Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria Friendship House expands turkey giveaway ahead of Thanksgiving
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Local food pantries are preparing to serve more families than ever this Thanksgiving, with Peoria Friendship House seeing increased demand despite growing community support. T...
Nov 13, 2025 bhofack2 / Depositphotos.com
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized
(Reuters) -U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is hospitalized and currently under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded, ...
Nov 13, 2025 Rev. Jesse Jackson attends Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake
'Broadview Six' plead not guilty to charges of 'impeding' agents outside ICE facility
Article Summary A group of six Democratic candidates, officeholders and activists pleaded not guilty Wednesday on federal charges they "impeded" a federal agent during a September protest outside of a...
Nov 13, 2025 Ninth District congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh addresses reporters following her Nov. 12 arraignment hearing in Chicago. She and five others, dubbed the “Broadview Six,” were charged with “impeding” a federal agent while protesting outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Trump signs deal to end longest US government shutdown in history
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted...
Nov 13, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump signs the funding bill to end the U.S. government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Bradley University announces new provost/senior vice president
PEORIA, Ill. - Following a national search, Bradley University has appointed Dr. Dan Moon as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Moon has served in the role on an interim basis sin...
Nov 12, 2025 (File-25 News)
UPDATE: House Democrats release Epstein papers saying Trump 'knew about the girls'
UPDATED 1:55 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -House Democrats on Wednesday released emails which they said raised new questions about President Donald Trump's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffre...
Nov 12, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S. government shutdown, during the swearing-in ceremony for Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Bessent, US Treasurer to strike final penny at Philadelphia Mint
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Treasurer Brandon Beach will visit the Philadelphia Mint on Wednesday to oversee production of the final circulating one-cent coin or ...
Nov 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: One-cent U.S. coin, known as the penny, is shown in this picture illustration, after U.S. President Donald Trump informed on his Truth Social media account that he instructed the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to stop producing new pennies, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Illustration/File Photo
Jack Schlossberg, grandson of JFK, to run for US Congress
(Reuters) -Jack Schlossberg, grandson of the 35th U.S. president, John F. Kennedy, plans to run for Congress next year, continuing the legacy of one of America's most storied political families. Schlo...
Nov 12, 2025 Jack Schlossberg, grandson of President John F. Kennedy, speaks at the 2024 Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha
Oil prices fall as oversupply concerns overshadow US government reopening
LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday, weighed down by oversupply in the market despite expectations that an end to the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown could boost oil dema...
Nov 12, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A view shows oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $965 million
ATLANTA, Ga. - There was no big winner in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. The winning numbers were: 10, 13, 40, 42 and 46. The Mega Ball was 1. That means the jackpot for Friday's drawing grows...
Nov 12, 2025 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
