Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Fire damages South Peoria garage
PEORIA, Ill. - A garage caught fire Wednesday night in South Peoria, causing $10,000 damage. Crews arriving around 8:30 p.m. to S. Laramie, found heavy smoke and flames coming from the back of the two...
Nov 30, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria resident displaced by fire late Wednesday night
PEORIA, Ill. - A garden-level apartment was damaged by fire Wednesday night in Central Peoria, with officials saying food left on the stove was to blame. Crews responded to the building on W. Fallen O...
Nov 30, 2023 D4E / CC
Israel, Hamas extend Gaza truce by one day in last-minute deal
GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire for a seventh day, and Washington said it hoped the truce could be extended further to fr...
Nov 30, 2023 People wave Israeli flags following the release of hostages who were seized during the October 7 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas and held in the Gaza Strip, in Ofakim, Israel, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
UPDATE: Indicted Republican George Santos to face US House expulsion vote Friday
UPDATED 4:18 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday on whether to expel scandal-plagued Republican George Santos, who faces criminal corruption char...
Nov 29, 2023 U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) leaves the U.S. Capitol the day after two Democratic lawmakers moved to force a vote to expel him from the House of Representatives, in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Top US Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer warns against surge of antisemitism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned on Wednesday against blaming Jewish Americans for the actions of Israel's government, as antisemitism swelled in the U.S. following t...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addresses reporters during a news conference following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
PPS considers body cameras in schools
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) -This week, a proposal to use body cameras in Peoria Public Schools was introduced at the Board of Education meeting. Chief Demario Boone, PPS safety director, said providing bo...
Nov 29, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria duplex heavily damaged by fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home on Spring Street in Peoria late Tuesday night on a working fire. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum said his crews arrived around 10:48 p.m., finding he...
Nov 29, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATE: Israeli hostage handover is under way in Gaza, Palestinian official says
UPDATED 12:46 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The handover of more Israeli hostages by Hamas is under way in Gaza, a Palestinian official familiar with the truce efforts told Reuters on Wednesday, the ...
Nov 29, 2023 People react after the release of Palestinian prisoners amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
US Thanksgiving weekend sales hit record on big discounts, online boost
(Reuters) -Deep discounts on everything from beauty products and toys to electronics during the Thanksgiving weekend enticed U.S. shoppers to splurge about $38 billion online, signaling a strong holid...
Nov 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers crowd a Walmart store ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Hunter Biden offers to testify publicly in House Republicans' impeachment probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden on Tuesday offered to testify publicly in the House Republican impeachment inquiry of his father's Democratic administration, while a ...
Nov 28, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, walks outside on the day of his appearance in a federal court on gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
