Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria Symphony Orchestra to honor Peoria's own Betty Friedan
PEORIA, Ill. -- A world premiere in Peoria. "Everywoman: A Friedan Centennial Memoire, written by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra's Composer-In-Residence Stephanie Ann Boyd, will debut later this month....
Nov 08, 2021 (Peoria Symphony Orchestra.org)
Update: Teen killed in Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. - A two-vehicle accident late Saturday night at the intersection of War Memorial Drive and Sheridan Road has claimed a teen's life. Peoria County Corner Jamie Harwood has identified the v...
Nov 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Probes launched, lawsuit filed in Houston rap festival stampede
HOUSTON (Reuters) -At least two investigations and one civil lawsuit were underway on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival that killed at least eigh...
Nov 08, 2021 An ambulance is seen in the crowd during the Astroworld music festiwal in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 5, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video on November 6, 2021. Courtesy of Twitter @ONACASELLA /via REUTERS
Police say bomb threats at three elite U.S. universities not credible
(Reuters) -Police at three elite Ivy League universities in New York and Rhode Island gave the all clear and said activities could resume normally at the schools on Sunday after each received separate...
Nov 08, 2021 Law enforcement gather at Columbia University campus in response to a bomb threat in New York, New York, U.S., November 7, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
'Really, really exciting': travelers head to United States as entry ban lifted
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Travelers excited at the prospect of seeing family and friends in the United States for the first time since the pandemic started took off early on Monday from London and othe...
Nov 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Travelers pack a United Airlines check-in area ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo/File Photo
U.S. Democrats pass $1 trln infrastructure bill, ending daylong standoff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass a $1 trillion package of highway, broadband and other infrastructure improvemen...
Nov 06, 2021 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is pursued by reporters after the House passed the bipartisan infrastructure package at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Midwest Food Banks needs help during the holiday season
PEORIA, Ill. -- The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on non-profit agencies nationwide. Monica Scheuer, Executive Director of Midwest Food Bank, based in Bloomington, says they initially had trouble...
Nov 05, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. job growth picks up in October; unemployment rate falls to 4.6%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment increased more than expected in October as the headwind from the surge in COVID-19 infections over the summer subsided, offering more evidence that economic acti...
Nov 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A Brandon Motor Lodge displays a "Help Wanted" sign in Brandon, Florida, U.S., June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%
(Reuters) -A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of devel...
Nov 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Pfizer logo is placed near medicines from the same manufacturer in this illustration taken September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
House vote expected Friday on infrastructure bills; Biden calls Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday on the social policy and climate-change bill and a bipartisan infrastructure bill that form the centerpiece of Pr...
Nov 05, 2021 U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is flanked by U.S. Senators' Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) as he faces reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
