Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Israel says its forces operating in 'heart of Gaza City'
UPDATED 2:16 P.M. GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday its forces were operating deep in Gaza City in their battle to wipe out Hamas in the Palestinian enclave, and that the Islamist mili...
Nov 07, 2023 Medics carry a Palestinian casualty following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri
Ron DeSantis scores Iowa governor's endorsement in Republican primary race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Monday endorsed Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis' bid to be the party's nominee, a much-needed boost to the Florida governor as he se...
Nov 07, 2023 Florida Governor and U.S. Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during a rally, as Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (not pictured) endorses DeSantis's bid to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Rachel Mummey
US Republicans expect no votes on stopgap this week as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives said they do not expect to move forward this week on a stopgap funding measure to keep federal agencies open, even with...
Nov 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to members of the Republican conference gathered on the outer steps of the House of Representatives to listen to him deliver remarks after he was elected to be the new Speaker at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Blinken meets Turkish counterpart in Ankara as part of Middle East tour
ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Gaza on Monday with Turkey's foreign minister, part of Blinken's efforts to calm regional tensions over the war bet...
Nov 06, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, after a meeting, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Turkey, November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
UPDATE: Trump defiant at NY fraud trial, judge threatens to cut off testimony
UPDATED 1:16 PM. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump complained of unfair treatment in defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at his New York civil business-fraud trial on Monday, prompting ...
Nov 06, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is questioned by Kevin Wallace of the New York Attorney General's Office, during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Electrical fire damages Peoria home Sunday night
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called to a home on E. Frye in Peoria Sunday night. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Hascall says around 8:15 p.m., crews found heavy smoke coming from the one-story h...
Nov 06, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATE: UN says Gaza war must stop as reported death toll tops 10,000
UPDATED 11:30 A.M. GAZA (Reuters) - U.N. agency leaders saying "enough is enough" demanded a humanitarian ceasefire on Monday nearly a month into the war in Gaza, where Palestinian health authorities ...
Nov 06, 2023 A tank manoeuvres inside Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Sderot, Israel, November 6, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Peoria crews keep garage fire from spreading to nearby home
PEORIA, Il.. - A fire late Friday night damaged a garage and a car inside, but Peoria crews were able to keep the flames from spreading to a nearby home. The fire broke out near the corner of E. Nebra...
Nov 04, 2023 Midwest Communications
UPDATE: Palestinians say Israeli strike hits U.N.-run school; Blinken meets Arab leaders
UPDATED: 9:18 A.M. GAZA/AMMAN (Reuters) - Palestinians reported a deadly Israeli strike on a U.N.-run school in northern Gaza serving as a shelter on Saturday ahead of talks in Jordan at which U.S. Se...
Nov 04, 2023 Palestinians pull an ambulance after a convoy of ambulances was hit, at the entrance of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef
UPDATE: Hezbollah tells U.S. to halt Israel's Gaza attack to prevent regional war
UPDATED 11:51 A.M. BEIRUT (Reuters) -The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah warned the United States on Friday that preventing a regional conflict depended on stopping the Israeli attack on Gaza, and said ...
Nov 03, 2023 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah appears on a screen as he addresses his supporters during a ceremony to honour fighters killed in the recent escalation with Israel, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
