Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Dozens shot over holiday weekend in Chicago
CHICAGO -- It was a Fourth of July weekend marked by violence in Chicago, with nearly 100 people shot, including two Chicago Police officers responding to a disturbance over fireworks, and five childr...
Jul 05, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Two arrested as armed militia group stands off with police, closes highway near Boston
(Reuters) - Residents in a suburban Boston neighborhood were asked to "shelter in place" early Saturday as an armed standoff between 8 to 10 militia members and police forced the closure of a U.S. int...
Jul 03, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Illinois DNR: Boat sober this holiday weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Conservation Police want it to be a safe 4th of July weekend for boaters. State Department of Naturual Resources Spokesperson Tim Schweizer said Conservation officers wil...
Jul 03, 2021
Mayor: Two more bodies recovered from tower collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -The death toll rose to 24 on Saturday from the collapse of a Florida condominium tower after the remains of two victims were found in the rubble, and local officials ordered ...
Jul 03, 2021 Rescue personnel continue the search and rescue operation for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, Florida, U.S. July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello
U.S. job growth picks up in June; unemployment rate rises to 5.9%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in June as companies, desperate to boost production and services amid booming demand, raised wages and offered incentives to draw millions of relucta...
Jul 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An In-N-Out Burger advertises for workers at their restaurants location in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
PPD stepping up enforcement over 4th of July weekend
PEORIA, Ill. -- This Fourth of July weekend, there will be more get family togethers, BBQs and fireworks displays. But, Peoria Police Captain Scott Cook said in the absence of the City's Red, White &a...
Jul 02, 2021 MWC-PPD
U.S. forces leave Bagram base in Afghanistan - official
KABUL (Reuters) -American troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, a U.S. defense official said, under an agreement with the Taliban allowing for the withdrawal of all U...
Jul 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off for a nighttime mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, August 22, 2017. Picture taken August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Josh Smith/File Photo
Search resumes for 145 missing in rubble of Florida condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) - The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a partially collapsed Miami-area condominium complex, briefly suspended over safety concerns, has resumed with grea...
Jul 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rescue personnel continue the search and rescue operation for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs hit 21-year low in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, while layoffs plunged to a 21-year low in June as companies held on to the...
Jul 01, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Line cook Ray Liberge, 48, attends a job fair for restaurant and hotel workers, after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were lifted, in Torrance, near Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Nine police among 17 hurt in illegal fireworks blast in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A haul of confiscated fireworks exploded late on Wednesday as police in Los Angeles were trying to dispose of it safely, injuring 17 people including six civilians and damaging ...
Jul 01, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
