Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Missing woman's body found in Fulton County lake
UPDATED 3:37 P.M. CUBA, Ill. - A woman reported missing is believed to have been found dead on her own property in Fulton County on Thursday. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office says the body was found...
Jul 07, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
US job growth slows in June; unemployment rate falls to 3.6%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in June after surging in the prior month, but labor market conditions remain tight, with the unemployment rate retreating from a seven-...
Jul 07, 2023 A job posting looking for workers is shown at a gas station in San Diego, California, U.S. November, 9, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
UPDATE: Shooter who killed 23 at Texas Walmart sentenced to 90 life terms -local media
UPDATED 1:10 p.m. (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a ...
Jul 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old male from Allen, Texas, accused of killing 22 and injuring 25, is arraigned, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. October 10, 2019. Mark Lambie/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Yellen criticizes China's 'punitive' actions against U.S. companies, urges market reforms
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday called for market reforms in China and criticized the world's second-largest economy for its recent "punitive" actions against U.S. c...
Jul 07, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with representatives of the U.S. business community in China, in Beijing, July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
West Peoria apartment fire caused $2.25 million damage
PEORIA, Ill. - A devastating fire at a West Peoria apartment building has been deemed accidental. The night of June 20th, twelve units at the Edgewood Apartments on W. Radan Court were destroyed. The ...
Jul 06, 2023 (25 News)
Two firefighters killed battling cargo ship fire at New Jersey port
Reuters) -Two New Jersey firefighters were killed while battling an intense blaze on a cargo ship docked at Port Newark, officials said on Thursday, and TV footage showed some smoke continuing to bill...
Jul 06, 2023 A New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire boat sprays water on a cargo ship where two New Jersey firefighters were killed after they became trapped while battling a blaze, at Port Newark, New Jersey, U.S., July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Order limiting Biden officials' social media outreach on shaky legal ground, experts say
(Reuters) - A federal judge's order restricting Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies about moderating their content will face tough legal challenges on appeal, experts...
Jul 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
UPDATE: Dogs found abandoned in boat on the IL River, one dead
UPDATED 1:40 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Seven dogs were found abandoned in a boat on the Illinois River on Wednesday behind Peoria's RiverPlex Center. Peoria firefighters and Fon du Lac Park Police went to a...
Jul 06, 2023 (25 News)
Russian missile strike kills four in Lviv in west Ukraine - officials
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile strike killed at least four people in Lviv on Thursday in the biggest attack on the western Ukrainian city's civilian infrastructure since Russia's full-scal...
Jul 06, 2023 A general view of damage to an apartment building from a Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released July 6, 2023. Maksym Kozytskiy via Telegram/via REUTERS
UPDATE: Philadelphia mass shooting suspect posted 'disturbing messages'
UPDATED 3:38 p.m. (Reuters) -A Philadelphia gunman charged with killing five people over the Fourth of July weekend left "disturbing messages" on social media before carrying out one of several U.S. m...
Jul 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Police tape is seen as investigations are ongoing the day after a mass shooting in the Kingsessing section of southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers
