Author Archives: Julia Bradley
'Fragile' Texas energy grid comes back to life, steep challenges remain
LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - A "fragile" energy grid has fully returned to life for frigid Texans who have spent five days dealing with blackouts caused by a historic winter storm, but challenges in fin...
Feb 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Volunteers hand out meals at a Salvation Army facility after winter weather caused electricity blackouts in Plano, Texas, U.S. February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber
U.S. begins admitting asylum seekers blocked by Trump, with thousands more waiting
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) - The United States will on Friday begin rolling back one of former President Donald Trump's strictest immigration policies, allowing in the first of thousands of asylum se...
Feb 19, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Migrants, mainly asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the U.S. under the "Remain in Mexico" program officially named Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), are seen at provisional campsite near the Rio Bravo in Matamoros, Mexico February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo
Dr. Kasper: Just being out in the cold won't make you sick
PEORIA, Ill. -- Growing up, your mom probably insisted that you put on your coat and hat to avoid catching a cold. But, is the old adage really true? Dr. Doug Kasper, Infectious Disease Specialist wit...
Feb 18, 2021 1470-100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley (file)
Winter storm pulls away from Texas, but millions still without power
LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - The winter storm that crippled the Texas electrical grid is moving out of the state, but freezing temperatures remain, hampering attempts to restore full power as residents ...
Feb 18, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Residents line up in their vehicles to enter a warming center and shelter after record-breaking winter temperatures, as local media reports most residents are without electricity, in Galveston, Texas, U.S., February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh dead at 70
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Provocative and polarizing U.S. talk radio luminary Rush Limbaugh, a leading voice on the American political right since the 1980s who boosted, and was honored by, former Presid...
Feb 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: Rush Limbaugh gives an introductory speech before U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. December 21, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
One injured in Pekin stabbing overnight
PEKIN, Ill. -- Pekin Police were called at approximately 11:54 p.m. Tuesday to the 100 block of Sapp Street on reports of a man being stabbed. Public Information Officer Billie Ingles said that a male...
Feb 17, 2021 1470 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Peoria officer crashes into McDonald's on Western
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria Police officer was injured Wednesday morning after losing control of their squad car, crashing into a business on Western Avenue. "The squad car left the roadway and crashed i...
Feb 17, 2021 MWC-PPD
IL State of the State address will be virtual Wednesday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Gov. J-B Pritzker will deliver his State of the State and budget address virtually at noon Wednesday. According to Pritzker's press secretary, the State of the State and ...
Feb 17, 2021 Illinois.gov
With Trump's impeachment trial over, Biden pushes his agenda in televised town hall
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Joe Biden expressed optimism on Tuesday that most U.S. schools would be open by late spring and vowed to continue accelerating the country's COVID-19 vaccination progra...
Feb 17, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Texans shiver through night, as Arctic cold keeps energy offline
LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Millions of people in Texas awoke on Wednesday without heat again, as power failures continued to plague the state following a historic winter storm that has killed 21 peopl...
Feb 17, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A man walks to his friend's home in a neighbourhood without electricity as snow covers the BlackHawk neighborhood in Pflugerville, Texas, U.S. February 15, 2021. Picture taken February 15, 2021. Bronte Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman/USA Today Network via REUTERS.
