Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. House approves voting rights bill, but outlook poor in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a voting rights measure that Democrats say would help counteract a wave of voting restrictions in Republican-led states, bu...
Aug 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Unused privacy booths are seen at a voting site in Tripp Commons inside the Memorial Union building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Election Day in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
The Forge Steakhouse closes in Morton
MORTON, Ill. -- A Morton restaurant closed its doors for good on Tuesday. The owners of The Forge Steakhouse announced on Facebook that they want to sell the business for nearly $180,000. In the post,...
Aug 25, 2021 (25 News)
Storms cause outages in Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. -- A cluster of strong thunderstorms that moved through the Peoria metro area Tuesday night caused some power outages. Early Wednesday morning, the Ameren Illinois Outage Map showed sever...
Aug 25, 2021 1470 &100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
PPD makes arrest following Tuesday morning homicide
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police were called just before 4 a.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of NE Jefferson on reports of a man down in the street. "Officers arrived, they did locate a male with obvious trau...
Aug 25, 2021 (25 News)
Taliban say they have not agreed to U.S. pullout deadline extension
(Reuters) - Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers said on Tuesday they wanted all foreign evacuations from the country completed by an Aug. 31 deadline and they would not agree to an extension. The hardlin...
Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An evacuee from Afghanistan walks towards a transportation bus after landing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Jan K. Valle/Handout via REUTERS
Afghan evacuation on 'war footing' as G7 meets on pullout deadline
(Reuters) - Western troops at Kabul airport worked frantically on Tuesday to evacuate people from Afghanistan before an Aug. 31 deadline as U.S. President Joe Biden faced growing pressure to negotiate...
Aug 24, 2021 Afghans board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, August 22, 2021. U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS
Hawaii governor urges visitors to stay away amid COVID surge
(Reuters) - Hawaii Governor David Ige urged residents and visitors to restrict travel to the U.S. state to essential business activities amid a surge in cases of COVID-19 in the islands. The governor ...
Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A surfboard concession stand is closed on Waikiki Beach due to the business downturn caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. April 28, 2020. Picture taken April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Garcia
Facing divisions, U.S. House Democrats postpone vote on $3.5 trln Biden plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives early Tuesday postponed a vote to advance President Joe Biden's ambitious plan to expand social programs, as liberals and centrists...
Aug 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) answers questions from reporters during her weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Gabrielle Crockett/File Photo
FDA grants full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave full approval to the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE for use in people over the age of 16, in first ...
Aug 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
22 dead in Tennessee floods
(Reuters) - At least 22 people have died and 50 others are reported missing after heavy flooding hit parts of Tennessee, authorities said on Sunday. A dispatcher at the Humphreys County Sheriff's Offi...
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