Author Archives: Julia Bradley
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
Ohio police kill Black teenage girl seen threatening others with knife
(Reuters) - Police in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday fatally shot a Black teenage girl they confronted as she lunged at two people with a knife, as seen in police video footage of the encounter, authoriti...
Apr 21, 2021 Hazel Bryant reacts after her niece, 15-year-old Makiyah Bryant, was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Gaelen Morse
Biden calls Chauvin verdict a 'giant step' toward justice in the United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the guilty verdict in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd "a giant step" toward justice...
Apr 21, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after a jury reached guilty verdicts in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin stemming from George Floyd's deadly arrest, in the Cross Hall at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Kasper: Our response to COVID-19 looks different a year later
PEORIA, Ill. -- With a positivity rate of 12%, Peoria County has more new cases of COVID-19 than any other area of Illinois. Dr. Doug Kasper, with the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peo...
Apr 20, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. CDC expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to 16 and older
(Reuters) - Everyone in United States aged 16 years and above is now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday. People aged 16 years a...
Apr 20, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Nursing student Erika Lohr vaccinates a patient as California opens up vaccine eligibility to any residents 16 years and older during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chula Vista, California, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Jurors to resume deliberations in Derek Chauvin murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Jurors are due to begin a second day of deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter after...
Apr 20, 2021 Demonstrators march through downtown after the closing statements in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is facing murder charges in the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
U.S. Supreme Court brings end to another Republican election challenge
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to another lawsuit related to the Nov. 3 presidential election filed by a Republican former congressional candidate who had challenged the e...
Apr 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen behind a window in Washington, U.S. November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
