Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Hamas hands over all living hostages to Israel, Trump says Gaza war over
JERUSALEM/CAIRO/DOHA (Reuters) -Hamas freed the last 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal, a big step towards ending two years of shattering war in Gaza as Pres...
Oct 13, 2025 People gather at "Hostages Square" to await the expected return of Israeli hostages, who have been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
GasBuddy: Peoria gas prices drop closer to $3 a gallon, following a national trend
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in Peoria have dropped nearly three cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.25 on Monday, according to GasBuddy. Peoria's prices are nine cents lower than a month ago a...
Oct 13, 2025 Orin Zebest / CC
Senate Republicans face states' healthcare concerns in high-stakes shutdown standoff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A handful of U.S. Senate Republicans are wrestling with the impending expiration of health insurance subsidies that are the primary sticking point in the government shutdown stan...
Oct 13, 2025 People walk near the U.S. Capitol Building during the fifth day of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz
UPDATE: Three teenagers arrested after man shot in head in South Peoria
UPDATED 3:20 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenage boys were arrested after a man was shot in the head in South Peoria on Sunday afternoon. Peoria Police says 15 shots were fired just before 1:30 P.M. in ...
Oct 13, 2025 A man was shot in the head in the 2300 block of W. Antoinette in Peoria Sunday afternoon. (25 News)
US actress Diane Keaton dies at 79, People reports
(Reuters) -Diane Keaton, the quirky U.S. actress who won an Academy Award and captured hearts with her endearing performance as Woody Allen's eccentric, insecure girlfriend in the 1977 romantic comedy...
Oct 11, 2025 Actor Diane Keaton speaks during her handprints ceremony at TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Tazewell County Jail to release "non-violent offenders" after inmate dies from Legionnaire's disease
PEKIN, Ill. - An elderly Tazewell County Jail inmate, who was awaiting trial for murder, has died from Legionnaire's disease, prompting the Tazewell County sheriff to release some "non-violent" inmate...
Oct 11, 2025 1470/100.3 WMBD --Mike Sabol
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac ...
Oct 11, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Former US President Biden undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, NBC News reports
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Joe Biden is receiving radiation therapy for his prostate cancer diagnosed in May, a spokesperson for him said on Saturday. "As part of a treatment plan for prostate c...
Oct 11, 2025 Former U.S. President Joe Biden makes his first major speech since leaving office, at the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) conference in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
PPD: Police make another arrest in connection with 15-year-old's murder
PEORIA, Ill. - Police have made another arrest in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old Peoria boy last week. PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says late Thursday night, 18-year-old Jaxson Robinson w...
Oct 11, 2025 (Peoria County Jail)
Blast destroys Tennessee munitions plant; 18 missing and feared dead
(Reuters) -Eighteen people were missing and feared dead following an explosion at a munitions factory in rural Tennessee on Friday that obliterated the building and was felt for miles around. The expl...
Oct 11, 2025 Law enforcement officers guard a gate outside the Accurate Energetic Systems military explosives plant, after an explosion at the facility in Bucksnort, Tennessee, U.S. October 10, 2025 in a still image from video. ABC Affiliate WKRN via REUTERS.
