Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Putin calls off plan to storm Mariupol plant, opts for blockade instead
(Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin called off plans for the Russian military to storm the sprawling Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said on Thursday he wanted Ukrainia...
Apr 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above Azovstal steelworks, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in this still image obtained from a recent drone video posted on social media. MARIUPOL CITY COUNCIL/via REUTERS
Intruder at Peruvian ambassador's house fatally shot by Secret Service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secret Service officers fatally shot an intruder at the Peruvian ambassador's residence after a confrontation on Wednesday morning following an apparent break-in attempt, au...
Apr 20, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Pekin's finest compete to bring in blood donors
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin's "Battle of the Badges" blood drive returns to City Hall on Wednesday. The competition pits the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office, Pekin Police Department, and Pekin Fire Departme...
Apr 20, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden hosts military chiefs as Ukraine crisis intensifies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will convene top U.S. military leaders on Wednesday in an annual White House gathering that takes on special significance as the war in Ukraine enters a risk...
Apr 20, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure projects at the Portsmouth Port Authority in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S. April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden administration will appeal lifting of mask mandate, if CDC agrees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge's ruling ending a mask mandate on airplanes if public health officials deem it necessary to stem...
Apr 20, 2022 People without masks arrive to the counter for check in at La Guardia Airport after the Biden administration announced it would no longer enforce a U.S. coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mask mandate on public transportation, following a federal judge's ruling that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, in New York, U.S., April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Kasper: Don't feel bad about still wearing a mask
PEORIA, Ill. -- As a national mask mandate for public transit is dropped, there are still questions about a rise in COVID-19 cases, specifically from the BA-2 sub variant of the virus. Infectious Dise...
Apr 19, 2022 Midwest Communications
Ukraine receives 76 Ukrainan prisoners of war in swap with Russia
(Reuters) - Russia handed over 60 soldiers and 16 civilians to Ukraine in an exchange of prisoners of war, the Ukrainian deputy prime minister said on Tuesday. "This was the fifth exchange of prisoner...
Apr 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, in charge of negotiating prisoner swaps and humanitarian corridors with Russia, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
U.S. arrests 210,000 migrants at Mexico border in March, rivaling record highs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. border authorities arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to cross the border with Mexico in March, the highest monthly total in two decades and underscoring challenges in th...
Apr 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Asylum-seeking migrants walk out of the Rio Bravo river after crossing it to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Pritzker to sign state budget into law Tuesday
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker is scheduled to sign the state's Fiscal Year 2023 budget Tuesday morning. The signing will take place at Chicago State University at 10 a.m. The budget tout...
Apr 19, 2022 (State of Illinois/Illinois Information Service)
U.S. will no longer enforce mask mandate on airplanes, trains after court ruling
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old direc...
Apr 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reclaim their luggage at the airport in Denver, Colorado, U.S., November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
