Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Ex-President Bill Clinton recovering from infection in hospital, doctors say
ORANGE, California (Reuters) -U.S. former President Bill Clinton is recovering after two days of treatment for an infection in a California hospital, his doctors said on Thursday. The 75-year-old was ...
Oct 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attends a meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network in San Juan, Puerto Rico February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo/File Photo
Biden signs bill raising U.S. debt limit, averting default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9 trillion, pushing off the deadline for debt default only unt...
Oct 15, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a virtual coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Summit as part of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from the White House in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2021.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UnityPoint Health/TCHD offering free mammograms Friday
PEORIA, Ill. -- Just because you don't have medical insurance, it doesn't mean you can't get a mammogram. Dr. Christine Wigginton, a Diagnostic Radiologist with UnityPoint Health, says the health syst...
Oct 14, 2021 Army Medicine / CC
U.S. FDA advisers weigh case for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
(Reuters) - Booster doses of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine improved severe disease protection in people aged 40 and older, Israel's Health Ministry told an outside panel of the U.S. Foo...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Peoria fire leaves one dead
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called just after 6 a.m. Thursday to the scene of a fire at 903 W. Thrush. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said once the fire was extinguished, crews made ...
Oct 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Danish man suspected of killing five in bow-and-arrow attack in Norway
KONGSBERG, Norway (Reuters) -A 37-year-old Danish citizen who had converted to Islam is suspected of killing five people with a bow-and-arrow and other weapons in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg in a ...
Oct 14, 2021 Police officers investigate after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021. Terje Pedersen/NTB/via REUTERS
Tornadoes confirmed in Woodford County from Monday storms
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- The National Weather Service in Lincoln, Illinois has confirmed three tornadoes in Woodford County from severe storms on Monday, October 11. The first tornado occurred in a fi...
Oct 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Deere workers go on strike after UAW fails to reach deal
(Reuters) -Thousands of Deere & Co workers began a strike on Thursday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) said, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labor contract that was agreed on with the...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The leaping deer trademark logo is seen on a sign outside a John Deere dealership in Taylor, Texas, U.S., February 16, 2017. Picture taken February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Khursheed
Peoria council approves code changes for short-term rentals
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's elected leaders continue wrangling over short term rentals. About 90% of them are operating without a license. City Council took a step toward changing that Tuesday night, wit...
Oct 13, 2021 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Early morning fire under investigation
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to the 800 block of S. Greenlawn just after 4 a.m. Wednesday for a structure fire. Crews initially reported smoke coming from a second story window. The...
Oct 13, 2021 (25 News)
