Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria home to be demolished after arson fire
PEORIA, Ill. - Arson appears to be the cause of a fire Thursday night in the 1400 block of S. Livingston Street in Peoria. Battalion Chief Mike Ralston said crews arrived around 7:05 p.m., finding fir...
Jan 09, 2026 Midwest Communications
US Senate advances measure curbing Trump's Venezuela war powers
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate advanced a resolution on Thursday that would bar President Donald Trump from further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorization...
Jan 08, 2026 FILE PHOTO: A photograph posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account shows him sitting near CIA Director John Ratcliffe and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as they watch the U.S. military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
Rivian recalls nearly 20,000 US vehicles over improperly reassembled toe link
Jan 8 (Reuters) - Rivian Automotive is recalling 19,641 previously serviced R1S and R1T electric vehicles in the U.S., citing incorrectly assembled rear toe link, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Saf...
Jan 08, 2026 A view shows a second-generation R1S at electric auto maker Rivian's manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, U.S. June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez
US weekly jobless claims increase marginally
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, suggesting that layoffs were relatively low at the end of 2025, thoug...
Jan 08, 2026 FILE PHOTO: Signage for a job fair is seen on 5th Avenue after the release of the jobs report in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Two die in shooting in Salt Lake City church parking lot, several injured
By Kanishka Singh Jan 7 (Reuters) - Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting during an altercation outside a funeral at a church in the Utah capital of Salt Lake City, police said on W...
Jan 08, 2026 Tony Webster / CC
Peoria's WTVP weighs in on closing of Corporation for Public Broadcasting
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - After the Corporation For Public Broadcasting announced on Monday that the board voted to dissolve the organization, the local PBS affiliate in Peoria, WTVP-TV, said it is foc...
Jan 08, 2026 (25 News)
ICE fatal shooting of Minnesota woman puts US on edge
By Tim Evans , Tom Hals and Kanishka Singh MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The fatal shooting of a 37-year-old Minnesota mother by a U.S. immigration agent has put the city of Minneapolis and much of t...
Jan 08, 2026 People protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after a U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis, in New York City, U.S., January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis
US Senate to vote on reining in Trump on Venezuela
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is due to consider a resolution on Thursday that would block President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venez...
Jan 08, 2026 FILE PHOTO: A photograph posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account shows him sitting near CIA Director John Ratcliffe and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as they watch the U.S. military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. @realDonaldTrump/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
Peoria man charged after 2-month-old is hospitalized in critical condition
UPDATE (5:15 P.M.): The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office confirmed Wednesday that Nichols is the father of the injured infant. Investigators determined Nichols was the sole person caring for th...
Jan 07, 2026 20-year-old Javavion Nichols. (Peoria County Jail)
US seizes Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday, after pursuing it for more than t...
Jan 07, 2026 FILE PHOTO: The vessel tanker Bella 1 at Singapore Strait, after U.S. officials say the U.S. Coast Guard pursued an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, in this picture taken from social media on March 18, 2025. Hakon Rimmereid/via REUTERS/File Photo.
