Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. Labor Dept. withdrawing COVID vaccine rule for large employers
(Reuters) -The Department of Labor said on Tuesday it will withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing requirement for large U.S. employers after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the rule, ending a contro...
Jan 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A health care worker fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as California opens up vaccine eligibility to any residents 16 years and older during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chula Vista, California, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Pfizer/BioNTech: watchdogs' requirements may defer planned launch of Omicron shot
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech said it and partner Pfizer may not be able to stick with their plan to launch an Omicron-targeting vaccine by the end of March, depending on how much clinical trial data...
Jan 25, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Vials labelled "VACCINE Coronavirus COVID-19" and a syringe are seen in front of a displayed Biontech logo in this illustration taken December 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Illinois marks 2-year anniversary of first COVID case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- It's been two years since Illinois announced its first case of COVID-19. It happened on January 24, 2020. A Chicago woman who had recently returned from Wuhan, China, tested posit...
Jan 25, 2022 Midwest Communications
Biden curses Fox News reporter after he asks about inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic cursing a Fox News reporter at a White House event on Monday after the journalist shouted a question about the impact of rising ...
Jan 25, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden responds to questions from reporters as he meets with his Competition Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Supreme Court to hear challenge to race-conscious college admissions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid to bar Harvard University and the University of North Carolina from considering race in undergraduate admissions in a case that imperil...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Derek Chauvin's ex-colleagues face trial over deadly Minneapolis arrest
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) - A jury was due to hear opening statements on Monday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the deadly arrest of Geor...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: (L-R) Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng in a combination of booking photographs from the Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. Minnesota Department of Corrections and Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. orders departure of Ukraine embassy staff family members, Canada staffers will stay
UPDATE: 3:54 p.m. OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian diplomats and their families are staying in Ukraine for the time being but Ottawa is constantly reviewing their safety, which is of paramount importance, ...
Jan 24, 2022 A view shows the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Pro-Trump death threats prompt bills in 3 states to protect election workers
(Reuters) - In Vermont, lawmakers are considering bills to make it easier to prosecute people who threaten election officials. In Maine, proposed legislation would stiffen penalties for such intimidat...
Jan 24, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump points as he holds a rally in Florence, Arizona, U.S., January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Five found shot dead in Milwaukee home
(Reuters) - Five people were found dead from gunshot wounds in a Milwaukee home on Sunday in a case that left police without a suspect and pleading for help from the public, officials said. Officers r...
Jan 24, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Space heater blamed for overnight fire
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters responded just after 1 a.m. Monday to reports of a house fire in the area of N. California and E. Ravine. Crews arrived to find heavy fire coming from a second stor...
Jan 24, 2022 Midwest Communications
