Author Archives: Julia Bradley
At least 39 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide
By Nina Lopez and Michael Francis Gore ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan 19 (Reuters) - At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday night i...
Jan 19, 2026 Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Illinois Medicaid program faces looming funding crisis due to federal changes
New federal law will restrict a key revenue stream used to pay state's share of Medicaid costs Story Summary New federal rules contained in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will i...
Jan 19, 2026 The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is the primary administrator of the state’s Medicaid program. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
UPDATE: Victim in fatal pedestrian crash in Washington identified
UPDATED 4:31 P.M. TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. - The Washington woman who died Friday night in a pedestrian versus vehicle crash has been released. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley on Monday says 63-ye...
Jan 19, 2026 Midwest Communications
US needs Greenland because of European 'weakness,' Bessent says
By Nicholas P. Brown NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters) - European "weakness" necessitates U.S. control of Greenland for global stability, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday even as some law...
Jan 19, 2026 The Danish Navy's HDMS Vaedderen ship sails off Nuuk, Greenland, January 18, 2026. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices up a few cents, following national trend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have gone up 6.0 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $2.85 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Prices in Peoria are 1.6 cents lower than a month ago an...
Jan 19, 2026 Orin Zebest / CC
Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials say
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large p...
Jan 19, 2026 People protest against ICE, after a U.S. immigration agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in her car in Minneapolis, in New York City, January 7. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis
CIA director Ratcliffe meets with Venezuela's Rodriguez in Caracas
By Erin Banco Jan 16 (Reuters) - CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela's interim leader in Caracas to discuss cooperation, a U.S. official said on Friday, in the most senior known visit by a U.S. ...
Jan 16, 2026 CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrives to brief senators on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Peoria driver hits concrete wall after crash on Rt. 6
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters rescued a woman from her vehicle Thursday night after it left the road on Rt. 6, near N. Shade Tree Drive. A passerby witnessed the vehicle leave the interstate, but...
Jan 16, 2026 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Driver rescued from rollover crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The driver of a Jeep was rescued late Thursday night after a rollover accident in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Josh Martin says crews responded around 11:30 p.m. to the area of N. Knoxv...
Jan 16, 2026 (Midwest Communications)
Small Minneapolis businesses hit hard by ICE crackdown, while corporations stay silent
By Maria Alejandra Cardona, Savyata Mishra and Ross Kerber MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Up and down Lake Street in the heavily Latino area of south Minneapolis, numerous mom-and-pop restaurants hav...
Jan 16, 2026 FILE PHOTO: A sign at the entrance to a business’ parking lot reads “Stop. ICE Is Not Allowed To Use This Parking Lot,” after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 11, 2026. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
