Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Update: Ahmaud Arbery's killers convicted on all federal hate-crimes charges
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - The three white men convicted of chasing down and murdering a young Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, as he was out jogging in their suburban Georgia community, were found guilty on...
Feb 22, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Bailey rallies in Peoria to end school mask mandate
PEORIA, Ill. -- More than 100 people filled a Peoria bar Monday night to rally against a mask mandate at Peoria Public Schools. State Senator and Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey hosted the event...
Feb 22, 2022 (25 News)
Worker injured at Peoria steel plant Monday
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was injured in an industrial accident at a Peoria steel mill on Monday. Jessica Reyling, employment manager at LIBERTY Steel & Wire on SW Adams, told 25 News, that "a co...
Feb 22, 2022 (25 News)
Putin orders Russian troops to Ukraine after recognizing breakaway regions
UPDATE: 9:30 p.m. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent on Monday, accel...
Feb 21, 2022 FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia. An Associated Press review shows the idea of Ukrainian interference took root during Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, was spread online and then amplified by Putin before some of America’s elected officials made it their truth. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Closing arguments to begin in Ahmaud Arbery U.S. hate-crimes trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Reuters) - With closing arguments set to begin Monday in the trial of three white men accused of federal hate crimes in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black jogger, in sout...
Feb 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a sign outside the Glynn County Courthouse after the jury reached a guilty verdict in the trial of William "Roddie" Bryan, Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael, charged with the February 2020 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Sec. of State's Office: It's easy to renew stickers online
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office is reminding drivers that they can renew their license plate stickers online. Spokesperson Henry Haupt, with the Secretary of Stat...
Feb 21, 2022 Illinois Secretary of State
Trump's Truth Social app launches on Apple App Store
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, launched late on Sunday in Apple's App Store, potentially marking the former president's return to social media after he was banned f...
Feb 21, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declare full military mobilization
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declared a full military mobilization on Saturday, a day after ordering women and children to evacuate to southern Russia becaus...
Feb 19, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin gestures during a news conference in Donetsk, Ukraine February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Sheriff's Office asks for help in locating Peoria Co. woman with special needs
HANNA CITY, Ill. -- A Hanna City woman with special needs is missing, and police are asking for the public's help to find her. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office turned to social media Friday, looking...
Feb 19, 2022 (25 News)
VP Harris will meet Ukraine's Zelenskiy, urge Putin to pull back
MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy in Munich on Saturday, in what is likely to be a powerful display of diplomatic support ...
Feb 19, 2022 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Latvian President Egils Levits, and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 18, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS
