Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump-backed candidates lose in Nebraska, win in West Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's favored candidate fell short in Nebraska's Republican primary election for governor on Tuesday, but the former president's pick prevailed in a congressional primar...
May 11, 2022 A view shows the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Biden visits Illinois farm to highlight Russia-driven food inflation
UPDATED 6:04 p.m. CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday blamed Russia's war on Ukraine for the latest spike in global food prices and visited a family farm in Illinois where he pled...
May 11, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden visits a family farm in Kankakee, Illinois, U.S., May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Residential fire displaces four in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just before 7 a.m. Tuesday to a fire on S. Blaine Street, near W. Starr. Upon arrival, crews found heavy smoke coming from the story and a half home as ...
May 10, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden says Fed targeting inflation, China tariffs could fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, under pressure to tame high inflation, told Americans on Tuesday that he understands what they are grappling with and that he and the U.S. Federal Reser...
May 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver remarks on expanding high-speed internet access, during a Rose Garden event at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Ukraine death toll 'thousands higher' than reported - U.N. rights official
GENEVA (Reuters) -Thousands more civilians have been killed in Ukraine during nearly 11 weeks of war there than the official U.N. death toll of 3,381, the head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Miss...
May 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A view shows graves of civilians killed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
Update: Missing Peoria man found
UPDATE: 10:15 a.m. According to an updated release from Peoria Police, 20-year-old Andrew Bigham has been located and is doing well. ---------------------------------- PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Polic...
May 10, 2022 (Peoria Police Dept.)
UPDATE: Man found dead in Peoria alley now investigated as homicide
UPDATED 3:47 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County's coroner says the death of a West Peoria man, found in the East Bluff neighborhood early Monday morning, is now being investigated as a homicide. Jamie ...
May 09, 2022 Midwest Communications
G7 to phase out Russian oil, U.S. sanctions Gazprombank execs over Ukraine war
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -Group of Seven (G7) nations committed on Sunday to ban or phase out imports of Russian oil and the United States unveiled sanctions against Gazprombank executives and other...
May 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on economic growth, jobs, and deficit reduction in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
I-DOT debuts new highway map
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The newest Illinois highway map is available now. While most of us use our smartphones for directions, paper maps can still be a good resource on the road, according to State Depa...
May 09, 2022 (Illinois Dept. of Transportation)
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on abortion rights bill, Schumer says
(Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law on Wednesday in reaction to the leaked draft decision indicating the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its land...
May 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Protestors supporting reproductive rights demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., May 6, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
