Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Two killed as tornadoes, storms rip through Oklahoma
(Reuters) - At least two people were killed in McClain County, Oklahoma, as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes swept through several regions of Central U.S. late on Wednesday, local authorities said. ...
Apr 20, 2023 A general view shows damage during a rain-wrapped tornado in Cole, Oklahoma, U.S., April 19, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Hans Duran/via REUTERS
UPDATE - Severe storms hit central Illinois Thursday afternoon
UPDATED 5:33 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - There was a lot of bark, but little bite to severe weather Thursday afternoon in central Illinois. Multiple tornado warnings were issued in Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford,...
Apr 20, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Two Alabama teens charged with murder in 'Sweet 16' party shooting
(Reuters) - Two Alabama teenagers have been taken into custody and charged with murder in last week's shooting at a "Sweet 16" birthday party that left four dead and 32 wounded, a state police spokesp...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Community members embrace each other during a vigil the day after a shooting during a teenager's birthday party at Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in Dadeville, Alabama, U.S., April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Air guardsman suspected of leaking U.S. secrets to remain in jail for now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard who is facing criminal charges for leaking top-secret military intelligence records online will remain in jail for now, accor...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An undated picture shows Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard, who was arrested by the FBI, over his alleged involvement in leaks online of classified documents, posing for a selfie at an unidentified location. Social Media Website/via Reuters
PAAR: Peoria-area home sales down 8.3% in Q1
PEORIA, Ill. -- Very low inventory of homes for sale weighed heavily on Peoria-area home sales during the first quarter of 2023, the Peoria Area Association of REALTORS said on Tuesday. PAAR said home...
Apr 19, 2023 antony_mayfield / CC
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo coming to Peoria Civic Center
PEORIA, Ill. -- Rock legend Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, her guitarist husband, are coming to Peoria this summer. A show at the Peoria Civic Center Theater is set for Tuesday, August 15th. Pat Benata...
Apr 18, 2023 Jessie Pearl / CC
IRS clears massive backlog of unprocessed paper tax returns ahead of deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service declared on Tuesday that it is completing its first "normal" tax filing season since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, with a backlog of mi...
Apr 18, 2023 Signage is seen at the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Russian court rejects US reporter Gershkovich's detention appeal
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to be freed from pre-trial detention, meaning he will stay in a former KGB prison until at least Ma...
Apr 18, 2023 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in March while on a reporting trip and charged with espionage, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his detention, in Moscow, Russia April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
White Kansas City man, 84, charged for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house
(Reuters) -Prosecutors charged an 84-year-old white Kansas City man with two felonies on Monday in the shooting of a Black teenager who was wounded after walking up to the wrong house when going to pi...
Apr 18, 2023 Ralph Yarl, a Black 16-year-old who was shot and wounded by a homeowner after mistakenly going to the wrong house to pick up his siblings, holds a bass clarinet in this picture obtained from social media. Lee Merritt/via REUTERS
Biden, facing roadblocks in Congress, to issue executive order on childcare, eldercare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, facing congressional resistance to his proposals, will announce more than 50 executive actions on Tuesday aimed at advancing free preschool and expandi...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is reflected in U.S. President Joe Biden's sunglasses during the first day of the G7 leaders' summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Lukas Barth/File Photo
