Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US tells staff in Israel not to travel outside cities amid Iran threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it had restricted its employees in Israel and their family members from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Be'er Shev...
Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Photo taken on March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
State-funded EV stations coming to Peoria area. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Thanks to state funding backed by State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, the Peoria area is getting some new electric vehicle charging stations installed. Illinois is investing in the EV infras...
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Kamala Harris heads to Arizona after abortion ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels on Friday to Arizona, three days after a court there upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban, igniting a charged issue in one of 2024's most...
Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a visit to the St. Paul Health Center, a clinic that performs abortions, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Nicole Neri/File Photo
As foreign leaders urge US Ukraine support, Republicans look to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unprecedented series of foreign officials, including from Japan, Britain and Italy, have visited Washington over the past several months and appealed to congressional Republi...
Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden cancels $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers
UPDATED 3:42 P.M. (Reuters) -The Biden administration will cancel $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers, the White House said on Friday, the latest in a series of debt cancellations. Pres...
Apr 12, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on "student debt relief" during a campaign stop at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) Student Resource Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Flood Warning in effect until early Monday morning
Flood Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 919 PM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024 ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Illinois... Illinois River at Peoria affecting Tazewell, Woo...
Apr 12, 2024
UPDATE: O.J. Simpson, football star turned celebrity murder defendant, dead at 76
UPDATED: 10:05 AM WASHINGTON (Reuters) -O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her ...
Apr 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: O.J. Simpson (R) sits with his attorney, Patricia Palm in Clark County District Court during his evidentiary hearing in Las Vegas, Nevada May 13, 2013. REUTERS/Julie Jacobson/Pool/File Photo
Netanyahu says Israel preparing for scenarios in other areas than Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing t...
Apr 11, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/ File photo
US dollar turns lower after producer prices, jobless claims data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Thursday after weaker-than-expected U.S. producer prices for March, partly easing market concerns about persistent inflation and suggesting that rate cuts by th...
Apr 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo
FBI concerned about possible coordinated attack in US after Russia massacre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is concerned about the possibility of an organized attack in the United States similar to the one that killed scores at a Russian concert hall last month, the bureau's d...
Apr 11, 2024 An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt during the U.S. law enforcements raid on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's property in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
