Author Archives: Julia Bradley
University of Illinois issues booster shot mandate
URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois System is requiring all students, faculty, and staff to get a COVID-19 booster shot when they're eligible to receive it. The university encouraged everyone t...
Julia Bradley Jan 07, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
Biden to tour damage from Colorado's most destructive wildfire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden was due to visit Colorado on Friday to view the devastation left by a rare, winter wildfire that ravaged two Denver-area towns last week, displacing tho...
Julia Bradley Jan 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden receives an economic briefing in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Chicago public schools cancel classes again in COVID-19 teacher walkout
(Reuters) -Chicago Public Schools, the third-largest U.S. education district, have canceled classes for a third day on Friday amid a walkout by teachers demanding tougher COVID-19 protection measures,...
Julia Bradley Jan 07, 2022 The Jahn School of Fine Arts lies empty after Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third-largest school district, said it would cancel classes since the teachers' union voted in favor of a return to remote learning, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. January 5, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Cox
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase moderately
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week and could increase further in the coming weeks amid disruptions from soaring COVID-19 infectio...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Biden calls Trump threat to democracy on anniversary of Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday accused his predecessor Donald Trump of posing a continuing threat to American democracy in a speech on the anniversary of the deadly U.S. Capitol...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Statuary Hall on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
CDC recommends Pfizer's COVID-19 booster for ages 12 to 15
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday it expanded the eligibility of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's booster doses to those 12 to 15 years old. The move ...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine are pictured in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 5, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Peoria crews battle overnight fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home went up in flames early Thursday morning. Crews were called to the scene around 1:20 a.m. to a home near the intersection of E. Behrends and N. Delaware. Flames were seen...
Julia Bradley Jan 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
UnityPoint Health suspending elective procedures at area hospitals
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health-Central Illinois is suspending all elective procedures. Hospital officials said in a statement on Wednesday, that due to an increase in positive COVID inpatient admis...
Julia Bradley Jan 05, 2022 1470-100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Chicago cancels school as record-setting Omicron wave spurs more disruptions
UPDATED 10:58 A.M. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago officials canceled classes in the nation's third-largest school district on Wednesday amid a dispute with the teachers' union, the latest disruption to U...
Julia Bradley Jan 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An exterior view shows Joseph Jungman Public School in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, as Chicago Public Schools suspended in-person learning after Chicago Teachers Union members voted to work remotely due to concerns around the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) precautions in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen Meslar
U.S. lawmakers weigh new COVID-19 stimulus funding -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are discussing another possible round of COVID-19 stimulus spending for businesses, seeking to blunt the impact of the fast-spreading Omicron variant, the Washing...
Julia Bradley Jan 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer display the "American Rescue Plan" during the enrolment ceremony following passage of U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott