Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Meghan accuses UK royals of racism, says 'didn't want to be alive'
LONDON (Reuters) - Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain's royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son's skin might be and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in a tell-all ...
Mar 08, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, holding their son Archie, meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool/File Photo
State COVID roundup 3/7: Just over 1,000 new cases
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois public health officials reported 1,068 COVID-19 cases in the state on Sunday, including 14 additional deaths. As of midnight Saturday, there were over 1,100 people in hos...
Mar 08, 2021 Midwest Communications
Update: Suspect arrested for shooting outside liquor store
Update: 7:15 a.m. 25-year-old David E. Dillard Jr., of Peoria, has been arrested on attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting Sunday night outside Laramie Liquors in Peoria. Sheriff Brian...
Mar 08, 2021 (25 News)
UPDATE: Driver identified in rollover crash near I-74 near Brimfield
UPDATE 2:29 p.m. BRIMFIELD, Ill. -- According to ISP, the driver, Matthew J. Stevens, 36, veered off the road and hit the guardrail, causing his car to overturn. Stevens was later charged with a DUI a...
Mar 06, 2021 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Driver injured in crash near Manual High School
PEORIA, Ill. -- A car rolled onto its roof after hitting a van near Manual High School in Peoria Friday night. The accident happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of West Martin Luther King Drive ...
Mar 06, 2021 (25 News)
U.S. Senate works through the night to advance Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate worked through the night into Saturday to advance President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan in a marathon session involving more than a dozen v...
Mar 06, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man makes his way past the U.S. Capitol on the day the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in new coronavirus relief in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. job growth beats expectations in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. jobs increased more than expected in February amid falling new COVID-19 cases, quickening vaccination rates and additional pandemic relief money from the government, puttin...
Mar 05, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Construction workers wait in line to do a temperature test to return to the job site after lunch, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Bradley alum chosen to lead Illinois Democrats
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, a graduate of Bradley University, is the new leader of the Illinois Democratic Party. Kelly, who serves Illinois' 2nd Congressional District , was not Gov. ...
Mar 05, 2021 (25 News)
Cards ready to welcome fans back to the ball park
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The St. Louis Cardinals, in cooperation with the City of St. Louis and Major League Baseball, announced Thursday that the team has been approved to welcome guests back to Busch Stadi...
Mar 04, 2021 Midwest Communications
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase less than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, likely boosted by brutal winter storms in the densely populated South in mid-February, though...
Mar 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Eric Lipps, 52, waits in line to enter the NYCHires Job Fair in New York, United States, December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File photo
