Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Evacuees from Mariupol steel plant head for Ukrainian-controlled Zaporizhzhia
ZAPORIZHZHIA/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine hoped a first column of evacuees from the ruins of a steel works in Russian-occupied Mariupol would reach the city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday, and hos...
May 03, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
Bridge lighting raises awareness about mental health
PEORIA, Ill. -- In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, UnityPoint Health-Central Illinois is lighting up the Murray Baker Bridge in green lights this week. From May 1 through May 4, green li...
May 02, 2022 (Light It Up --The Murray Baker Bridge Facebook)
U.S. judge rejects RNC request to shelve subpoena against email vendor
(Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge dismissed a request by the Republican National Committee to block a subpoena asking its email vendor to release records to the congressional panel investigating the Jan...
May 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
PCAPS promote free adoptions this week with "Empty the Shelters"
PEORIA, Ill. -- Spring and summer months mean a full house at Peoria County's animal shelter. PCAPS Director Becky Spencer said that's especially true because they are an open admission shelter. "We d...
May 02, 2022 Jennifer C. / CC
Ukraine evacuees head to safety after ordeal in Mariupol steel works
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) - The first evacuees from the ruins of Mariupol's Azovstal steel works were expected to reach the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday after cowerin...
May 02, 2022 A bus convoy carrying civilians from Mariupol, including evacuees from Azovstal steel plant, is seen on a road on the way to Zaporizhzhia, during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Pandemic not over, U.S. unlikely to eliminate COVID-19 - Fauci
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is not over and it is unlikely that the United States will ever eliminate COVID-19 but should strive to control the virus, top U.S. infectious disease e...
Apr 29, 2022 Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and new emerging variants at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/Files
Area police promoting "DEA Drug Take Back Day"
PEORIA, Ill. -- It happens twice a year. Local police are teaming up with the DEA's Drug Take Back Day again on Saturday. The event, in its 11th year, gives the public a chance to dispose of expired, ...
Apr 29, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Crash follows shooting in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria neighborhood was the scene of a shooting and then a car crash Thursday night. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said shots were fired at a house, and someone drivi...
Apr 29, 2022 (25 News)
Omicron, trade weigh on U.S. economy in first quarter
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and drop in pandemic relief money from the government, but the decline in output...
Apr 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People pay for their purchases at a supermarket in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Former U.S. Marine Reed lands in U.S. after prisoner swap with Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in Russia and released in a prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, landed in his home country, Reed's spokesperson ...
Apr 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, is escorted to a plane by Russian service members as part of a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia, in Moscow, Russia, in this still image taken from video released April 27, 2022. RU24/Handout via REUTERS TV
