Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Biden says he can't stop US funds directed for border wall
UPDATED 3:52 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he can't stop federal funds from being used to build sections of a U.S.-Mexico border wall after Congress appropriated the...
Oct 05, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his economic agenda at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland, U.S. September 14, 2023.?REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ File Photo
UPDATE: GM makes new counteroffer to UAW in strike talks
UPDATED 12:51 P.M. DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors said on Thursday it had made a counteroffer to the United Auto Workers (UAW) in a bid to end a strike by the union against the U.S. automaker. Sepa...
Oct 05, 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
Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan bid to fill top job in leaderless US House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The race to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took shape on Wednesday as Steve Scalise, the chamber's No. 2 Republican, and Jim Jordan, a leading antagonist of Democrat...
Oct 05, 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 meeting with the Texas Republican House delegation the morning after former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the position of Speaker by a House vote, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Powerball jackpot grows to $1.4 billion after no winner Wednesday
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after no one matched all six numbers Wednesday night. Wednesday's winning numbers were: 9, 35, 54, 63, 64 and the Powerba...
Oct 05, 2023 (Powerball)
Peoria firefighters responds to fire on Utah Street
PEORIA, Ill. - Fire crews were called to a home in the area of W. Utah and SW Adams Streets late Wednesday morning in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says when firefighters arrived around 11:3...
Oct 05, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Judge chides Donald Trump lawyer's 'ridiculous' questioning in civil fraud trial
UPDATED 1:11 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial pounded his fists in frustration with the former U.S. president's lawyers on Wednesday for what he described ...
Oct 04, 2023 Judge Arthur Engoron is seen in the courtroom before the start of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial at the State Supreme Court building in New York, U.S. October 4, 2023. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS
UPDATE: Biden announces $9 billion more in student debt relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his administration has approved an additional $9 billion in student debt relief for 125,000 borrowers. Biden has said he wil...
Oct 04, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about student debt in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2023.REUTERS/Leah Millis
Mason Co. man identified as Mapleton drowning victim
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A Mason County man has been identified as the fisherman who drowned in a Mapleton lake earlier this week. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood on Tuesday identified the man as 59-...
Oct 04, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Five injured in shooting at Morgan State University
BALTIMORE, Md. - Officials say at least five people were wounded Tuesday evening, none of them critically, in a shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. The shooting happened as stu...
Oct 04, 2023 Tony Webster / CC
UPDATE: Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan bid to fill top job in leaderless US House
UPDATED 1:35 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The race to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took shape on Wednesday as Steve Scalise, the chamber's No.2 Republican, and Jim Jordan, a leading antag...
Oct 04, 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 meeting with the Texas Republican House delegation the morning after former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the position of Speaker by a House vote, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
