Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden to deliver six-step plan on COVID-19 pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will outline new approaches to control the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which rages on despite the wide availability of vaccines. In a...
Sep 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks in honor of labor unions in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Louisiana death toll from Hurricane Ida rises to 26
(Reuters) -Louisiana's death toll from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 on Wednesday after health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans. Of those deaths, eight were males and three were femal...
Sep 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Workers clean up the site of the Historic Karnofsky Shop, a historic building, that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn
Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan
(Reuters) -Two hundred foreigners in Afghanistan, Americans among them, are set to depart on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their evacuation, a U.S. ...
Sep 09, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Taliban forces stand guard at the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport a day after U.S troops withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Democrats will not raise debt limit in $3.5 trillion bill -Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will not include a provision to raise the federal government's borrowing limit in a $3.5 trillion "reconciliation" spending measure they hope to pass this autumn, U.S....
Sep 08, 2021 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Civic Center adds additional safety protocols
PEORIA,Ill. -- With two big comedy shows (Jo Koy and Leanne Morgan), and the AJR concert at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend (September 10-12), there are some changes you need to be aware of. Gene...
Sep 08, 2021 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
New IL law could help reduce pedestrian fatatilies
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- A new state law aims to reduce the number of pedestrian deaths in Illinois. The measure, sponsored by Senator Laura Murphy of Des Plaines, requires the Illinois Department of Tran...
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Strong quake rocks Mexico's Acapulco, damaging airport and killing one
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck Mexico's Acapulco late on Tuesday, killing at least one man and damaging buildings including the control tower at the beach resort's internati...
Sep 08, 2021 A car damaged during a quake is pictured at the Hotel Emporio in Acapulco, Mexico September 7, 2021. Picture taken September 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Residents weigh in on spending the rest of Peoria's COVID funds
PEORIA, Ill. -- The results are in...Peoria residents have spoken on how they think the city should spend the rest of $36.7 million in COVID relief funds. The city heard from 884 people and their top ...
Sep 08, 2021 Jeremy Scott/WMBD
Walk to Defeat ALS utilizing mini walk platform again
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Walk to Defeat ALS each year raises money for innovation toward a treatment and ultimately a cure for ALS. ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegener...
Sep 07, 2021 (ALS Association-Peoria Facebook)
Biden to discuss plan to curb Delta variant on Thursday -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday will present a six-pronged strategy aimed at fighting the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant and increasing U.S. COVID-19 v...
Sep 07, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the August Jobs Report at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
