Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. House holds former Trump aides in contempt over Capitol attack probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives recommended contempt of Congress charges on Wednesday for Peter Navarro and Daniel Scavino, former aides to Donald Trump, for failing to coopera...
Apr 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former White House advisor Peter Navarro leaves the West Wing carrying a poster board displaying claims of voting irregularity at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott//File Photo
Ukraine seeks 'ruinous' sanctions on Russia as Europe frets about energy
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine wants sanctions crippling enough to force Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of putting economic wellbeing above punishment for civilian killings tha...
Apr 07, 2022 A local man walks past a damaged ambulance, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Hostomel, outside Kyiv, Ukraine April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
AAA: Local gasoline prices are down a bit
PEORIA, Ill. -- The good news...gas prices are dropping, but not a lot. AAA says the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the Peoria-Pekin area is now $4.43. That's a few cents hi...
Apr 06, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
IL House passes bill offering support to Ukraine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois House lawmakers have passed a bill that takes action in support of Ukraine. The legislation divests state pension funds from interests in Russia and Belarus, and will mak...
Apr 06, 2022 Midwest Communications
Current COVID vaccines not 'well-matched' against BA.2 -FDA
(Reuters) -Current COVID-19 vaccines are not well-matched against the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday, as its panel of outside experts meets to dis...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A health care worker points to a man wearing a protective face mask while waiting in line to receive one of the available first, second and booster doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the L.A. Care Health Plan free testing and vaccination site at the First African Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Over 50 Amazon warehouses in U.S. contact union after New York vote
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc labor organizer Christian Smalls said on Tuesday more than 50 warehouses of the e-commerce giant in the U.S. reached out after its warehouse in New York City voted to form t...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen on the door of an Amazon Books retail store in New York City, U.S., February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Biden launches U.S. plan to help Americans struggling with long COVID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday tasked the U.S. health department with developing a national action plan to tackle the looming health crisis of long COVID, a complex, multi-sympto...
Apr 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, U.S., January 10, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Pekin vigil honors three boys who died too soon
PEKIN, Ill. -- About a dozen people held a vigil Monday evening in Pekin to remember three lives lost way too young. The group said they spread the word through social media and met up to show their s...
Apr 05, 2022 (25 News)
Ivanka Trump testifies before U.S. Capitol riot committee
UPDATED 5:00 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka testified on Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the ...
Apr 05, 2022 FILE PHOTO: White House senior advisor Ivanka Trump leads a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
IL Democrats' bills support law enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Democratic lawmakers in Springfield are offering up new ideas that they say take a smarter approach to supporting law enforcement in Illinois. Senator Rachelle Crowe, of Glen Carb...
Apr 05, 2022 Midwest Communications/Ed Hammond
