Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: U.S. Senate rejects bill to avert gov't shutdown
UPDATED 1:03 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A stopgap spending bill that would avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown fell short in the U.S. Senate on Friday, as Democrats withheld support for the legislatio...
Sep 20, 2025 A view of the dome of the U.S. Capitol building, during a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S., September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura
Judge strikes Trump's lawsuit against New York Times over its content
(Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, calling it a "decidedly improper" effort to attack an adversary. ...
Sep 19, 2025 The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo
Peoria apartment fire causes $100K damage and sends a firefighter to the hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to the area of N. Kingston Drive and W. Granada Court Thursday night for an apartment fire. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says when crews arrived aro...
Sep 19, 2025 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Erika Kirk named CEO of Turning Point USA after husband's murder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The widow of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist assassinated on a college campus last week, was unanimously elected on Thursday as the new CEO of Turning Point USA, the grou...
Sep 19, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance and wife of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Erika Frantzve, exit Air Force Two, which is carrying the body of Kirk, as the aircraft lands at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., September 11, 2025, one day after Kirk was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University. REUTERS/Thomas Machowicz/File Photo
Peoria Promise expands to include Peoria Heights students
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (25 News) - More students in the Peoria area now have access to additional financial aid to help them get a college education. Peoria Promise reimburses tuition payments for local...
Sep 19, 2025 Courtesy of Peoria Heights School District
Area fire crews help put out 60-acre fire in S. Peoria Thursday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called Thursday afternoon to a brush fire in the area of W. Clark and Darst Streets. Fire Battalion Chief Larry Carter says when they arrived just after 2:30, c...
Sep 19, 2025 1470&100.3 WMBD/Kristina Leahy
Trump says US may extend deadline on TikTok sale
LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States was close to a deal with China to transfer ownership of social media platform TikTok to U.S. companies, but might exten...
Sep 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a TikTok logo in this illustration taken September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Tazwood Community Services opens new office in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) - Pekin-based Tazwood Community Services has opened a new location in Peoria after Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity, or PCCEO, announced it would no longer be ...
Sep 18, 2025 Tazwood Community Services has opened a new office in Peoria on N. University. (25 News photo)
'Taking over the world': Trump says he hopes AI bosses know what they're doing
CHEQUERS, England (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday artificial intelligence was taking over the world and he hoped tech bosses know what they were doing, because he didn't. Trump...
Sep 18, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer participate in a business leaders reception on Tech Prosperity Deal, at Chequers, near Aylesbury, Britain, September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US weekly jobless claims fall, but labor market softening
WASHINGTON (Reuters -The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, but the labor market has softened as both demand for and supply of workers have diminishe...
Sep 18, 2025 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
