Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Center for Prevention of Abuse observes Human Trafficking Awareness Day
PEORIA, Ill. - Human trafficking isn't just a big city problem...it's everywhere, even here in Central Illinois. Thursday, January 11th is observed as Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and Peoria's Cen...
Jan 11, 2024 January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and Thursday, January 11th is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. (Center for Prevention of Abuse Facebook Page)
UPDATE: Trump tangles with judge as NY civil fraud trial nears its end
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Thursday accused the New York judge in his civil fraud trial of "having your own agenda" - and the judge told his lawyer to control his client - as a months-long ca...
Jan 11, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump, with lawyers Christopher Kise, Alina Habba, and Clifford Robert, attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Pool
New England Patriots coach Belichick to leave team after 24 seasons -ESPN
(Reuters) -New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, one of the most successful coaches in National Football League history, will leave the team on Thursday after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl t...
Jan 11, 2024 Jan 7, 2024; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick watches from the sideline as they take on the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
Takeaways from the Republican presidential debate in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) -Republican rivals Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley jockeyed on Wednesday to emerge as the clear alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump just days before voting in the president...
Jan 11, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News Channel town hall ahead of the caucus vote in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Scott Morgan
UPDATE: Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to tax-fraud charges - CNN
UPDATED 3:45 P.M. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty on Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles to tax charges stemming from business dealings that ...
Jan 11, 2024 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, is seen as he makes a surprise appearance at a House Oversight Committee markup and meeting to vote on whether to hold Biden in contempt of Congress for failing to respond to a request to testify to the House last month, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/ File Photo
Penguin Project kicks off 20th season this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Social interaction for kids with developmental disabilities can be difficult, but the Penguin Project, celebrating its 20th season this weekend, is all about letting them shine. The Pen...
Jan 10, 2024
Blinken meets Palestinian leader Abbas in occupied West Bank
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, after pressing Israel's leaders to of...
Jan 10, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in the Muqata'a, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
UPDATE: Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at House contempt hearing
Updated: 9:35 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic President Joe Biden, made an unexpected appearance on Wednesday at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing where Republican...
Jan 10, 2024 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, walks through the cemetery at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church on the day of the death of the President’s first wife and daughter who died in a car accident in 1972, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 18, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/ File Photo
UPDATE: Republicans hammer Biden border chief during impeachment hearing
UPDATED 12:40 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday condemned President Joe Biden's top border official during an impeachment hearing over r...
Jan 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas attends a House Homeland Security Committee hearing examining worldwide threats to the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Judges skeptical of Trump's immunity claim in election subversion case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday questioned Donald Trump's claims that he is immune from criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election, and the former president threat...
Jan 10, 2024 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seen as Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith speaks during an appeals hearing on Trump's claim of immunity in the federal case accusing him of illegally attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat, in this courtroom sketch in U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Bill Hennessy
