Author Archives: Julia Bradley
MSNBC banned from Rittenhouse trial as jury deliberates for third day
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) -The judge in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse banned MSNBC from the courthouse after a freelancer for the media network was detained by police close to a bus car...
Nov 18, 2021 Kyle Rittenhouse listens as Judge Bruce Schroeder talks about how the jury will view video during deliberations in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 17, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
UnityPoint offers new proof of COVID-19 vaccination
PEORIA, Ill. -- UnityPoint Health is introducing a digital option to offer proof of vaccination status or a negative test result for COVID-19. Established patients can now access their vaccination sta...
Nov 17, 2021 (UnityPoint Health)
New state law promotes E-V production in Illinois
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker on Tuesday signed a new law creating economic incentives for electric vehicle production. The measure provides tax credits to E-V manufacturers which in tu...
Nov 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rivian introduces R1T all-electric pickup truck at Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
It's been 8 years since tornadoes ripped through Central Illinois
WASHINGTON, Ill. - November 17, 2013. It's been eight years since tornadoes ripped through Pekin, East Peoria and Washington, Illinois. The damage was especially devastating in Washington, where three...
Nov 17, 2021 (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Biden says 'Build Back Better' bill will be passed within a week
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he expected his "Build Back Better" legislation to be passed within a week's time. "I am confident that the House is going to pass this bill. ...
Nov 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden shakes a person's hand after delivering remarks on infrastructure construction projects from the NH 175 bridge across the Pemigewasset River in Woodstock, New Hampshire, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Jury in Rittenhouse murder trial to deliberate for second day
KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - The jury in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will deliberate for a second day on Wednesday, attempting to reach a consensus on whether to convict or acquit the ...
Nov 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Kyle Rittenhouse sits next to the tumbler that he will use to select the jurors who will not participate in deliberations during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., November 16, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS
As Congress advances Democrats' tax plans, America's wealthy eye loopholes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Congress looks to advance its $1.75 trillion spending package this week, wealthy individuals are already planning ways to avoid paying for it. Lawmakers are expected to vote on...
Nov 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator wears a "Tax the Rich" T-shirt during a national day of resistance to demand a safe, scientific, racially just and fully funded approach to reopening schools during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Kasper: It's important to see family during the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. -- Thanksgiving and Christmas are all about family. Local Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Doug Kasper, with the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria, says it's importan...
Nov 16, 2021 OakleyOriginals / CC
Biden promises candor, Xi greets 'old friend' in U.S.-China talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping stressed their responsibility to the world to avoid conflict as the heads of the two top global economies gathered for hour...
Nov 16, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaks virtually with Chinese leader Xi Jinping from the White House in Washington, U.S. November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Russian anti-satellite missile test endangers space station crew - NASA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An anti-satellite missile test Russia conducted on Monday generated a debris field in low-Earth orbit that endangered the International Space Station and will pose a hazard to sp...
Nov 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018. NASA/Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
