Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Russia kills civilians in first huge missile wave for weeks
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched a huge wave of missile strikes across Ukraine while people slept on Thursday, killing at least six civilians, knocking out electricity and forcing a nuclear power plant...
Mar 09, 2023 Emergency workers extinguish fire in vehicles at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia?s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Bradley alum nominated for an Academy Award
PEORIA, Ill. -- This Sunday marks the 95th Academy Awards ceremony, and a Bradley University alum may end up walking away with an Oscar. 25 News had the opportunity to speak with the producer behind o...
Mar 08, 2023 (25 News)
Murdoch said Fox hosts may have gone 'too far' in covering stolen-election claims
(Reuters) -Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch said that hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham maybe "went too far" in their coverage of voter fraud claims, according to an email in a trove of exhibits i...
Mar 08, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Fox News channel sign is seen at the News Corporation building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Local principal chosen as finalist for Illinois' Golden Apple Awards
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The principal at Peoria's Charter Oak Primary School is one of six finalists for Illinois' 2023 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Leadership. Principal Kathleen Lopez Rodriguez wa...
Mar 08, 2023 (goldenapple.org)
Teen arrested after Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police say a teenager is in custody after 71 rounds were fired in a neighborhood Monday afternoon. Public Information Officer Semone Roth says just after 1:30 p.m., officers res...
Mar 07, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Fed's Powell opens the door to higher and possibly faster rate hikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will likely need to raise interest rates more than expected in response to recent strong data and is prepared to move in larger steps if the "totality" of in...
Mar 07, 2023 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell takes his seat to testify before a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico found dead
UPDATED 7:21 A.M. MATAMOROS, Mexico (Reuters) -Two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen on Friday just after they drove into northeastern Mexico have been found dead, U.S. and Mexican officials said ...
Mar 07, 2023 Forensic technicians work at the scene where authorities found the bodies of two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen, in Matamoros, Mexico March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
White House may restart detention of migrant families - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is considering restarting the detention of migrant families caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, four current and former U.S. officials told Reuters, which wo...
Mar 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Migrants who are seeking asylum in the United States rest as they wait at a makeshift encampment near the border between the U.S. and Mexico, in Matamoros, Mexico, December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
Biden to tax high-earners to save Medicare
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will propose raising the Medicare tax on high earners to help keep the federal insurance program solvent as part of his budget to be released on Thursday, the Whit...
Mar 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the DNC 2023 Winter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
UPDATE: Fire near downtown Peoria investigated as 'suspected arson'
UPDATED 12:05 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 9:45 p.m. Monday to a fire near the corner of NE Monroe and Morgan Streets. Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming from a t...
Mar 07, 2023 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
