Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Abortion rights advocates, Democrats score wins in US elections
(Reuters) - Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday, including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky, an early signal that reproductive rights remain a p...
Nov 08, 2023 Voters fill out their ballots as voters in Ohio decide whether to enshrine abortion protections into the state constitution, in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger
Thousands of civilians flee north Gaza as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters clash
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinian civilians trudged in a forlorn procession out of the north of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday seeking refuge from Israeli air strikes and fierce ground ...
Nov 08, 2023 Smoke rises in the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli airstrike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
US House censures lone Palestinian-American lawmaker over Israel comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House voted on Tuesday to censure Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib, Congress's lone Palestinian-American lawmaker, for comments she made regarding Israel's war w...
Nov 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) joins several fellow House Democrats in remarks on the sixth anniversary of Trump-era travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Trump targets 2024 Hispanic vote as rivals gather for Miami debate
(Reuters) - Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, will stage a rally outside Miami on Wednesday to court Hispanic voters seen as important to 2024 electoral victory...
Nov 08, 2023 Former U.S. President and Presidential Republican candidate Donald Trump speaks to his supporters during the Florida Freedom Summit held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida, U.S., November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Peoria Fire working to reinstate dedicated rescue squad
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria's fire department is set to get some extra cash flow in hopes of reinstating its rescue squad. This comes as the city debates its budget for the next two years. The fir...
Nov 08, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
G7 ministers urge humanitarian pauses in Gaza, seek hostages' release
TOKYO (Reuters) -G7 foreign ministers on Wednesday called for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to allow in aid and help the release of hostages and sought a return to a "broader peace proce...
Nov 08, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa attend a session on the war in Ukraine during their meetings in Tokyo, Japan, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
Arson to blame for residential fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called Tuesday night to a home on S. Matthew for a working fire. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says just after 9:30 p.m., crews found heavy fire and black sm...
Nov 08, 2023 (25 News)
US Senate Democrats block Republican bid to aid Israel, not Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican effort to win quick approval for a bill providing emergency aid to Israel that passed the House of Representatives last wee...
Nov 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen in Washington, U.S., August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
PPS employees waiting for their paychecks, but it's not the district's fault
PEORIA, Ill. - Employees of Peoria Public Schools are waiting for paychecks, after being told last Friday there would be a delay due to a national banking error. The school district's Haleemah Na' All...
Nov 07, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Hunter Biden prosecutor testifies behind closed doors to House Republicans
Updated: 9:44 a.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Special Counsel David Weiss, who is leading the probe into President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, is appearing on Tuesday for a closed-door interview wit...
Nov 07, 2023 File photo: U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, arrives to appear in a federal court on gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File photo
