Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Pentagon chief says he should have handled cancer diagnosis better
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday apologized for failing to tell President Joe Biden and senior staff about his recent prostate cancer diagnosis ahead of time, addi...
Feb 01, 2024 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with British Defense Minister Grant Shapps at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden visits Michigan autoworkers, Gaza protests threatened
UPDATED 2:37 P.M. HARPER WOODS, Michigan (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Michigan on Thursday to visit union autoworkers crucial to his reelection bid, as the state's Arab-American comm...
Feb 01, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden, flanked by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and entrepreneur Darren Riley, is greeted by United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain as he arrives in the Detroit metro area, Michigan, U.S., February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US House backs $78 billion child, business tax breaks bill in rare bipartisan vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $78 billion bipartisan package of tax breaks for businesses and low-income families that was put on a fas...
Feb 01, 2024 The US Capitol Building is seen from the Congressional Visitors Center in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo
UPDATE: Three killed, nine injured in construction collapse at Idaho airport
Updated 7:47 a.m. (Reuters) - Federal and local investigators on Thursday were working to determine what caused an airport hangar under construction to collapse in Boise, Idaho, killing three people a...
Feb 01, 2024 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
UPDATE: Tech CEOs told 'you have blood on your hands' at US Senate child safety hearing
UPDATED 1:20 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. senators on Wednesday grilled leaders of the biggest social media companies and said Congress must quickly pass legislation, as one lawmaker accused the co...
Jan 31, 2024 Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg reacts as he testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria Civic Center Authority extends lease with Rivermen hockey team. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Civic Center Authority is extending its license agreement with the Peoria Rivermen hockey team. The Rivermen's current lease agreement was set to expire after April 30, 2024,...
Jan 31, 2024 (Peoria Rivermen)
UPDATE: Trump meets with Teamsters in fight with Biden over union support
UPDATED 4:44 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump met with one of America's biggest unions on Wednesday as he competes for the support of labor groups ahead of a likely general election rematch wit...
Jan 31, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Sean O'Brien, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, speaks to UPS Teamsters during a picket ahead of an upcoming possible strike, outside of a UPS Distribution Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Republican US House panel advances impeachment charges against border chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives panel early on Wednesday advanced impeachment charges against Democratic President Joe Biden's top border official, a near-unpreced...
Jan 31, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas takes his seat to testify before a Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on the department's budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
PAAR: It's a seller's market and homes are moving fast
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Sellers continue to reap the benefits of a local housing market with fewer homes available and at a higher interest rate. Data from the Peoria Area Association of Realtors for...
Jan 31, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy, File)
Disguised Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinian militants in raid on West Bank hospital
JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli commandos disguised as medical workers and Muslim women burst into a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian militants, one of th...
Jan 30, 2024 Mourners react next to the body of a Palestinian killed following an Israeli raid, in a hospital in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 30, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
