Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. House backs legislation to block rail strike
UPDATE: 12:26 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday backed a bill to block a potentially crippling rail strike, but the fate of a separate proposal b...
Nov 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of gantry cranes, shipping containers, and freight railway trains ahead of a possible strike if there is no deal with the rail worker unions, at the Union Pacific Los Angeles (UPLA) Intermodal Facility rail yard in Commerce, California, U.S., September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan//File Photo
Pritzker: Changes to Safe-T Act could come before veto session ends
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is hopeful that state lawmakers will be able to make some tweaks to the Safe-T Act during this week's fall veto session. The session is set to end on Th...
Nov 30, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as first Black party leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hakeem Jeffries was elected on Wednesday to become the Democratic Party's top leader in the U.S. House of Representatives beginning in January, making him the first Black Americ...
Nov 30, 2022 U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jefferies (D-NY) walks on the day of House Democratic leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy
U.S. Senate passes same-sex marriage protection bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would protect federal recognition of same-sex marriage, a measure taken up in response to worries the Supreme Court could overturn ...
Nov 30, 2022 Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) speaks alongside Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) during a news conference on the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
The U.S. to grant $53 million to Ukraine for power transmission
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday announced $53 million to support the purchase of power grid equipment to Ukraine to help Kyiv fight Russian attacks targeting its energy infrastructu...
Nov 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman with a dog waits for a bus in a street without electricity after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian missile attacks, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
'End of an era': Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies at 96
BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, Chinese s...
Nov 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: China's President Jiang Zemin gestures during his press conference in Beijing, China, September 2, 1994. REUTERS/Will Burgess/File Photo
Crash near Morton leaves one dead
MORTON, Ill. -- The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office confirms one person died in a two-vehicle crash that happened about three miles east of Morton at Harding Road and the Morton-Washington Blacktop T...
Nov 30, 2022 (25 News)
Kasper: Good news and bad news about 'trifecta' of winter illnesses
PEORIA, Ill. -- This year's so-called 'trifecta' of winter illnesses has doctors concerned, especially as the holiday season begins. Local Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Doug Kasper, with the Univ...
Nov 29, 2022 NEC Corporation of America / CC
Cyber Monday sets sales record as shoppers splurge on toys, electronics- report
(Reuters) - Discount-hunting shoppers snapped up more Pokemon cards, TVs and air fryers on Cyber Monday, pushing sales to $11.3 billion, making it the biggest U.S. online shopping day in history, acco...
Nov 29, 2022 Workers select and pack items during Cyber Monday at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Robbinsville Township in New Jersey, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
U.S. Supreme Court to hear fight over Biden immigration enforcement policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to consider whether President Joe Biden's administration can implement guidelines - challenged by two conservative-leaning states - shif...
Nov 29, 2022 A migrant who was previously detained gets his legcuffs removed by a transport agent, to then be escorted to Mexico by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, in Laredo, Texas, U.S. June 15, 2022. Picture taken June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas
