Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Biden says he plans to run again, defends U.S.-Mexico border policy in news conference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday said he expects to run for president again in 2024 and defended his policy to provide shelter to unaccompanied children crossing the U.S. border ...
Mar 25, 2021 REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria Heights provides more funding to local businesses
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Peoria Heights businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic may be eligible to receive grant money, officials said Thursday. The Commercial Expense Reimbursement Grant Progr...
Mar 25, 2021 (Village of Peoria Heights)
Boulder shooting suspect held without bail while he undergoes mental health assessment
(Reuters) - A county judge in Boulder, Colorado, on Thursday ordered a 21-year-old man accused of killing 10 people when he opened fire at a supermarket to be held without bail while he undergoes a me...
Mar 25, 2021 Geoffrey Nicosia plays the bagpipes at a makeshift memorial where people lay flowers on the police car of officer Eric Talley who died Monday responding to a call where a gunman opened fire on people in a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; fourth-quarter growth revised up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer than expected Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week as economic activity rebounds after weather-related disruptions in February, but it would like...
Mar 25, 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
CityLink bus rear-ended in early morning crash
PEORIA, Ill. -- A CityLink bus was rear-ended in Peoria Thursday morning. The accident, that involved a passenger vehicle, happened around 6 a.m. near the Walgreens on Knoxville and McClure. Scanner t...
Mar 25, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Renovations and reconstruction set to begin at Taft Homes
PEORIA, Ill. -- Many of the apartments at Peoria's Taft Homes have been boarded up for months. Now, renovations of the public housing complex are set to begin soon at a cost of $47.3 million. At a mee...
Mar 25, 2021 (25 News)
AstraZeneca says COVID-19 vaccine 76% effective in new analysis, to seek U.S. approval
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca's said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective in a new analysis of its U.S. trial - only a tad lower than the level in an earlier report this week criticised for using outdated...
Mar 25, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled with the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Harris urges Congress to act on gun control legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has not ruled out taking executive action to tackle gun violence, but Congress should pass gun control legislation for a more lasting impact, U.S. Vice ...
Mar 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters prior to holding a 'Help is Here' tour event to tout the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act legislation, as she arrives at Jacksonville International Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Republicans plan Senate floor 'fireworks' over surge at U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans plan to take their opposition to President Joe Biden's border policies to the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday, attempting to move legislation that promises to tie up ...
Mar 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Migrants cross the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/
'Touch of Class' actor George Segal dies at age 87
(Reuters) -George Segal, the Oscar-nominated actor who sparred with Richard Burton in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," romanced Glenda Jackson in "A Touch of Class" and won laughs in the TV sitcom "T...
Mar 24, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Actor George Segal touches his star after it was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California U.S., February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
