Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Buffalo shooting suspect to appear in federal court
(Reuters) - An avowed white supremacist accused of killing 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last month was scheduled on Thursday to appear in federal court where he faces 26 counts of hate crimes...
Jun 16, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Buffalo shooting suspect, Payton S. Gendron, appears in court accused of killing 10 people in a live-streamed supermarket shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Ali touts "strong" economy in first State of the City address
PEORIA, Ill. -- In her first State of the City address Wednesday night, Mayor Rita Ali said Peoria's fight on crime is showing progress and the city is "strong". It's been a year since Ali became the ...
Jun 16, 2022 (25 News)
Storms overnight knock out power in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thunderstorms that rolled through the Peoria area around 2:30 a.m. Thursday, initially knocked out power for several thousand residents. As of 9:45 a.m.: Just over 194 Peoria County re...
Jun 16, 2022 Bruce Guenter / CC
PPD asks for the public's help in finding shooting suspect
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police were called just after 10 p.m. on Monday, May 30, to the area of N. Wisconsin and N. Maryland Avenues regarding a ShotSpotter alert with 3 rounds fired. Officers were adv...
Jun 15, 2022 (Peoria Police)
U.S. FDA advisers overwhelmingly back Moderna COVID vaccine for ages 6-17
(Reuters) -Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday unanimously recommended that the agency authorize Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children and teens aged 6 to 17 years of ag...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds a vial of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in West Haven, Connecticut, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
U.S. Congress votes to expand Supreme Court security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives gave final congressional approval on Tuesday to a bill to bolster Supreme Court security in light of threats made against justices ahead of thei...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
U.S. Senate Republican leader backs gun violence bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he was "comfortable" with the framework of a bipartisan gun violence bill unveiled earlier this week and would vote ...
Jun 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a placard while taking part in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Two police officers and a suspect dead after California shooting
(Reuters) - A shooting in the southern California city of El Monte left two police officers and a suspect dead, authorities said late on Tuesday, adding that the officers were shot in the line of duty...
Jun 15, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
Former VP Mike Pence to speak at Lincoln Day Dinner
PEORIA, Ill. -- Former Vice President Mike Pence will be in Peoria next week. Pence will be the keynote speaker for the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, put on by Tazewell and Peoria County Republicans. "Th...
Jun 14, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC
U.S. congressional panel probing Jan. 6 Capitol attack postpones hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol said on Tuesday it has postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday but will ...
Jun 14, 2022 Former Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt is sworn in as Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., watch from the dais as the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol hold a hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2022. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
