Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Fights at Pekin High draws social media attention
PEKIN, Ill. -- School days are being disrupted in a Tazewell County high school, as dozens of fights have broken out, with videos posted to social media. Students tell news partner 25 News, the fights...
Feb 15, 2022
Trudeau invokes emergency powers to starve protesting Canadian trucker of funds
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is planning to impose emergency measures not used for more than 50 years to cut off funding for truckers responsible for nationwide protests that have gridlocked the nation's...
Feb 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A person waves a Canadian flag in front of banners in support of truckers, as truckers and supporters continue to protest the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg/File Photo
Biden says Russian attack on Ukraine still possible
UPDATE: 3:21 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden urged Russia to step back from the brink of war on Tuesday and said reports that Russia has withdrawn some forces from the Ukraine border h...
Feb 15, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Russia and Ukraine from the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Trump's longtime accounting firm cuts ties, cannot stand behind statements - filing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The accounting firm that handled Donald Trump's company's financial statements dropped it as a client and said it could no longer stand behind a decade of statements, a court fili...
Feb 15, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past 40 Wall Street, also known as the Trump Building, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
"Ghostbusters" director Ivan Reitman passes away
MONTECITO, Cal. (Fox News) -- Producer and filmmaker Ivan Reitman has died. His family said Reitman passed away in his sleep at his home in Montecito, California on Saturday night. He was 75. Among Re...
Feb 14, 2022 Tony Webster / CC
Update: Business on Farmington Road a total loss
Update: 7:13 a.m. -- Fire officials say an early morning fire in West Peoria caused the total loss of a business. At least seven different agencies responded to the fire at Luxxx Showgirls of Peoria, ...
Feb 14, 2022 (25 News)
Twitter back online after software glitch disrupts services
UPDATED 1:10 P.M. (Reuters) -Twitter Inc said on Friday it had fixed a software glitch in its micro-blogging website that had disrupted services for several thousands of its users. "We've fixed a tech...
Feb 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo
Local Starbucks workers want to unionize
PEORIA, Ill. --Starbucks workers at the Campustown location on W. Main in Peoria are demanding union recognition. A release from the Chicago & Midwest Regional Joint Board of Workers United says a...
Feb 11, 2022 Faye / CC
U.S. plans to roll out COVID-19 shots for children under 5 years this month
(Reuters) - The U.S. government is planning to roll out COVID-19 shots for children under the age of 5 as soon as Feb. 21, according to a document from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...
Feb 11, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A syringe is filled with a dose of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a pop-up community vaccination center at the Gateway World Christian Center in Valley Stream, New York, U.S., February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
U.S. tells American diplomats to get out of Ukraine
Melbourne, AU (FOX News) -- The U.S. government estimates that about 30,000 Americans are in Ukraine. At a meeting with members of the Quad Nations in Melbourne, Australia, Secretary of State Antony B...
Feb 11, 2022 A view shows the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
