Author Archives: Julia Bradley
US Attorney General Garland says Biden has 'no impairment'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland defended President Joe Biden's mental fitness on Tuesday, telling lawmakers on a House of Representatives panel that he has expertly handle...
Julia Bradley Apr 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Delaware, U.S., April 12, 2024. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy/File Photo
UPDATE: US Supreme Court leans toward Jan. 6 rioter in obstruction case, with Trump implications
UPDATED 10:54 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward an obstruction charge brought by the Justice Department against a Pennsylvania ...
Julia Bradley Apr 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Pro-Trump protesters storm into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
US single-family housing starts plunge in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding tumbled in March after hefty gains in the prior month, and while demand for housing remains strong, a resurgence in mortgage rates is pushing pot...
Julia Bradley Apr 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "sold" sign is seen outside of a recently purchased home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
US House speaker says spending, sanctions bills to come Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said spending legislation will be released later on Tuesday with lawmakers still hammering out final figures, as the House prepares to vote on fou...
Julia Bradley Apr 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Capitol dome, as Congress faces a deadline on Friday, March 22, to extend funding or face a partial shutdown of the federal government, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Israeli forces vow response to Iran's attack despite calls for restraint
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack as international pressure for restraint grew amid fears of an esca...
Julia Bradley Apr 16, 2024 Israeli armoured personnel carriers (APC) manoeuvre, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
UPDATE: Jury selection resumes in Trump's hush money criminal trial
UPDATED: 9:38 A.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The second day of jury selection in Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial got underway on Tuesday, as lawyers try to choose a panel of 12 residents of heavil...
Julia Bradley Apr 16, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the day of his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, outside Trump Tower, in New York City, U.S. April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Alice Cooper bringing shock rock back to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A pioneer of theatrical shock rock and roll will return to Peoria late this summer. Alice Cooper's "Too Close for Comfort" tour will take to the Peoria Civic Center Theater stage on Sun...
Julia Bradley Apr 15, 2024 (Peoria Civic Center)
FBI opens criminal probe into deadly Baltimore bridge collapse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has opened a federal criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Baltimore bridge last month when a ship crashed into one of its supports, the bureau said on Mo...
Julia Bradley Apr 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: View of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Several people wounded in stabbing in Sydney church, police say
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A number of people were wounded in a stabbing incident during a service at a church in a suburb of Sydney on Monday, police said. It was the second reported mass stabbing in just th...
Julia Bradley Apr 15, 2024 Police work at the scene following a stabbing at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley in Sydney, Australia April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Lewis Jackson
GasBuddy: Peoria area gas prices still rising
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have gone up nearly 10 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.83 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of local stations. Prices in Peoria are ab...
Julia Bradley Apr 15, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
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