Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean
ROME (Reuters) -Italian authorities on Wednesday said forty-one migrants are thought to have died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, according to accounts by survivors who have bee...
Aug 09, 2023 ItaliaABC / CC
Peoria Council approves Riverfront project with $26 million estimated price tag
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Peoria's "front door" for westward travelers is set for a facelift after a Tuesday night council vote. Peoria City Council unanimously voted to add a proposal revitalizing the...
Aug 09, 2023 (Terra Engineering)
Update: Winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1.58 billion sold in Florida
Updated 6:52 a.m. (Reuters) -One lucky winner was in possession of a Mega Millions ticket worth a cool $1.58 billion, the largest prize in the game's history, on Wednesday after purchasing it in Flori...
Aug 09, 2023 The display in a store shows the Mega Millions lottery jackpot at $1.55-billion in New York City, U.S., August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
US Supreme Court reinstates Biden's 'ghost gun' restrictions - for now
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request by President Joe Biden's administration to reinstate - at least for now - a federal regulation aimed at reining in privately made firearm...
Aug 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A police officer patrols outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2023. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Former US Vice President Pence has qualified for Republican debate -team
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has qualified for the first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee, his campaign team said on Tuesday. Pence...
Aug 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
The Illinois state flag could get a makeover in the next year. Here's what we know
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A newly created commission will look into the potential of redesigning one of Illinois' state symbols. The Illinois Flag Commission was made official Monday after Governor J.B. Pri...
Aug 08, 2023 Matt Turner / CC
With Trump absent, DeSantis likely to be top target at Republican debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The first Republican debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign is shaping up as a crucial moment for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who badly needs some momentum in his chall...
Aug 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Florida Governor Ron Desantis speaks as he is interviewed by Former Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson (not pictured) during the Family Leadership Summit at the Iowa Events Center, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
Residents escape early morning fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Firefighters were called early Tuesday morning to a home in the area of SW Jefferson and Adams in Peoria. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Sander said they arrived just before 4:30 a.m., findin...
Aug 08, 2023 D4E / CC
$1.55 billion up for grabs in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing
CHICAGO, Ill. - Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing could be a record-breaker. The Mega Millions jackpot currently stands at $1.55 billion. A single winning ticket would bring a cash option of $757....
Aug 08, 2023 (Mega Millions Consortium)
Judge dismisses Trump's defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed Donald Trump's defamation counterclaim against the writer E. Jean Carroll, who won a $5 million jury verdict for defamation and sexual assault agai...
Aug 07, 2023 U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan and former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll watch as Joe Tacopina, lawyer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, makes closing arguments during a civil trial where Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and of defamation, in New York, U.S., May 8, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
