Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Washington man sentenced to 37 years for 2019 murder
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. -- 53-year-old Daniel Allbritton was sentenced to 37 years in prison on Thursday. The Washington man plead guilty on Aug. 5 to first-degree murder in the 2019 death of John Tyler...
Sep 17, 2021 (Tazewell County Jail)
U.S. COVID-19 booster debate moves to FDA vaccine advisory committee
(Reuters) - The debate over whether Americans should receive a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine moves to a panel of independent expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administra...
Sep 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A person receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mobile inoculation site in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado
Chauvin, convicted in Floyd's murder, pleads not guilty to violating teen's rights
(Reuters) - The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd pleaded not guilty on Thursday to violating a teenager's civil rights by using a neck restraint similar to the one...
Sep 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rise in August; weekly jobless claims climb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales unexpectedly increased in August, likely boosted by back-to-school shopping and child tax credit payments from the government, which could temper expectations ...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks shop at Macy's Herald Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
Biden backs top general Milley after reported 'secret' calls with China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind the top U.S. military officer, Mark Milley, a day after a new book said he went around civilian leaders to place secret ...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army General Mark Milley holds a news briefing at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
UPDATE: Morton accident leaves vehicle in flames, one person dead
UPDATED 3:19 P.M. MORTON, Ill. -- Emergency crews found at least one vehicle engulfed in flames on Queenwood Road in Morton Wednesday night due to an accident that is now being described as fatal. The...
Sep 16, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Biden met moderate U.S. Senate Democrats to discuss $3.5 trln spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden was meeting separately with moderate Democratic U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on Wednesday to discuss Democratic-backed domestic spending legis...
Sep 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks at Mather Airport, California, U.S., September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Gymnasts Biles, Maroney demand justice in botched FBI sex abuse probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney on Wednesday told U.S. lawmakers she feels betrayed by FBI agents, after they failed to investigate former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, des...
Sep 15, 2021 U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is sworn in to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the Inspector General's report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
Pekin Police raising awareness during National Recovery Month
PEKIN, Ill. -- September is National Recovery Month. Pekin Public Information Officer Billie Ingles says residents wanting to get into an addiction recovery program can come to the police station to t...
Sep 15, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
U.S. Senate panel may force Afghanistan answers from Biden administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee threatened on Tuesday to subpoena Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other officials if necessary to make them testify t...
Sep 15, 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2021. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
