Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Teenage son of LeBron James in stable condition after cardiac arrest
(Reuters) - The 18-year-old son of NBA legend LeBron James suffered a cardiac arrest while practicing with the University of Southern California basketball team and was in stable condition, ESPN repor...
Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Mar 28, 2023; Houston, TX, USA; West guard Bronny James (6) with father LeBron James following the McDonald's All American Boy's high school basketball game at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
US consumer confidence rises to two-year high in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence increased to a two-year high in July amid continued optimism about the labor market, though worries about a recession persisted, a survey showed on Tues...
Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A woman carries Nike shopping bags at the Citadel Outlet mall, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Commerce, California, U.S., December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Ron DeSantis involved in car accident but is uninjured, spokesperson says
(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was involved in a car accident in Tennessee on Tuesday but is uninjured, his spokesperson said...
Jul 25, 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
Arson to blame for Peoria fire Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire that destroyed a Peoria home appears to have been intentionally set. Fire Battalion Chief Ryan Calhoun says crews were called to S. Brown Street, just off SW Jefferson Avenue, ar...
Jul 25, 2023 Midwest Communications
Body of Obamas' personal chef recovered from Martha's Vineyard lake
(Reuters) - A missing paddle boarder whose body was recovered from a lake in the Massachusetts resort community of Martha's Vineyard was the personal chef to former President Barack Obama, authorities...
Jul 25, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
US House Republicans bring culture wars into spending showdown with Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is due to begin voting this week on a series of spending bills that take aim at culture-war targets, putting it on a coll...
Jul 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
Biden names new Emmett Till monument as US grapples with racist history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will honor Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 killing helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, and his mother with a national monu...
Jul 25, 2023 Four-year-old Senty Banutu-Gomez holds a photograph of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched in 1955, at a vigil on the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S., May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
UPDATE: Motorcyclist dies in Peoria County crash. Here's what we know
UPDATED 4:40PM PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - A man is dead after a truck vs. motorcycle crash Sunday in Peoria County. The Sheriff's Office says the accident happened at Parks School Road and Elliot Road, nor...
Jul 24, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Thanks to a contest, local entrepreneur is set to open new business in downtown Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - An exotic eating experience is coming soon to downtown Peoria. Businessman Andy Driscoll recently put a call out to local entrepreneurs with the Peoria Pitch Contest. 38 applied, and se...
Jul 24, 2023 Andy Driscoll with the Peoria Pitch Contest announces the winner Monday on WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", Bollywood Bites Bistro & Event Center. Also pictured is owner Irfan Mohammed. (Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bringing Private King home: reaching Pyongyang is the first challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has never been easy for the United States to secure the return of citizens from North Korea, one of the world's most isolated nations. The task may be even harder in the case...
Jul 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Private Travis T. King (wearing a black shirt and black cap) is seen in this picture taken during a tour of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas, at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, July 18, 2023. Sarah Leslie/Handout via REUTERS
