Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Comic actor Leslie Jordan, 67, killed in Hollywood car accident
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic actor Leslie Jordan, a prime-time Emmy winner for his role on the hit sitcom "Will & Grace" and a social media sensation during the COVID-19 pandemic, died on Monday ...
Oct 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Leslie Jordan announcing the winner of Duo Of The Year Dan + Shay at the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Harrison McClary/
U.S. student test results document pandemic's toll on learning
(Reuters) - U.S. students have experienced historic learning setbacks with math and reading scores falling to their lowest levels in years, national exam results released on Monday showed, the latest ...
Oct 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Fulton County Public Schools 8th grader Ceani Williams participates in an online class during a virtual learning day at a desk in her bedroom in Milton, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2022, after students have gone remote for a week as cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant continue to surge. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
Potential change to be discussed by Pekin City Council
PEKIN, Ill. -- Agenda items for Pekin City Council show plans to terminate City Manager Mark Rothert and appoint an interim in his place. Council Member Becky Cloyd confirmed the plans to 25 News on S...
Oct 24, 2022 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Jury selection set to begin Trump company's criminal tax trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jury selection is due to start on Monday in the tax fraud trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump's real estate company, with prosecutors in Manhattan accusing the business of...
Oct 24, 2022 Former U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Robstown, Texas, U.S., October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
Biden wants voters to judge his energy level, not age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden sought to reassure Democratic voters who have doubts about whether the 79-year-old should run for re-election, while also saying in an interview that he coul...
Oct 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student debt relief at Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, U.S., October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Local marching bands win top honors
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two local high school bands were top winners over the weekend. The Morton High School Marching Band was crowned Grand Champion at the Illinois State Marching Band competition on Saturd...
Oct 24, 2022 (Courtesy of Ken Zurski)
Trump ex-adviser Bannon sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigat...
Oct 21, 2022 Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist under former President Donald Trump, arrives at U.S. District Court on the day of his sentencing on contempt of Congress charges after refusing a subpoena from the January 6th committee, in Washington, U.S. October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Illinois providing emergency mortgage assistance
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Another round of mortgage assistance is rolling out soon. Illinois Housing Development Authority Spokesperson Andrew Field says eligible homeowners still feeling the effects of the pa...
Oct 21, 2022 Got Credit / CC
Analysis-U.S. Republicans aim at Ukraine aid but unlikely to block it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans will have the power to block aid to Ukraine if they win back control of Congress, but they are more likely to slow or pare back the flow of defense and economic...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a shop damaged by an explosion, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
Iranian trainers on the ground help Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, U.S. says
KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has said Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming stran...
Oct 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view of a drone during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on August 24, 2022. Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
