Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden to ask federal workers to get vaccinated or face testing -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Thursday that all civilian federal workers will need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or face regular testing, social ...
Jul 29, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden makes remarks from the White House after his coronavirus pandemic relief legislation passed in the Senate, in Washington, U.S. March 6, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott
U.S. Senate advances roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure investment bill advanced in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, passing a key milestone that moves the emerging legislation toward form...
Jul 29, 2021
Collins: Threat of severe storms Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. -- There's a possibility of severe weather moving into the Peoria area late Thursday afternoon and evening. News partner 25 News Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins said as a cold front app...
Jul 29, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. senators reach deal on major points of bipartisan infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate negotiators to a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill have reached agreement on the major components of the measure, Republican Senator Rob Portman told repo...
Jul 28, 2021 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference urging action on climate change outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Congressional Republicans lash out against new COVID-19 mask guidance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress lashed out at health officials' recommendations that even fully vaccinated people resume wearing masks in many places, including the Capitol, as...
Jul 28, 2021 People wear masks against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), following the CDC recommendation that fully vaccinated Americans wear masks as the highly transmissible Delta variant has led to a surge in infections, as they enter the Disney Store in Times Square in New York City, New York, U.S., July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Police recount mayhem and 'attempted coup' in U.S. Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four police officers on Tuesday told lawmakers they were beaten, taunted with racial insults, heard threats including "kill him with his own gun" and thought they might die as t...
Jul 28, 2021 Aquilino Gonell, sergeant of the U.S. Capitol Police, Michael Fanone, officer for the Metropolitan Police Department, and Harry Dunn, private first class of the U.S. Capitol Police, listen while Daniel Hodges, officer for the Metropolitan Police Department, testifies during a hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2021. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS
Crews battle fire overnight in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- It's unclear what caused an early morning fire Wednesday in Peoria. Battalion Chief Clint Kuhlman said firefighters were called to the 500 block of Camblin Avenue around 2:40 a.m., whe...
Jul 28, 2021 Midwest Communications
Olympics-Biles out of next Tokyo event, sharpening focus on mental health at Games
TOKYO (Reuters) -Gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from the individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, a day after she shocked the world by pulling out of the team event and put...
Jul 28, 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Women's Team - Final - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Simone Biles of the United States during the Women's Team Final REUTERS/Mike Blake
Non-profit announces plans to renovate Peoria's Madison Theater
PEORIA, Ill. -- An effort to restore the historic Madison Theater in downtown Peoria is taking shape. Plans to reopen the theater, built in 1920, would be part of a larger project that would relocate ...
Jul 27, 2021 (Madison Preservation Association)
Olympics-Gymnastics-Russia Olympic Committee win women's team gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Russian Olympic Committee won the gymnastics women's team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, denying American Simone Biles the first of what she hoped would be six gold meda...
Jul 27, 2021 Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Women's Team - Final - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Angelina Melnikova of the Russian Olympic Committee, Vladislava Urazova of the Russian Olympic Committee and Liliia Akhaimova of the Russian Olympic Committee react wearing face protective face masks REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
