Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Investors greenlight Trump's $6 billion social media deal
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump came a step closer on Friday to reaping a major windfall from his social media firm after investors in a blank-check acquisition company approved a tie-up...
Mar 22, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
ISP asks for help in solving hit-and-run that took Galesburg woman's life
BRACEVILLE, Ill. - Illinois State Police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of a January hit-and-run that claimed the life of a Galesburg woman who was trying to help another driv...
Mar 22, 2024 (Illinois State Police)
UN Security Council to vote Friday on US resolution on Gaza ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will ask the U.N. Security Council on Friday to back a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an Israel-Hamas hostage deal, increasing pressu...
Mar 22, 2024 Smoke billows in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
ISP increasing starting pay for troopers to $90K. Here's why
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - In an effort to recruit top quality candidates, Illinois State Police is now offering over $90,000 in starting pay for all new troopers. "Our Illinois State Police officers nobly s...
Mar 21, 2024 (Illinois State Police)
Trump campaign pleads for one million donations as cash crunch looms
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's campaign on Wednesday called for donations from one million of his backers, warning he could lose his New York properties, two days after the former president failed to secu...
Mar 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a watch party event to mark the Super Tuesday primary elections at his Mar-a-Lago property, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello
US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall; labor market gradually cooling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, suggesting that job growth remained strong in March. The Federal Reserve on Wedne...
Mar 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
US Congress releases $1.2 trillion spending package to avert shutdown
UPDATED: 10:40 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After days of delay, U.S. congressional leaders unveiled a $1.2 trillion bipartisan spending measure for defense, homeland security and other programs early ...
Mar 21, 2024 People walk past the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Biden cancels $6 billion in student loan debt for 78,000 public service workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that $6 billion in student loans would be canceled for 78,000 borrowers, bringing his administration's total student debt cancellatio...
Mar 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden announces a preliminary agreement with Intel for a major CHIPS and Science Act award, during a visit to the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Arizona, U.S., March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: Final spot for Republicans on Tazewell County Board District 3 changes hands after more ballots counted
UPDATED 4:53 P.M. PEKIN, Ill. - The final spot in District 3 for the Republican nomination for the Tazewell County Board has changed hands...for the time being. County Clerk John Ackerman says 86 addi...
Mar 21, 2024 Midwest Communications
Haiti suspected gang members set on fire as conflict spreads to capital suburb
(Reuters) -Suspected gang members were killed during an attack on the Petion-Ville neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Haiti's capital, as a clash with police and locals pointed to a resurgence ...
Mar 21, 2024 People walk past a damaged car in the Carrefour Feuilles neighborhood, which was deserted due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 19, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
