Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Gunman kills 14 in unprecedented attack at Prague university
UPDATED 5:13 P.M. PRAGUE (Reuters) -A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father, then killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university on Thursday before possibly killing himself, ...
Dec 21, 2023 A woman lights a candle in front of Charles University main building following the shooting at one of it's buildings in Prague, Czech Republic, December 21, 2023. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Analysis-Trump legal clashes reach US Supreme Court as 2024 election nears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump transformed the U.S. Supreme Court during his four years as president. Now the 6-3 conservative majority he cemented will confront a handful of cases that may deter...
Dec 21, 2023 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan
US, China top military officials speak for first time in over a year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top U.S. military officer held a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, the Pentagon said, in the first such conversation in over a year amid hopes by U.S....
Dec 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: United States and Chinese flags are set up before a meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Again...no Powerball winner Wednesday night
CHICAGO, Ill. - For the 30th consecutive drawing, there were no tickets sold with the numbers that would have cracked the jackpot Wednesday night, worth $576 million. The numbers were 27, 35, 41, 56, ...
Dec 21, 2023 (Powerball)
US Congress faces severe January tests over Ukraine, migration, budgets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress left Washington this week for an extended holiday break with several key issues unsettled including emergency aid for Ukraine and tighter border security, sett...
Dec 21, 2023 The Statue of Freedom is seen at the top of the U.S. Capitol building dome in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify even as truce talks grow 'serious'
CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Fighting in the Gaza Strip escalated on Thursday with what residents described as some of the most intense Israeli bombardment of the war, even as the enemies held what...
Dec 21, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Peoria home damaged by fire Saturday morning, cause under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria home had to be demolished early Saturday morning after a fire on W. Malone. Just before 7 a.m., firefighters found smoke and flames coming from windows on the first and second ...
Dec 16, 2023 D4E / CC
Veterans remembered through Wreaths Across America this weekend
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Wreaths Across America began in 1992, when a holiday wreath-making company from Maine donated extra wreaths to adorn the graves at Arlington National Cemetery. Fox News says in the ...
Dec 16, 2023 SC National Guard
WTVP denied public broadcasting funding pending investigation
PEORIA, Ill. - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is withholding grant money from Peoria public tv station WTVP, pending review of its legal and financial woes. CPB Spokesperson Brendan Daly says...
Dec 16, 2023 (25 News)
ICC property back on the market, despite plans for hotel development downtown
PEORIA, Ill. - Plans for a hotel project in downtown Peoria are now in question, with one of the properties associated with it back on the market. Keith Weinstein's Greystone Realty Group reached a re...
Dec 15, 2023 (25 News)
