Author Archives: Julia Bradley
State lawmakers trying to wrap up spring session in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois legislators will be busy over the next few days, passing bills and putting together a new state budget during the last scheduled week of the spring session. The most daun...
May 16, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling meeting starts as Australia trip in limbo
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy held a new round of talks about the U.S. debt ceiling on Tuesday, and sources sai...
May 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts debt limit talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Kyiv says it shoots down volley of Russian hypersonic missiles
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a superweapon Moscow had previously touted as all but unstoppable. It was ...
May 16, 2023 Firefighters work at a site of a vehicle parking area damaged by remains of Russian missiles, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 16, 2023. Pavlo Petrov/Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv/Handout via REUTERS
Local Salvation Army raising awareness about need all week
PEORIA, Ill. -- You're probably familiar with the Salvation Army's Tree of Lights campaign during the holidays, which raises money for year-round programming. During National Salvation Army Week, this...
May 15, 2023 (City of Peoria via Facebook)
Ukraine's Zelenskiy, in Britain, wins pledge of long range drones
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy long-range attack drones when he visited the country on Monday as part of European tour aimed at securing new weapons for a ...
May 15, 2023 AYLESBURY, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, walk in the garden at Chequers on May 15, 2023 in Aylesbury, England. In recent days, Mr Zelensky has travelled to meet Western leaders seeking support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. Carl Court/Pool via REUTERS
Migrant crossings drop at U.S.-Mexico border after Title 42 expires
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have unexpectedly fallen, not risen, since Title 42 curbs expired and reinstating criminal penalties for illegal entry is likely the b...
May 15, 2023 Migrants are seen near the Rio Bravo river after crossing the border to request asylum in the United States, as members of the Texas Army National Guard stand guard to inhibit migrants crossing, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Chicago swears in new mayor on Monday
CHICAGO, Ill. (FOX News) -- Chicago will begin a new chapter on Monday when Brandon Johnson is sworn in as the city's 57th mayor - but the Windy City's new leader will immediately be faced with the is...
May 15, 2023 Erik Cooper / CC
Peoria's 'Sea of Pink' returns this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- Hundreds of cancer survivors are set to take part in Saturday's Susan G. Komen "More Than Pink" Walk in Peoria. One of them is Peoria resident Leah Grebner. She's been a breast cancer ...
May 12, 2023 (File-Susan G. Komen)
Legal challenges threaten Biden's border plan as Title 42 ends
MATAMOROS, Mexico (Reuters) -The U.S. on Friday ended COVID-19 border restrictions that blocked many migrants at the border with Mexico, immediately replacing the so-called Title 42 order with a sweep...
May 12, 2023 Migrants stand near Border Gate 42 along the border highway, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez
Republicans ready tough border control bill for U.S. House passage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to pass on Thursday Republican legislation intended to stop immigrants and illegal drugs crossing the nation's southwestern border wi...
May 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An armed U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent stands watch at the border fence next the the beach in Tijuana, at the Border State Park in San Diego, California, U.S. November 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
