Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Moderna files for U.S. authorization of COVID shot for kids under 6
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it asked U.S. regulators to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 6, which would make it the first shot against the coronavirus availabl...
Apr 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled "Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine" is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Caterpillar profit beats estimates on higher demand, price hikes
(Reuters) -Caterpillar Inc reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Thursday, as a boom in construction and mining activities drove demand for its heavy machinery across industrial sect...
Apr 28, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Caterpillar logo is pictured at the 'Bauma' Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment in Munich, Germany, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo
Garage fire damages several homes in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A garage in Peoria was engulfed in flames that spread to three nearby homes late Wednesday night. Firefighters were called about 10 p.m. to the fire on S. Tonti Circle, near S. Laramie...
Apr 28, 2022 Midwest Communications
Rivermen prepare for SPHL Championship series
PEORIA, Ill. -- The Peoria Rivermen hockey team is headed to the President's Cup Finals. Rivermen Head Coach Jean-Guy Trudel told WMBD's "The Greg and Dan Show", getting the team he wanted this season...
Apr 27, 2022 (Peoria Rivermen Hockey)
More than half of Americans have had COVID infections -U.S. study
(Reuters) -Following the record surge in COVID-19 cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58% of the U.S. population overall and more than 75% of younger children have been infected with the corona...
Apr 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
American Trevor Reed released from Russia in prisoner swap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine detained since 2019, was released from Russian detention on Wednesday in exchange for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serv...
Apr 27, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. ex-Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, gestures inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
SpaceX launches 'Crew 4' astronauts on flight to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched four more astronauts to orbit on Wednesday, en route to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, including a medical d...
Apr 27, 2022 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying three NASA astronauts and one ESA astronaut on a six-month expedition to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
UPDATE: Man arrested for overnight homicide in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- One man was killed and another man wounded in an overnight shooting in Peoria -- and police now say an arrest has been made. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said officers...
Apr 27, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
Vice President Harris tests positive for COVID-19 -spokesperson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday but is not exhibiting symptoms, a spokesperson said, at a time when there has been an increase in cases ...
Apr 26, 2022 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris departs from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, U.S. April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
U.S. to widen COVID antiviral pill distribution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is aiming to expand access to COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments like Pfizer Inc's Paxlovid by doubling the number of locations at which...
Apr 26, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill Paxlovid is packaged in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated image obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS
