Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits New York City region, USGS says
UPDATED: 5:43 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near New York City on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, shaking buildings up and down the East Coast and surpri...
Apr 05, 2024 An emergency alert of a magnitude 4.7 earthquake is seen on a cellphone in New York City, U.S., April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
US job growth beats expectations in March; wages increase steadily
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired far more workers than expected March while raising wages, suggesting the economy ended the first quarter on solid ground and potentially delaying anticipate...
Apr 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
US welcomes Israel moves on Gaza aid; 'proof is in the results'
LEUVEN, Belgium (Reuters) -The United States welcomes Israel's latest efforts to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, but said success would be meas...
Apr 05, 2024 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the American Corner Lekki Ribbon Cutting at 21st Century Technologies in Lagos, Nigeria, January 24, 2024. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo
US House Republican infighting threatens to further delay Ukraine aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Infighting among Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives, and a threat to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from his leadership role, have put him under pressure to fu...
Apr 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks to the House Chamber, ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden's State of The Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, pledges help
UPDATED 3:39 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden took an aerial tour on Friday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help...
Apr 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Israel approves reopening of Erez crossing into Gaza, use of Ashdod port for aid
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel said it approved the reopening of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza and the temporary use of Ashdod port in southern Israel, following U.S. demands to increase humanitar...
Apr 05, 2024 A view of Ashdod port after the Israeli cabinet approved the temporary use of the port for aid deliveries into Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Ashdod, Israel, April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
UPDATED: Arrested man escapes police near Bradley, then recaptured
UPDATED 3:52 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police had to track down a man who escaped from one of its transport vans Wednesday night. Police say 32-year-old Daniel Moody was being transported to the Peor...
Apr 04, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Israel beefs up defenses, on alert after Iran revenge threat
UPDATED 10:56 A.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel braced on Thursday for the possibility of a retaliatory attack after its suspected killing of Iranian generals in Damascus this week, saying it would res...
Apr 04, 2024 Israeli military personnel drive an armoured personnel carrier (APC) near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
There's still no Powerball winner
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Powerball jackpot keeps growing after no one matched all six numbers on Wednesday night. The winning numbers were 11, 38, 41, 62, 65 and the Powerball of 15. The estimated value of...
Apr 04, 2024 (Powerball)
Explainer-Key facts about the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge
(Reuters) -Work is underway to begin clearing the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge more than a week after a faltering cargo ship crashed into it, sending the span collapsing into the h...
Apr 04, 2024 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators work on the cargo vessel Dali, which struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. March 27, 2024. Peter Knudson/NTSB/Handout via REUTERS
