Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Russia says genetic tests confirm Wagner chief Prigozhin died in plane crash
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian investigators said on Sunday that genetic tests had confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, was among the 10 people killed in a plane crash las...
Aug 28, 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of Russian private mercenary group Wagner, gives an address in camouflage and with a weapon in his hands in a desert area at an unknown location, in this still image taken from video possibly shot in Africa and published August 21, 2023. Courtesy PMC Wagner via Telegram via REUTERS/File photo
UPDATE: Father of Highland Park parade shooter must stand trial
UPDATED 1:39 P.M. HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (FOX News) - The father of the Highland Park parade shooter must stand trial for reckless misconduct. FOX News reports that was the decision by the judge in Rober...
Aug 28, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Mark Meadows' lawyers to argue for moving Georgia election case to federal court
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lawyers for Donald Trump's onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows are set to argue in court Monday that a federal judge should take over a Georgia criminal case alleging he and the fo...
Aug 28, 2023 Mark Meadows is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against former U.S. President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 24, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
Sixty years after King's 'dream' speech, thousands gather in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Thousands of Americans on Saturday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a pivotal event in the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement at which Martin Luther Ki...
Aug 28, 2023 Demonstrators for racial justice gather on the 60th anniversary of the March On Washington and Martin Luther King Jr's historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C, U.S., August 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Jacksonville shooter killed Black shoppers with legally purchased guns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The white gunman who shot and killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday was a 21-year-old who bought his guns legally and had no cr...
Aug 28, 2023 The photograph of Ryan Christopher Palmeter, 21, is shown at a news conference after being identified by Sheriff T.K. Waters as the white man who killed three Black people before shooting himself at a Dollar General store August 26, in what local law enforcement described as a racially motivated crime in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. August 27, 2023. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS.
Center for Prevention of Abuse prepping for 35th Duck Race this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Duck Race, benefitting the Center for Prevention of Abuse, is the longest-running race of its kind in the nation. The Center's Carol Merna says there'll be 35,000 ducks competi...
Aug 25, 2023 (Center for Prevention of Abuse)
U.S. military jet crashes near San Diego -media reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. military aircraft crashed overnight near San Diego's Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, media reports on Friday said, citing unnamed officials It was not immediately clear ...
Aug 25, 2023 Chic Bee
County of Maui sues Hawaiian Electric for negligence leading to fires
(Reuters) - The county of Maui, Hawaii, on Thursday sued Hawaiian Electric accusing the power company of acting negligently by failing to shut down its equipment despite warnings hurricane winds could...
Aug 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the damages as U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden (not pictured) visit the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
UPDATE: Trump booked at Georgia jail on election charges
UPDATED 8:04 p.m. ATLANTA (Reuters) -Donald Trump was booked at an Atlanta jail on Thursday on more than a dozen felony charges as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former U.S. pr...
Aug 25, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against him and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., August 24, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
Peoria Park District unveils plans for a new roller skating loop
PEORIA, Ill. - A new roller skating loop is coming to Peoria's Lakeview Park. It'll be built just outside the Owens Center. State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth has worked with the Peoria Park District to ge...
Aug 24, 2023 Photo courtesy of 25 News
