Author Archives: Julia Bradley
U.S. House passes 'George Floyd' police reform bill, Senate prospects unclear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday banning controversial police tactics and easing the way for lawsuits against officers violating suspects' constituti...
Mar 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rep. Karen Bass, (D-CA) speaks gives an opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 7120 the Justice in Policing Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 17, 2020. Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
U.S. Senate expected to begin debating coronavirus package on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected to begin debating President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Thursday after agreeing to phase out payments to higher-income Am...
Mar 04, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is reflected against an ambulance along the East Front on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Police warn of possible bid by militia group to attack U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The police force that guards the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it has obtained intelligence pointing to a possible plot by a militia group to breach the building on Thursday, a...
Mar 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Update: U.S. Senate negotiates limits in Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill before vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators and President Joe Biden have agreed to place an income limit on Americans who would receive stimulus payments under his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief...
Mar 03, 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
Rockets land at Iraqi air base hosting U.S. forces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 10 rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base that hosts United States, coalition and Iraqi forces, the Iraqi military said. It was the second rocket attac...
Mar 03, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Military vehicles of U.S. soldiers are seen at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison
FBI's Chris Wray accuses Capitol Hill attackers of domestic terrorism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Chris Wray on Tuesday accused supporters of Donald Trump who carried out a deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol of domestic terrorism and vowed to hold them acc...
Mar 02, 2021 FBI Director Christopher Wray (L) arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the January 6th insurrection, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. March 2, 2021. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS
Merck to help make Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine - White House official
(Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc will help make rival Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine in a partnership set to be announced on Tuesday by U.S. President Joe Biden, a White House offi...
Mar 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Agencies promote Severe Weather Preparedness Week
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. -- In coordination with the National Weather Service, Peoria County's Emergency Management Agency will conduct a test of weather alert radios at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 2. Peoria Co...
Mar 02, 2021 Midwest Communications
New York Governor Cuomo hires defense lawyer in nursing home probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has retained a prominent white-collar criminal defense lawyer to represent his office in a federal investigation into the state's misreporting of CO...
Mar 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at a vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., February 22, 2021. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS/
Fauci says U.S. must stick to two-shot strategy for Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines: paper
(Reuters) - The United States must stick to a two-dose strategy for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci told the Washington Post newsp...
Mar 02, 2021 FILE PHOTO: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci stands by during an event to commemorate the 50 millionth coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
