Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in management shakeup amid safety crisis
(Reuters) - Boeing Co CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by year-end, in a broad management shakeup brought on by the planemaker's sprawling safety crisis stemming from a January mid-air panel blowout on...
Mar 25, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks with reporters ahead of meeting with U.S. senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2024. REUTERS/Valerie Insinna/File Photo
UPDATE: PPD investigating three more shootings on Sunday
UPDATED 8:53 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police say three people were injured in three separate shootings on Sunday. The first shooting happened around 2 p.m. on N. Sheridan Road. Officers found a juve...
Mar 25, 2024 Midwest Communications
Peoria area gas prices up roughly 20 cents in the last week
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 20 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.77 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 local stations. Prices in Peoria are 31.7 ce...
Mar 25, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: Trump wins pause of $454 million civil fraud ruling, avoiding asset seizures
UPDATED 10:40 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump won a bid to pause his $454 million civil fraud judgment if he posts a $175 million bond within 10 days, a victory for the former U.S. president tha...
Mar 25, 2024 A flag depicting Donald Trump is placed at Trump Tower, October 1, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/file photo
Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Monday challenged assertions by the United States that the Islamic State militant group orchestrated a gun attack on a concert hall outside Moscow that killed 137 people an...
Mar 25, 2024 A suspect in the shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue is escorted inside the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
With no winners, lottery jackpots grow to near and over $1 billion
CHICAGO, Ill. - Whether it's luck or strategy, Saturday night could be your next chance to strike it rich. The Powerball jackpot is making its way closer to $1 billion, currently estimated at $750 mil...
Mar 23, 2024 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Dunlap students and staff participate in drill after boy brought gun to school this week
DUNLAP, Ill. - The Dunlap School District, with the help of law enforcement and first responders, showed students and staff on Friday what emergency crews would do if an armed assailant attacked their...
Mar 23, 2024 (Dunlap Valley Middle School via Facebook)
What we know about the shooting at a concert venue near Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armed men burst into the Crocus City Hall near Moscow on Friday, killing at least 93 people and injuring many dozens more in the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan sch...
Mar 23, 2024 Smoke rises above the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a reported shooting incident, outside Moscow, Russia, March 22, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
US Congress averts government shutdown, passing $1.2 trillion bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress early on Saturday overwhelmingly passed a $1.2 trillion budget bill, keeping the government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago and sending ...
Mar 23, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Capitol after United States Vice President Kamala Harris, voted on the Senate floor to break the 50-50 tie to proceed to the Inflation Reduction Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
Trump still hasn't secured bond in NY civil fraud case
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, Ny. - In three days, Former President Trump will be required to secure a $454 million bond in a New York civil fraud case. Trump has appealed to stay the bond or to secure a lesser...
Mar 22, 2024 Matt Johnson / CC
