Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden's domestic policy adviser Susan Rice departs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice is departing after two years, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement on Monday praising her efforts on healthcare and immigr...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice talks about government student loan forgiveness during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
'Dancing with the Stars' and 'Strictly' judge Len Goodman dies aged 78
LONDON (Reuters) - Len Goodman, the head judge on British television dancing competition "Strictly Come Dancing" and its U.S. version "Dancing with the Stars", has died aged 78, the BBC said on Monday...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Len Goodman, ballroom dancing expert and one of the judges on the television series "Dancing with the Stars", poses at the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End" at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, May 19, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Rivermen season ends with loss to Roanoke in the semi-finals
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Rivermen's season ended Sunday afternoon as the team lost Game Three of the semi-finals to the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 5-3. Peoria's season ends after a first-place finish i...
Apr 24, 2023 (Peoria Rivermen)
US House to vote on Republican debt limit bill this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday the House would vote on his spending and debt bill this week, and invited President Joe Biden to di...
Apr 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
US evacuated under 100 people from embassy in Sudan amid fighting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All U.S. government personnel were evacuated from Washington's embassy in Khartoum, as well as a small number of diplomatic personnel from other countries, U.S. officials said o...
Apr 24, 2023 Smoke is seen rise from buildings during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan. April 22, 2023. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Woodford Co. crash leaves one dead and several others injured
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- A Lacon woman died after a two-vehicle crash in Woodford County Saturday night. Illinois State Police said the crash happened around 5:55 p.m. on Rt. 26, just north of N. Rive...
Apr 24, 2023 Midwest Communications
Right-wing radio host Elder announces 2024 Republican presidential bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right-wing U.S. radio host Larry Elder, a Black lawyer who has denied there is systemic racism in America, has announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomin...
Apr 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder poses at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S., February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
US Supreme Court poised to act on abortion pill curbs
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is poised on Friday to determine whether the abortion pill mifepristone will continue to be broadly available in the United States as it weighs a bid by Democratic P...
Apr 21, 2023 Used boxes of Mifepristone pills, the first drug used in a medical abortion, fill a trash at Alamo Women's Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evleyn Hockstein
Illinois expanding school-based healthcare to more students
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- More Illinois students will soon have access to health services at school thanks to new funding coming to the state. The federal government has approved a state proposal to expand...
Apr 21, 2023 Montse PB / CC
UPDATE: Biden signs executive order on 'environmental justice'
UPDATED 2:48 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing every single federal agency to work toward "environmental justice for all" and improve th...
Apr 21, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on "actions to advance environmental justice" prior to signing an executive order in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
