Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Nashville school shooter had 'emotional disorder' and small arsenal, police say
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The former student of a Christian grade school in Nashville who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults in a shooting spree there was under a doctor's care for an "e...
Mar 29, 2023 Emily Ryan and her children pray at a memorial at the school entrance after a deadly shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., March 28, 2023. REUTERS/Austin Anthony
Ukraine says Russians repelled in Bakhmut
(Reuters) - Russian forces are relentless in their attempts to capture the bombed-out eastern Ukrainian towns of Bakhmut and Avdiivka but are not making progress, Ukraine's military said, but a pro-Mo...
Mar 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a car damaged by debris, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, March 15, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a video. Donetsk Region Police/Handout via REUTERS
Calls for action as panel releases data showing deep racial disparity in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria City Council received data Tuesday night about racial inequities in the city and in Peoria County that one elected official said was "very sobering" and what the mayor descr...
Mar 29, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Mississippi town mobilizes volunteers, opens mobile hospital after tornado kills 26
(Reuters) - Officials in Rolling Fork on Monday mobilized volunteers, organized logistics and opened a mobile hospital in the impoverished small town in western Mississippi clobbered by a ferocious to...
Mar 28, 2023 People work to clear debris after thunderstorms spawning high straight-line winds and tornadoes ripped across the state in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, U.S. March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
"Peoria Cares" app gets an important upgrade
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria hopes an upgrade of its "Peoria Cares" app will make it easier for residents to report concerns to city officials. Peoria is partnering with SeeClickFix to update the app and on...
Mar 28, 2023 (City of Peoria)
Trump N.Y. grand jury hears from former National Enquirer publisher again -source
(Reuters) -A former National Enquirer publisher testified on Monday before a Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence about former President Donald Trump's role in a hush-money payment to a porn star, sa...
Mar 28, 2023 A man holds a fabric with depiction of former U.S. President Donald Trump as his supporters display and install flags in front of Trump Tower as the investigation continues into $130,000 paid in the final weeks of former U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign to Stormy Daniels, a porn star who said she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 when he was married to his current wife Melania, in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Washington mayor discusses Mississippi's recovery process
WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Having gone through an EF-4 tornado on Nov. 17, 2013, Washington, Illinois Mayor Gary Manier knows the recovery process for Mississippi and Alabama will be long after deadly tornad...
Mar 27, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US House speaker says lawmakers to move forward with TikTok bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday lawmakers will move forward with legislation to address national security worries about TikTok, alleging Chin...
Mar 27, 2023 TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled "TikTok: How Congress can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms," as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
First Citizens agrees to acquire failed Silicon Valley Bank
(Reuters) - First Citizens BancShares Inc said on Monday it would acquire the deposits and loans of failed Silicon Valley Bank, closing one chapter in the crisis of confidence that has ripped through ...
Mar 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: First Citizens BancShares and SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) logos are seen in this illustration taken March 19, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
UPDATE: Biden, Trudeau united against authoritarian regimes after China-Russia summit
UPDATED 5:15 P.M. OTTAWA (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented a united front on Friday against authoritarian regimes as Biden visited the Canadian c...
Mar 24, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
