Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs surge in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week as the labor market remained resilient despite higher borrowing costs and mountin...
Feb 02, 2023 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
Punxsutawney Phil predicts longer winter
Punxsutawney, PA (FOX News) -- Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Thursday morning, calling for six more weeks of winter. Legend says if the groundhog sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of wi...
Feb 02, 2023 Anthony Quintano / CC
State Farm informs state about hundreds of I-T layoffs
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- State Farm Insurance is notifying the state it will lay off 451 Information Technology employees working at the company's Corporate South offices in Bloomington starting at the en...
Feb 02, 2023 (State Farm)
PPD: Man arrested for bomb threats at Pere Marquette
UPDATED 12:11 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police have made an arrest in connection with a series of bomb threats that forced guests to evacuate the Pere Marquette Hotel in downtown, the most recent th...
Feb 02, 2023 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
UPDATE: Biden attorney: no classified documents found in search of Delaware beach house
UPDATED: 12:38 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department did not find documents with classified markings during a three-and-a-half hour search of President Joe Biden's beach house in Reho...
Feb 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs for travel to New York from the White House in Washington, U.S. January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
NFL quarterback Tom Brady says he is retiring 'for good'
(Reuters) - National Football League quarterback Tom Brady, who won seven Super Bowls and is considered one of the game's all-time greats, said on Wednesday that he was retiring, a year after he made ...
Feb 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jan 1, 2023; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) gets pumped up prior to the game against the Carolina Panthers at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Former S.Carolina Governor Haley to jump into 2024 presidential race -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will launch her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Feb. 15, squaring off against her one-time boss, former P...
Feb 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Trump administration U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley campaigns for Georgia Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker at a rally with supporters in Hiram, Georgia, U.S. November 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Kinzinger donates papers to Pekin's Dirksen Center
PEKIN, Ill. -- The Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin will house papers and artifacts belonging to former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who grew up in McLean County. Kinzinger did not run for reelectio...
Feb 01, 2023 Hudson Institute / CC
Tyre Nichols funeral draws civil rights leaders, U.S. vice president
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) - Family and friends of Tyre Nichols will pay their final respects on Wednesday to the Black 29-year-old father whose fatal encounter with Memphis police last month transforme...
Feb 01, 2023 A view of a picture of Tyre Nichols during a news conference held by the family members of Nichols, the Black man who was beaten by Memphis police officers during a traffic stop and died three days later, at Mason Temple: Church of God in Christ World Headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer
Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling talks to set tone for divided Washington rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to discuss the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Wednesday, a meeting that will give a first sign o...
Feb 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks touting how Infrastructure Law funding will be used for the Hudson River Tunnel project, during an event at the West Side Rail Yard in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
