Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Analysis-Flight delays, cancellations mar U.S. summer travel
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Persistent staffing shortages, fewer flights and booming demand have cast a shadow on the busy July Fourth holiday weekend and the entire summer travel season. AAA predicts 47.9 mi...
Jul 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Passengers are seen at the Delta Air Lines check in area before their flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
Manchin, Sinema dash Biden hopes for filibuster change on abortion rights
MADRID/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed that U.S. senators remove a legislative roadblock to restoring abortion rights that were taken away by the Supreme Court last week...
Jul 01, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference before departing the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner stands trial at Russian court
KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial in a court on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday to face drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison. The ...
Jul 01, 2022 U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained in March at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia July 1, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
State Fire Marshal's Office promotes fireworks safety over the holiday weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office is urging the public to leave fireworks to the professionals this 4th of July weekend. Fire Marshal Spokesperson J-C Fultz says fireworks ...
Jul 01, 2022 poppet with a camera / CC
Pritzker touts Illinois' new Family Tax Relief Plan
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The state's Illinois Family Relief Plan begins Friday, July 1. The plan lifts the 1% state sales tax on groceries for one year and delays an increase in the state gas tax, according t...
Jun 30, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
Crash displaces residents on N. University
PEORIA, Ill. -- Some residents were displaced Thursday morning after a vehicle hit their home on N. University, near W. Mac Queen. Fire Battalion Chief Scott Strum said crews arrived just after 7:30 a...
Jun 30, 2022 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Biden says he supports overriding filibuster to protect abortion rights
UPDATED 11:06 a.m. MADRID (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday threw his support behind calls for the U.S. Senate to push aside the legislative filibuster to protect abortion rights, as pressure...
Jun 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a news conference before departing the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Illinois debuts "Crime Gun Connect" platform
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois has a new tool to help police investigate gun crimes statewide. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Rauol said "Crime Gun Connect" is an online database of gun tracking recor...
Jun 30, 2022 James Case / CC
New additions to Red, White & BOOM lineup
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health Red White and BOOM will have a new lineup of events leading into the launch of the fireworks display on July 4th. Starting at 9:10 p.m., the 182nd Airlift Wing of the...
Jun 30, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
UPDATED 1:08 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in on Thursday as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, making history as the first Black woman on the nation's top judicial body while ...
Jun 30, 2022 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jackson’s husband Patrick Jackson holds the Bible at the U.S. Supreme Court that was broadcast online from the Supreme Court building in Washington, June 30, 2022. Supreme Court of the United States/via Reuters
