Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Enthusiasm wanes among Black voters who powered Biden's 2020 Georgia win
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Much has changed since Wanda Mosley helped galvanize thousands of Black voters across the battleground state of Georgia to help clinch the 2020 general election for U.S. President ...
Mar 11, 2024 People get their hair cut at the Off the Hook barbershop in Atlanta, U.S., March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas
US, Jordan airdrop more aid to Gaza, US military says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Jordan carried out a new airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza's Palestinians on Sunday, parachuting in more than 11,500 meals, the U.S. military said. The I...
Mar 11, 2024 U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps departs en route to the Eastern Mediterranean after President Biden announced the U.S. would provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza by sea, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, United States, March 9, 2024. US CENTCOM via X/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
GasBuddy: Local gas prices down slightly
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have fallen 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.56 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Prices in Peoria are...
Mar 11, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
US military airlifts embassy personnel from Haiti, bolsters security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said on Sunday it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added U.S. forces to bolster embassy sec...
Mar 11, 2024 Police officers keep watch outside the U.S. embassy building where the U.S. military airlifted embassy non-essential personnel due to violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
Atomic bomb movie 'Oppenheimer' crowned best picture at the Oscars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -"Oppenheimer," the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first atomic bomb, claimed seven Academy Awards including the prestigious best picture trophy on Sunday as Holl...
Mar 11, 2024 Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Charles Roven pose with the Oscar for Best Picture for "Oppenheimer" in the Oscars photo room at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Three dead in Texas crash of US military helicopter on border patrol
(Reuters) - A National Guard helicopter assigned to patrol duty along the U.S.-Mexico border crashed in Texas on Friday, killing two soldiers and a U.S. Border Patrol agent who were aboard and injurin...
Mar 09, 2024 A view from inside a vehicle shows emergency services personnel responding to a helicopter crash near La Grulla, Texas, United States, March 8, 2024 in this screen grab obtained from social media video. A.C./via REUTERS
US senators make new push to make daylight saving time permanent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 12 bipartisan senators said on Friday they are making a new legislative effort to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-annual changing of clocks. In ...
Mar 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Employees with the Architect of the Capitol wind the Ohio Clock on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Richwoods takes 3rd Place at IHSA Championships
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Peoria's Richwoods High School ended a very memorable season with a win Friday night, taking home the third-place trophy in Class 3A of the Illinois High School Association boys' bas...
Mar 09, 2024 (Richwoods High School Facebook Page)
US Senate passes spending bill, averts imminent shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate narrowly averted a partial government shutdown on Friday, as the chamber approved spending legislation for several government agencies just hours before current f...
Mar 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People walk past the U.S. Capitol building as the deadline to avoid partial government shutdown looms in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ FILE PHOTO
US job growth accelerates in February; unemployment rate rises to 3.9%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in February, but a rise in the unemployment rate and moderation in wage gains kept on the table an anticipated interest rate cut in June from the Fed...
Mar 08, 2024 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
