Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Hurricane Ian: Florida search operation redoubled as death toll tops 100
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) -Search-and-rescue teams in Florida doubled back to examine tens of thousands of Gulf Coast homes and businesses on Monday after an initial sweep through areas ravaged by Hu...
Oct 04, 2022 Graffiti is seen on a destroyed shopping building after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
One person dead in officer-involved shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 10:12 p.m. Monday near Martin Luther King Park on the city's south side. Upon arrival, officers were involved in a shooting with o...
Oct 04, 2022 Midwest Communications
Bicyclist hurt badly in Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- An incident involving a badly injured bicyclist hit by a car at a Peoria intersection remains under investigation by Peoria Police. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth says t...
Oct 03, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Biden announces $60 million in aid to Puerto Rico after hurricane
UPDATED 1:50 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said he would provide more than $60 million in aid to help U.S. territory Puerto Rico as he headed to the island on Monday to survey damages...
Oct 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Cars drive under a downed power pole in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo
Oath Keepers founder goes on trial over U.S. Capitol riots
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors will present their opening statements on Monday in the trial of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with conspiring to use force to stop...
Oct 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes poses during an interview session in Eureka, Montana, U.S. June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
Ukrainian forces burst through Russian lines in major advance in south
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday,...
Oct 03, 2022 Ukrainian service member dismount a cannon from a captured Russian armoured personnel carrier, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Izium in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
Woman injured in Peoria shooting Saturday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday to the area of W. Columbia Terrace and N. Flora Avenue for back-to-back ShotSpotter alerts of 15 rounds each. Peoria Public Inf...
Oct 03, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. Supreme Court gets back to work with a new face and environmental case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court opened what promises to be an eventful new term on Monday, hearing arguments in an environmental dispute, welcoming a history-making justice to the bench a...
Oct 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Works of Andy Warhol on display in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- In 1983, American artist Andy Warhol created the Endangered Species series, which depicts ten animals that were recognized in the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The screen prints, pre...
Sep 30, 2022 (Courtesy of Peoria Riverfront Museum)
U.S. judge does not require Trump to attest that FBI's list of seized records is accurate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday ruled that former President Donald Trump does not have to provide the court with a sworn statement attesting to whether he believes the list of items...
Sep 30, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
