Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Astronauts arrive at space station aboard SpaceX Endeavour
(Reuters) - A four-astronaut team arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, NASA said, after becoming the first crew ever to be propelled ...
Apr 24, 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying four astronauts on a NASA commercial crew mission to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Law enforcement promote Saturday's Drug Take Back Day
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Local law enforcement and the Illinois State Police will take part in the Drug Enforcement Administration's Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24. Police departments throughout...
Apr 23, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
J&J COVID-19 vaccine 'pause' reviewed, U.S. officials hope to resume shots
(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet again on Friday to consider whether to it is safe to resume injections of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine...
Apr 23, 2021 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
SpaceX rocketship launches 4 astronauts on NASA mission to space station
(Reuters) - NASA and Elon Musk's commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station early on Friday, the first crew ever propelled towar...
Apr 23, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Photographers set up remote cameras for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, outside Pad 39A for a mission to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Peoria's Tireless Project is back
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria's Tireless Project launches it's seasonal collection of tires this weekend. Organizer Jim Kosner told WMBD News that the project, now in its seventh year, is run entirely by vol...
Apr 22, 2021
U.S. House passes bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly voted, for the second time in less than a year, to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, sending it to the Senate ...
Apr 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People enjoy the warm weather at the World War II Memorial near the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, U.S. March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Cheriss May
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to new one-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week dropped to a fresh one-year low, suggesting layoffs were subsiding and strengthening expectations fo...
Apr 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud
U.S. pledges to halve its emissions by 2030 in renewed climate fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countr...
Apr 22, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden removes his face mask to speak about the status of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations and his administration's ongoing COVID-19 pandemic response in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Two injured in crash involving a Peoria County deputy
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were transported to a local hospital Wednesday morning after a three-vehicle accident in north Peoria. One of the vehicles was driven by a Peoria County Sheriff's deputy, She...
Apr 21, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. launches probe of Minneapolis police after George Floyd murder-reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday launched a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jury's verdict that former city police of...
Apr 21, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is led away in handcuffs past his defense attorney Eric Nelson after a jury found him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 20, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS
