Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Some limited parking as Peoria welcomes St. Jude runners
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria City Hall's side lot will be closed through Sunday night for the return of the St. Jude runners from Memphis and the accompanying celebration with satellite runners from across ...
Aug 06, 2022 (stjuderuns.org)
Indiana lawmakers approve first state abortion ban since Roe overturned
(Reuters) -The Republican-controlled Indiana Senate gave final legislative approval on Friday to a bill that would ban most abortions, six weeks after a U.S. Supreme Court decision erased a woman's co...
Aug 06, 2022 Indiana Senator Susan Glick, author of Senate Bill 1, debates Senator Greg Taylor shortly before the vote to accept Senate Bill 1, which was passed by the House earlier in the day, making the Indiana legislature the first in the nation to restrict abortions, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
Hiroshima prays for peace, fears new arms race on atomic bombing anniversary
TOKYO (Reuters) -Bells tolled in Hiroshima on Saturday as the city marked the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, with officials including the United Nations secretary general warnin...
Aug 06, 2022 The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen from the venue holding a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, August 6, 2022, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS
Peoria prepares to welcome back the St. Jude runners
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's a big weekend for St. Jude. The Memphis to Peoria St. Jude runners are making their way back home, and some of the longer satellite runs, from Chicago and St. Louis, are already h...
Aug 05, 2022 (stjuderuns.org)
U.S. job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate falls to 3.5%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers hired far more workers than expected in July, with the unemployment rate falling to a pre-pandemic low of 3.5%, providing the strongest evidence yet that the econ...
Aug 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian passes a "Help Wanted" sign in the door of a hardware store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/
U.S. calls China's military action over Taiwan unjustified, Beijing sanctioning Pelosi
TAIPEI (Reuters) -China's firing of missiles during military drills around Taiwan was an unjustified escalation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, as Beijing said it would impose sanctions ...
Aug 05, 2022 The Rocket Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts conventional missile tests into the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on August 4, 2022. Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via REUTERS
Key U.S. Senator Sinema agrees to $430 billion drug, energy bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said on Thursday she agreed to "move forward" on a $430 billion drug pricing, energy and tax bill, subject to a Senate arbiter's approval o...
Aug 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominee for U.S. President Joe Biden, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 1, 2022. Bonnie Cash/Pool via REUTERS
Peoria home catches fire a second time overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- A vacant home on W. Garden Street in Peoria went up in flames Thursday night for the second time in less than two weeks. Fire Battalion Chief Lore Baxter said crews were called to the ...
Aug 05, 2022 liz west / CC
PCAPS offers tips to keep your pets cool in the heat
PEORIA, Ill. -- When you're hot, they're hot. Becky Spencer, with Peoria Animal Protective Services, says it's that simple. On hot summer days, leave pets at home where they'll stay cool. She says in ...
Aug 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Major, one of the family dogs of U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, explores the South Lawn after on his arrival from Delaware at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 24, 2021. Picture taken January 24, 2021. Adam Schultz/White House/Handout via REUTERS.
Russia sentences Griner to 9 years in jail, Biden calls for her release
UPDATED 12:26 P.M. KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -A Russian court sentenced U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on Thursday after finding her guilty of deliberately bringing cannab...
Aug 04, 2022 U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, walks after the final statements in a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
