Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine as West pledges enduring support
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces struck targets in the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine on Wednesday and intensified attacks on fronts across the country as NATO members met in Madrid to plan a cour...
Jun 29, 2022 A view of the explosion as a Russian missile strike hits a shopping mall amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a location given as Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine in this still image taken from handout CCTV footage released June 28, 2022. CCTV via Instagram @zelenskiy_official/Handout via REUTERS
FDA advisers recommend change to COVID vaccine composition for fall
(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended a change in the design of COVID-19 booster shots this fall in order to combat more recently circulating variants of ...
Jun 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a booster clinic for 12 to 17-year-olds in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
Two Mexicans charged after death of 51 migrants in sweltering Texas truck
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) -At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer truck found abandoned in Texas, authorities said on Tuesday, as two Mexican nationa...
Jun 29, 2022 Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
U.S. to press Turkey as Finland, Sweden hope for NATO breakthrough
HELSINKI/MADRID (Reuters) - NATO hopefuls Finland and Sweden voiced optimism on Tuesday that Turkey might lift its veto over their stalled bid to join the military alliance at a summit in Madrid, wher...
Jun 28, 2022 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visit the NATO summit venue in Madrid, Spain June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
'Stacks of bodies': 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) -The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human...
Jun 28, 2022 Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
Driver hospitalized after single-vehicle crash overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Firefighters were called to a single-vehicle accident just after 12 a.m. Tuesday in the area of W. Republic and Knoxville Avenue. Battalion Chief Lore Baxter said a two-door cou...
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AAA: Gas prices drop a few cents
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Though it's still too much, we are paying a bit less for gas at the pump. According to Triple A, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is now $4.89, after ris...
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U.S. Supreme Court endorses football coach's on-field prayers
UPDATED 1:45 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate of decisions expanding religious liberty, ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violat...
Jun 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Joe Kennedy, a Christian former public high school football coach in Washington state who sued after being suspended from his job for refusing to stop leading prayers with players on the field after games, poses at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Washington, U.S. March 15, 2022. Meegan M. Reid/USA Today Network via REUTERS
Airlines cancel nearly 700 U.S. flights as labor crunch weighs
(Reuters) - Airlines canceled nearly 700 flights in the United States early Monday, as they struggled to keep up with a surge in summer travel demand due to a shortage of staff ranging from pilots to ...
Jun 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travellers wearing masks and not wearing masks wait in line at a security checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
G7 to hike sanctions on Russia, nears oil price cap deal
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -The Group of Seven rich democracies will commit on Tuesday to a new package of coordinated actions meant to raise pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine, and will...
Jun 27, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, European Council President Charles Michel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in virtual attendance, during the G7 leaders summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Pool
