Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Arson destroys garage in Peoria fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire in Peoria early Friday morning. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says crews responded to reports of a garage on fire on S. Charles Street just be...
Oct 27, 2023 Midwest Communications
Fire destroys I-DOT truck west of Peoria
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Fire destroyed a dump truck at an Illinois Department of Transportation maintenance facility west of Peoria on Thursday. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum says there was al...
Oct 27, 2023 D4E / CC
US puts new sanctions on Hamas, members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Friday issued a second round of sanctions on the Palestinian group Hamas following its attack this month on Israeli communities, including by targeting a Hamas offic...
Oct 27, 2023 An Israeli soldier walks past a house that was damaged following a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri, southern Israel, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Striking Hollywood actors pass counter offer ahead of further talks with studios
(Reuters) -Striking Hollywood actors have passed a comprehensive counter-offer to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the SAG-AFTRA actors' union said in a post on social ...
Oct 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: SAG-AFTRA members walk the picket line on the 100th day of their ongoing strike outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Hamas official says ceasefire needed before hostages can be freed - Russian newspaper
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Palestinian Hamas group that controls Gaza cannot release hostages seized during its attack on Israel until a ceasefire is agreed, the Russian newspaper Kommersant quoted a membe...
Oct 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises in the air following Israeli bombings in Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
UPDATE: Maine police trawl river in manhunt for Lewiston mass shooter suspect
UPDATED 11:24 A.M. LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -Police in Maine planned to trawl the waters of the Androscoggin River with divers and sonar on Friday in their search for U.S. army reservist Robert R. Ca...
Oct 27, 2023 Members of law enforcement search a farm, as the search for the suspect in the deadly mass shootings in Lewiston continues, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, U.S. October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US Representative Bowman pleads guilty to triggering fire alarm at Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman on Thursday pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that he set off a false fire alarm in the Capitol weeks ago, prompting evacuation...
Oct 26, 2023 U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks during the National Action Network National Convention in New York City, U.S., April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Maine governor says 18 killed in shooting attacks at bar, bowling alley
LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) - Maine Governor Janet Mills said on Thursday that 18 people were killed and 13 were wounded when a man with a rifle attacked patrons at a bowling alley and a bar in the city...
Oct 26, 2023 Police, staged at the Lisbon High School, clear out of the area as an active search for a gunman is underway after Lewiston's deadly mass shootings, in Lisbon, Maine, U.S. October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
US economic growth accelerates in third quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly two years in the third quarter as higher wages from a tight labor market helped to power consumer spending, again defying dire...
Oct 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Prices of fruit and vegetables are on display in a store in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Ford workers to return to work as UAW turns to GM, Stellantis
(Reuters) - Ford autoworkers were set to head back to work after the United Auto Workers (UAW) union reached a tentative labor deal with the company late Wednesday. Ford was the first of Detroit's Big...
Oct 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
