Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting that labor market conditions remain fairly tight. Initial claim...
Jan 04, 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
UPDATE: U.S. strike kills militia leader blamed for Iraq attacks - U.S. official
Updated 9:18 a.m. BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military carried out a retaliatory strike in Baghdad on Thursday that killed a militia leader it blames for recent attacks on U.S. personnel, ...
Jan 04, 2024 Members of an Iraqi Shi'ite armed group stand guard after an attack by a drone strike on an Iran-backed militia headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq January 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew groped her, documents show
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A woman who has said she was victimized by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Britain's Prince Andrew put his hand on her breast at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in 2001, accor...
Jan 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Israel focuses assault on southern Gaza amid concern over spread of war
BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli shelling killed 14 Palestinians on Thursday in Khan Younis in a southern coastal area of the Gaza Strip packed with people who had fled attacks in other parts of t...
Jan 04, 2024 Israeli army tanks manoeuvre near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, January 3, 2024. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
US public debt tops $34 trln as Congress heads into funding fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. federal government's total public debt has reached $34 trillion for the first time, the U.S. Treasury Department reported on Tuesday, as members of Congress gear up for ...
Jan 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US House panel to hold Jan. 10 Mayorkas impeachment hearing -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee is resuming its effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over allegations he has been derelict in his duty of m...
Jan 03, 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
No cash bail seen as factor in holding down Peoria County's jail population
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - The jail population in Peoria is the lowest in years, and Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins thinks part of the reason is the new SAFE-T Act. On Sept. 18, when Illinois elimi...
Jan 03, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470-100.3 WMBD)
USDA recalls thousands of pounds of ground beef produced in Illinois
COAL VALLEY, Ill. - Almost 6,800 pounds of uncooked beef patties and ground beef produced by an Illinois-based company has been recalled due to a risk of E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of ...
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Israel steps up bombardment of Gaza after killing of Hamas leader
BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli forces intensified their bombing of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and told civilians to leave a refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave after the war st...
Jan 03, 2024 Palestinians inspect a house damaged in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 3, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
UPDATE: Japan says Coast Guard plane apparently not cleared for take-off before runway collision
UPDATED 3:40 P.M. TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese authorities said on Wednesday a passenger jet that collided with a Coast Guard turboprop at a Tokyo airport had been given permission to land, but the small...
Jan 03, 2024 Officials investigate a burnt Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan January 3, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato
