Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to Obamacare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former President Donald Trump's administration to invalidate the Obamacare healthcare law, r...
Jun 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased last week for the first time in more than a month, but layoffs are easing amid a reopening economy ...
Jun 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
Reaction to Biden-Putin summit ranges from 'positive' to 'disturbing'
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at their first summit on Wednesday to hold talks on arms control and cybersecurity. Here is some reaction to their bilat...
Jun 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland June 16, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
Congress declares holiday for Juneteenth, marking end of slavery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed and sent to President Joe Biden a bill making June 19, or "Juneteenth," a federal holiday commemorating the e...
Jun 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Norma Ewing of Seattle holds a sign as people gather at Judkins Park for Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves elsewhere in the United States, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. June 19, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
Collins: Threat of severe storms Thursday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- A large cluster of storms, that could be strong to severe, are expected to move into the Peoria area late Thursday night. "Although they will carry plenty of lightning and thunder, the...
Jun 17, 2021 Midwest Communications
Update: Woman arrested for crash involving State Troopers in Peoria
UPDATED: 3:53 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. -- Several people were hospitalized overnight following a crash that involved an Illinois State trooper's vehicle in Peoria. The incident happened around midnight Thurs...
Jun 17, 2021 (25 News)
Putin and Biden end summit, schedule separate news conferences
GENEVA (Reuters) - With deep disagreements likely and expectations of solving them low, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down in a lakeside Geneva villa on Wednesday f...
Jun 16, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they arrive for the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Rockton fire out ; evacuation remains in place
ROCKTON, Ill. -- Firefighters have contained the fire that consumed a chemical plant in northern Illinois Monday morning, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes and businesses in Rockton. Rockton Fire...
Jun 16, 2021 Courtesy: 25 News
U.S. buys 200 million more Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses
(Reuters) -The U.S. government has bought another 200 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, the drug maker said on Wednesday, including an option to buy experimental shots that may be in develo...
Jun 16, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Pekin Police announce passing of retired K-9
PEKIN, Ill. -- An important member of the Pekin Police Department family has died. Pekin Public Information Officer Billie Ingles said Retired K-9 Ahen passed away May 24 at the Pekin Animal Hospital....
Jun 16, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
