Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot hearings lay blame at Trump's feet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After losing the 2020 election, Donald Trump ignored close allies who told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were untrue, and when the followers who believed his ...
Jul 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A never before seen video of former U.S. President Donald Trump rehearsing a speech, where he refused to admit a day after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol that the 2020 election was over and that he had lost, is played on a screen during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Prosecutors urge jurors to convict Trump ex-adviser Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The prosecution asked jurors on Friday to convict Steve Bannon of contempt of Congress for rebuffing a subpoena from the panel investigating last year's attack on the U.S. Capito...
Jul 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House adviser to former President Donald Trump, arrives to U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Biden tests positive for COVID, has mild symptoms, taking Paxlovid treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in is...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S. July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. weekly jobless claims hit fresh 8-month high
(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose for a third straight week last week to the highest in eight months, suggesting some cooling in the labor market ami...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
Two injured in Peoria County crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff's deputies shut down both north and southbound lanes of Rt. 40 and Cedar Hills early Thursday morning for an accident. Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins ...
Jul 21, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
U.S. Capitol probe's 'season finale' to focus on Trump supporters' three-hour rage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional probe of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters wraps up its summer hearings on Thursday with a prime-time presentation focused on th...
Jul 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Stephen Ayres and and Jason Van Tatenhove are sworn in during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/Pool/File Photo
Man arrested for shooting of 3-year-old in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A man has been arrested after a 3-year-old was shot in the leg Wednesday afternoon in a Peoria home. Randyn Duncan was arrested for endangering the life or health of a child and obstru...
Jul 21, 2022 (25 News)
West Nile Virus detected in Peoria County sample
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- The Peoria City/County Health Department is reporting the first West Nile virus positive mosquito sample detected in Peoria County for 2022. The positive sample indicates that W...
Jul 20, 2022 pingnews.com
U.S. existing home sales slide again in June
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales fell for a fifth straight month in June to the lowest level in two years as record-high prices and fast-rising interest rates make buying a home too expen...
Jul 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A house under construction is seen at Hawthorne Estates by D. R. Horton in Medford, New Jersey, U.S., May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
U.S. House panel seeks to advance bill to ban assault-style rifles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday was set to advance a bill banning assault-style rifles such as those used in recent mass shootings, and ...
Jul 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) leads the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the "Bipartisan Safer Communities Act" gun safety legislation in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
