Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Police scour Maine for man sought in Lewiston mass shootings
(Reuters) -Hundreds of police fanned out across the state of Maine hunting for a man wanted in connection with mass shootings at a bar and a bowling alley in the town of Lewiston, as news outlets repo...
Oct 26, 2023 Police close Lincoln Street leading to Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant after deadly mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, U.S. October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
Israel stages new sortie into Gaza, hints there may be several 'invasions'
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said its ground forces had pushed into Gaza overnight to attack Hamas targets as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was "preparing for a ground invasio...
Oct 26, 2023 Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
UPDATED: PPS school bus involved in head-on crash in Peoria. Here's what we know
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. One person was taken to a local hospital after suffering injuries in a three vehicle accident involving a school bus this (Wednesday) morning. The Peoria Fire Department says there w...
Oct 25, 2023 A crash at the intersection of Knoxville and McClure in Peoria Wednesday morning. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy White).
Richard Roundtree, Black action hero who played 'Shaft,' dead at 81
(Reuters) - Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing Black actor who played the private eye John Shaft in the "Shaft" films of the 1970s and also took on dramatic roles dealing with race relations in America...
Oct 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Cast member Richard Roundtree poses at the premiere of the movie "What Men Want" in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Southern Gaza in Israel's sights as world leaders seek pause in fighting
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's military intensified its bombing of southern Gaza overnight after one of the deadliest days for Palestinians since the conflict began, amid international calls for a...
Oct 25, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
US House Republicans to see if Mike Johnson can win speaker's gavel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Republicans nominated Mike Johnson to lead the House of Representatives on Tuesday, though it was unclear whether he would merely become the latest hopeful to fall victim to...
Oct 25, 2023 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson is surrounded by fellow members as he speaks to reporters after securing the nomination for House Speaker from the Republican conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UPDATED: Peoria's water system won't be going public
UPDATED 12:56 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The city of Peoria won't own the water system at least for the next five years following city council action Tuesday night. The council voted 7-4 to stay with the sta...
Oct 25, 2023 Illinois American Water
Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes as calls rise for aid to stricken civilians
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed overnight by Israeli air strikes, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll in Israel's two-wee...
Oct 24, 2023 A general view shows the house where Palestinian teenager Dima Allamdani, who fled to southern Gaza Strip with her family to avoid the constant onslaught of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, was sheltering in, which was hit by Israeli jets that killed 13 of her relatives, including her parents, 7 siblings and 4 members of her uncle's family, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Go "All-In" Tuesday to support Peoria's Ronald McDonald House
PEORIA, Ill. - Tuesday, October 24 is the day to go "All-In" for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois. Donations made on Tuesday will help support Peoria's own Ronald McDonald House. Ro...
Oct 24, 2023 (Exterior of the Ronald McDonald House of Central Illinois--Facebook page)
UPDATE: UAW strikes GM's Escalade factory, turning up pressure for higher wages
UPDATED 3:21 P.M. (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Tuesday struck a General Motors assembly plant in Texas that builds the U.S. automaker's profitable full-size sport utility vehicles...
Oct 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
