Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Israel approves reopening of Erez crossing into Gaza, use of Ashdod port for aid
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel said it approved the reopening of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza and the temporary use of Ashdod port in southern Israel, following U.S. demands to increase humanitar...
Julia Bradley Apr 05, 2024 A view of Ashdod port after the Israeli cabinet approved the temporary use of the port for aid deliveries into Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Ashdod, Israel, April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
UPDATED: Arrested man escapes police near Bradley, then recaptured
UPDATED 3:52 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police had to track down a man who escaped from one of its transport vans Wednesday night. Police say 32-year-old Daniel Moody was being transported to the Peor...
Julia Bradley Apr 04, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Israel beefs up defenses, on alert after Iran revenge threat
UPDATED 10:56 A.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel braced on Thursday for the possibility of a retaliatory attack after its suspected killing of Iranian generals in Damascus this week, saying it would res...
Julia Bradley Apr 04, 2024 Israeli military personnel drive an armoured personnel carrier (APC) near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
There's still no Powerball winner
CHICAGO, Ill. - The Powerball jackpot keeps growing after no one matched all six numbers on Wednesday night. The winning numbers were 11, 38, 41, 62, 65 and the Powerball of 15. The estimated value of...
Julia Bradley Apr 04, 2024 (Powerball)
Explainer-Key facts about the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge
(Reuters) -Work is underway to begin clearing the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge more than a week after a faltering cargo ship crashed into it, sending the span collapsing into the h...
Julia Bradley Apr 04, 2024 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators work on the cargo vessel Dali, which struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. March 27, 2024. Peter Knudson/NTSB/Handout via REUTERS
Rivian rolls 100,000th vehicle off the line in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. -- Rivian Automotive has rolled its 100,000th vehicle off the production line in Normal, Illinois. The news comes just days after the electric vehicle maker announced nearly 14,000 EVs we...
Julia Bradley Apr 04, 2024 The 100,000th vehicle has rolled off he line at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois.
(Rivian Automotive Facebook)
Texas, CDC say bird flu detected in person exposed to dairy cattle
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Texas and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected ...
Julia Bradley Apr 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Cows are walked outside the exhibition hall during the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ben Brewer/ File Photo
Center for Prevention of Abuse helping to raise awareness about child abuse and prevention all month
PEORIA, Ill. - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. And, preventing that abuse, whether sexual or otherwise, is part of the mission of Peoria's Center for Prevention of Abuse. "January through the e...
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2024 The Center for Prevention of Abuse has an ad wrapped around a CityLink bus about human trafficking. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US private payrolls post largest gain in eight months in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected in March, pointing to continued labor market strength. Private payrolls rose by 184,000 jobs last month, the most since last Ju...
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: People waiting in a line are seen reflected in a car window outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo
Cool $1 billion Powerball jackpot up for grabs
(Reuters) - Lottery players across the United States will be scurrying to purchase their Powerball tickets on Wednesday with hopes of striking it rich by winning the whopping $1.09 billion jackpot, th...
Julia Bradley Apr 03, 2024 A Powerball lottery sign along a freeway displays the latest billion dollar prize in San Diego, California, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake