Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Atmospheric river storm leaves over 600,000 still without power in California
(Reuters) - More than 600,000 homes and businesses were still without power in California early on Monday, according to data from PowerOutage.us, after an atmospheric river storm pounded the state wit...
Feb 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Workers clear an area of a fallen tree as a Pacific storm known as an "Atmospheric River" approaches northern California, bringing heavy rains and winds that could trigger widespread flooding, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., February 4, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
UPDATE: Republican US Senate border negotiator says party should decide next move by Tuesday
UPDATED 1:20 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lead Republican negotiator on a bipartisan U.S. Senate bill toughening border security and providing aid to Ukraine said his caucus should decide by Tuesda...
Feb 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) speaks to reporters as the deadline to avoid partial government shutdown nears, at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
Taylor Swift makes Grammys history as women rule music's top honors
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Pop superstar Taylor Swift set another record on Sunday, winning the Grammy award for album of the year for an unprecedented fourth time as women dominated the music industry's ...
Feb 05, 2024 Taylor Swift accepts the award for Album of the Year for Midnights during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Apartment fire causes about $3,000 damage in East Peoria
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A resident escaped an apartment fire in East Peoria Thursday night. Firefighters were called to the building on High Oak Drive around 7:10 p.m., extinguishing the fire within a few...
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US labor market sizzles; delivers large job and wage gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in January and wages increased by the most in nearly two years, signs of persistent strength in the labor market that could make it difficult for the...
Feb 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "Help Wanted" sign hangs in a restaurant window in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring
(Reuters) - The celebrated groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his Pennsylvania burrow on Friday and failed to see his shadow, a sign that the warmer temperatures of spring will arrive e...
Feb 02, 2024 Punxsutawney Phil's handler A.J. Dereume holds the famous groundhog during the 136th Groundhog Day, at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alan Freed
Biden to witness return of remains of US soldiers killed in Jordan
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - With U.S. President Joe Biden bearing witness, the remains of three American soldiers killed in an attack by an Iranian-made drone in Jordan will arrive back in the Un...
Feb 02, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One as he arrives in the Detroit metro area, Michigan, U.S., February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Peoria group preparing for journey to Ukraine to provide aid to refugees
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - A group of medical professionals from Peoria are joining Omaha Rapid Response to travel to Ternopil, Ukraine to offer relief to more than 80,000 refugees. According to the Uni...
Feb 02, 2024 Members of the Omaha Rapid Response team in Ukraine (25 News)
Several fatalities reported after small plane crashes into Florida mobile home park
(Reuters) -Several fatalities were reported on Thursday after a small plane crashed into and demolished a mobile home in Clearwater, Florida, officials said. Images posted online by the Clearwater Fir...
Feb 02, 2024 A plume of smoke rises after a small plane crashes in a trailer park in Clearwater, Florida, U.S., February 1, 2024, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Steven Ascari/via REUTERS
Driver hospitalized after car hits house in Rome
ROME, Ill. - One person was taken to a hospital after the car they were driving crashed into a Peoria County home. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says it happened around 9:30 a.m. Thursday on Kno...
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