Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden to speak 'truth' on Jan 6 anniversary; Trump cancels event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's followers with a speech on Thursday warning of the threa...
Jan 05, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the latest developments related to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, U.S., January 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
FOLEPI sets new attendance record in 2021
PEORIA, Ill. -- For a second year in a row, East Peoria's Festival of Lights saw a huge number of visitors in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that wasn't the only obstacle in the way for the s...
Jan 05, 2022 Rick Hirschmann/1470-100.3 WMBD
Manchin's reluctance leaves Democrats' U.S. voting rights bill at risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Democrats' efforts to pass voting rights legislation in Congress appeared in jeopardy on Tuesday, as a centrist Democratic senator said he had little interest in a strategy ...
Jan 05, 2022 U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) confer before addressing reporters following the weekly senate party caucus luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 6 PM Wednesday (1/5)
Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell- Including the cities of Galesburg, Toulon, Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Canton, and Pekin 357 AM CST Wed Jan 5 2022 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN...
Jan 05, 2022
Wind Advisory in effect until 6 PM Wednesday (1/5)
Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Tazewell-McLean-Champaign- Vermilion- Including the cities of Galesburg, Toulon, Peoria, Lacon, Eureka, Pekin, Bloomington, Normal, Champaign, Urbana, and Danville ...
Jan 05, 2022
U.S. reports nearly 1 million COVID-19 cases in a day, setting global record
(Reuters) - The United States reported almost 1 million new coronavirus cases on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, a global record nearly double the country's peak of 505,109 set just a week ago a...
Jan 04, 2022 People line up in cold winter temperatures to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Everett, Massachusetts, U.S., January 4, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
CDC recommends five-month gap for Pfizer COVID-19 booster dose
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday recommended shortening the interval between Pfizer-BioNTech's second COVID-19 vaccine dose and the booster shot to five ...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A nurses fills up syringes for patients as they receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
Drivers trapped in cars after snowstorm shuts interstate in Virginia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Drivers in Virginia were stranded in their vehicles overnight as authorities worked to reopen an icy stretch of Interstate 95 closed after a storm blanketed the U.S. region in sn...
Jan 04, 2022 Local residents walk along an empty street during a snowstorm in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Senators meeting with Manchin on voting rights bills -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats are continuing to press the holdouts in their party to embrace two pieces of voting rights legislation, and a group planned to meet with Senator Joe Manchin on ...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wallks to his office in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
CDC panel to discuss Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year olds
(Reuters) - A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel is set to meet on Wednesday to discuss the use of a booster dose of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children age...
Jan 04, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Pfizer/BioNTech's new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine vials are seen in this undated handout photo. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS
