Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Update: Juvenile hospitalized following Peoria shooting
PEORIA, Ill. -- One person was hospitalized Sunday evening after a shooting in Peoria's south end. Public Information Officer Semone Roth said a juvenile was shot in the leg around 6 p.m. Sunday in th...
Dec 06, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. job growth misses expectations in November; unemployment rate dives to 4.2%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased far less than expected in November, likely as millions of unemployed Americans remained home despite companies boosting wages, generous jobless benefit...
Dec 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A restaurant advertising jobs looks to attract workers in Oceanside, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Peoria Heights adding new holiday tradition
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Peoria Heights will debut a new holiday event at Tower Park this weekend. On Friday, a group of 20 local vendors, artists and musicians, will be part of the Heights' first Kris...
Dec 03, 2021
Biden signs gov't funding bill into law, averts shutdown
UPDATED 1:43 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed legislation funding federal agencies through mid-February, the White House said, averting a government shutdown after ...
Dec 03, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the November jobs report at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
New U.S. COVID-19 international travel testing rules take effect Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New rules requiring international air travelers arriving in the United States to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel will take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m. E...
Dec 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait in line inside the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Juvenile shot near Harrison Homes
PEORIA, Ill. -- A shooting near Harrison Homes left a juvenile wounded Thursday night, but Peoria Police said their injuries were non-life threatening. Police responded to the 2600 block of W. Montana...
Dec 03, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. to require private health insurance companies cover at-home COVID-19 tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will require private health insurance companies to reimburse customers for the cost of over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 tests under new measures to combat t...
Dec 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at-home test kit made by Lucira Health, newly approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization, sits on a table at a Sutter Health lab in San Carlos, California, U.S. November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
As shutdown looms, U.S. lawmakers agree on funding government through Feb. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement to fund federal agencies until Feb. 18, House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro said on Thursday, as they sc...
Dec 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., on midterm election day, November 6, 2018. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/File Photo
Vacant home catches fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria home went up in flames early Thursday morning. Around 3:15 a.m., firefighters arrived to find fire and heavy smoke coming from all sides of the vacant home at 925 S. Greenlawn...
Dec 02, 2021 (25 News)
Supreme Court conservatives appear willing to gut abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled a willingness to dramatically curtail abortion rights in America and perhaps overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wad...
Dec 02, 2021 Anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court building, ahead of arguments in the Mississippi abortion rights case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
