Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Exclusive-Americans want US to help get Gaza civilians out of harm's way-Reuters/Ipsos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan majority of Americans wants the U.S. to help get Palestinian civilians out of harm's way in Gaza amid Israel's war against Hamas militants, but the American public'...
Oct 16, 2023 Palestinians gather to collect water, amid shortages of drinking water, as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 15, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
UAW says new strikes at Detroit Three will come without notice
DETROIT (Reuters) -United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said on Friday that the union will not expand its strike against the Detroit Three automakers at the moment, but said its members would now ...
Oct 14, 2023 A United Auto Workers (UAW) union member wears a pin while picketing outside Ford's Kentucky truck plant after going on strike in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Luke Sharrett
US House Republicans nominate Jim Jordan for speaker, testing hardline appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Representative Jim Jordan won the Republican nomination to lead the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, but the hardline conservative appeared to be well short of the suppor...
Oct 14, 2023 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a prime contender in the race to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting as Republicans work to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the U.S. House of Representatives after party infighting led nominee Steve Scalise to withdraw from the race for speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Palestinians flee northern Gaza as Israel masses troops for assault
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians fled the north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday from the path of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel pounded the area with more air strik...
Oct 14, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Wildlife Scary Park opens this weekend in Hanna City
HANNA CITY, Ill. - If you're looking for a spooky good time this weekend, bring the family out to Wildlife Prairie Park in Hanna City. Over the next three weekends, the park will be transformed into W...
Oct 13, 2023 (Wildlife Prairie Park--Facebook) Wildlife Prairie Park is transformed into Wildlife Scary Park Oct. 13-15, 20-22 and 27-29 in Hanna City.
Kaiser Permanente, union reach tentative agreement after biggest healthcare strike
(Reuters) -Kaiser Permanente's frontline healthcare workers union reached a tentative deal with the company on Friday, moving toward settling a dispute over staffing levels and pay that had sparked th...
Oct 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO-Healthcare workers strike in front of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, as more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers go on strike from October 4 to 7 across the United States, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Aude Guerrucci/File Photo
U.S. ready to send more military aid to Israel, says Austin
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Friday that the Pentagon was ready to deploy more military aid to Israel as Israeli forces prepare for a likely invasion of Gaza in re...
Oct 13, 2023 U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to the media during a NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 12, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Peoria County approves $155 million budget
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County has approved a $155 million budget for the next fiscal year that is about 2.6% higher than fiscal year 2023. But, the new budget does not raise property taxes. The Peoria ...
Oct 13, 2023
Fire displaces two residents Thursday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters responded to a house fire just after 7 p.m. Thursday on NE Adams Street, near Haywood Street. Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tom Sander says crews arrived and found smo...
Oct 13, 2023 D4E / CC
UPDATE: Israeli military says troops make first ground raids into Gaza
UPDATED 1:15 P.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said its infantry and tanks had carried out raids inside the Gaza Strip on Friday, its first announcement of a shift from an air war to ground operations...
Oct 13, 2023 Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble in the aftermath of Israeli strikes amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 13, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
