Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump trial hears Michael Cohen was 'despondent' he was denied a government post
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's longtime fixer Michael Cohen was upset not to be offered a top job in Trump's administration after the Republican businessman-turned-politician won the 2016 preside...
May 03, 2024 Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings in his criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, New York, Thursday, May, 2, 2024. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: US job growth slows in April; unemployment rate rises to 3.9%
UPDATE 7:36 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in April and annual wage gains cooled, but it is probably too early to expect that the Federal Reserve will start cutt...
May 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Biden breaks silence on college protests over Gaza conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under mounting political pressure, U.S. President Joe Biden broke his silence on campus unrest over the war in Gaza on Thursday, saying Americans have the right to demonstrate b...
May 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about student protests at U.S. universities, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, during brief remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
5th body recovered from collapse of Maryland bridge in March
BALTIMORE, Md. - A construction worker, identified as 49-year-old Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, died in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland in March. Maryland officials say Gonzalez...
May 02, 2024 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
US labor market still tight; productivity falters in first quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits held steady at a low level last week, pointing to a still fairly tight labor market that should continue to un...
May 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: Trump lawyer suggests hush money payment was extortion
UPDATED 1:18 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -A lawyer for Donald Trump sought on Thursday to portray the hush money payment at the center of his criminal trial as extortion, questioning a lawyer involved in ...
May 02, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump's attorney Todd Blanche shows examples of social media during a gag order hearing of his criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S. May 2, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Collins: A chance of severe storms Thursday. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Scattered severe storms are possible in Central Illinois Thursday afternoon. 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins says we could start seeing a few storms after 3 p.m. "...
May 02, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Arizona Senate repeals 1864 abortion ban, governor seen signing quickly
(Reuters) -The Arizona Senate voted on Wednesday to repeal the state's 1864 ban on abortion, which could otherwise have taken effect within weeks. The repeal was passed by the Senate in a 16-14 vote a...
May 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican Arizona state Senator Anthony Kern speaks with anti-abortion protesters at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo
Reservoir Gifted Academy unveils new Outdoor Classroom
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Reservoir Gifted Academy has a new classroom...outside. On Wednesday, Reservoir Gifted Principal Susan Martin thanked alumni, students and school administrators for their part ...
May 01, 2024 Principal Susan Martin speaking at the ribbon cutting of Reservoir Gifted Academy's new Outdoor Classroom.
(1470/100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
Area students perform in downtown Peoria during GMB Arts in Education Spring Celebration
PEORIA, Ill. - This time each year, you start seeing a lot of school buses in downtown Peoria...and music coming from the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza. Thousands of students are again performing thi...
May 01, 2024 Students singing at the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza with the Gerald M. Brookhart Arts in Education Spring Celebration.
(GMB Arts in Education Spring Celebration Facebook page)
