously injuring a newborn child last year was formally charged in court on Thursday morning. 20-year-old Jaravion Nichols was indicted b...
Feb 06, 2026 Jaravion Nichols. (Peoria County Jail)
Olympics-Italy's Meloni plays down ICE agent furore as she meets Vance
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Milan on Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, using the encounter to rea...
Feb 06, 2026 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends U.S. Vice President JD Vance bilateral meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during Vance's visit to the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool
Olympics-Alpine skiing-Vonn can win a medal, says coach Svindal
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn can win a medal in Sunday's women's Olympic downhill despite her knee injury, coach Aksel Lund Svindal said on Friday after the U.S. Alpine ski great ...
Feb 06, 2026 Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Super G - St. Moritz, Switzerland - December 14, 2025 Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. with coach Aksel Lund Svindal during practice before the Women's Super G REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Trump unveils TrumpRx discounted drugs website
By Michael Erman and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled TrumpRx.gov, a website meant to offer consumers access to discounted prescription m...
Feb 06, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks next to U.S. Chief Design Officer at the National Design Studio, Joe Gebbia, during an event to unveil the TrumpRx drug discount site, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 5, 2026. REUTERS/Al Drago
Peoria church celebrates 'Soup-er Bowl Sunday' to help families in need
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a game on Sunday that has very little to do with football, and everything to do with giving. Karol Castens, Missions and Outreach Co-Chair with Peoria's Northwest United Methodi...
Feb 06, 2026 Decorations in celebration of "Soup-er Bowl Sunday" at Peoria's Northwest United Methodist Church. (1470 and 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
