Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Texas driver charged with manslaughter after deadly Brownsville crash
UPDATED 5:26 P.M. (Reuters) - A Texas man accused of crashing his car into a group of pedestrians near a Brownsville homeless shelter housing migrants, killing eight people, has been charged with mans...
May 08, 2023 George Alvarez, 34, accused of mowing down a group of pedestrians with his SUV near a homeless shelter that attends to migrants, attends his arraignment charged with eight counts of manslaughter in Brownsville, Texas, U.S. May 8, 2023 in a still image from video. Brownsville Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
Biden, McCarthy aim to break US debt-ceiling standoff as default crisis looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and top Republicans and Democrats from Congress are set to sit down this week to try to resolve a three-month standoff over the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceil...
May 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hands a copy of the speech to U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) prior to delivering State of the Union address his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
PPD investigating Friday morning death
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called early Friday morning to the area of W. Wiswall Street and W. Lincoln Avenue on reports of a person on fire. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers arrived...
May 05, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US job growth accelerates in April; jobless rate falls to 3.4%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in April while wage gains increased solidly, pointing to sustained labor market strength that could compel the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates...
May 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
World leaders gather in London for King Charles' coronation
LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles will hold a reception on Friday for world leaders gathered in London for his coronation this weekend, the biggest ceremonial event to be staged in Britain for 70 years....
May 05, 2023 A man walks past a shop's display window in Durham, Britain, May 5, 2023. REUTERS/Lee Smith
US jobs market softening; slumping productivity boosts labor costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits increased last week as the labor market gradually softens amid higher interest rates, which are cooling demand in ...
May 04, 2023 Hundreds of people line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
UPDATE: Atlanta judge denies bail for suspect in medical building shooting
UPDATE: 11:47 a.m. ATLANTA (Reuters) -A former U.S. Coast Guardsman accused of killing a woman and wounding four others in a shooting in an Atlanta medical building waived his right on Thursday to app...
May 04, 2023 Deion Patterson, who Atlanta Police describe as the suspect in a lunchtime mass shooting at a medical building, poses in an undated photograph. Atlanta Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
Amid US debt-ceiling standoff, Senate Democrats to dissect Republican plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican plan to cut federal spending in exchange for lifting the federal government's debt ceiling will come under the microscope Thursday in the U.S. Senate, where Preside...
May 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A cyclist passes by the U.S. Capitol building, on the morning of the first day of the 118th Congress in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo
FDA approves first RSV vaccine from GSK
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved GSK Plc's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, the British drugmaker said on Wednesday, making it the first shot to be cleared for p...
May 04, 2023 FILE PHOTO: GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) logo is seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Wheels O' Time Museum opens for 40th season
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Wheels O' Time Museum in Dunlap is celebrating 40 years in operation. The museum that was originally made to display a collection of interesting vehicles belonging to two couples, ...
May 04, 2023 (Wheels O' Time Facebook)
