Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Human rights campaigners of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine win Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (Reuters) -Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian organization Memorial and Ukrainian group Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, highlighting the sign...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, founder of the organisation Viasna (Belarus), receives the 2020 Right Livelihood Award at the digital award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden December 3, 2020. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Tree falls on Peoria home Thursday night
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called around 9 p.m. Thursday to a home on W. Millbrook Court, near Sterling Towers, for a rescue. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Rada says when crews arrived, the...
Julia Bradley Oct 07, 2022 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden says he is evaluating alternatives after disappointing OPEC+ decision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden expressed disappointment on Thursday over announced plans by OPEC+ nations to cut oil output and said the United States was looking at its alternatives....
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to media as he tours areas damaged by Hurricane Ian during a visit to Florida, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, U.S., October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Tyson Foods moves corporate jobs to Arkansas in latest blow to Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Tyson Foods Inc is joining other corporate heavyweights in moving jobs out of Illinois. The biggest U.S. meat company by sales said on Wednesday it will relocate all corporate emplo...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Tyson Chicken Nuggets, owned by Tyson Foods, are seen for sale in Queens, New York, U.S., November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Illinois "Stranger Things" display allowed to reopen
PLAINFIELD, Ill. (WLS) - Things just got stranger for an Illinois neighborhood. A controversial "Stranger Things"-themed Halloween display in front of a Plainfield home is reopening this weekend. The ...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 (WLS-TV)
California family kidnapped on Monday found dead, Sheriff says
(Reuters) -Four members of a California family, including an 8-month-old girl, were found dead in a rural area on Wednesday after they were abducted in the city of Merced on Monday, authorities said. ...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 A Merced County Sheriff's Office poster shows the four family members kidnapped from central California, U.S. in this handout released on October 4, 2022. Merced County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase more than expected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, but the labor market remains tight even as demand for labor is coolin...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 People line up outside Kentucky Career Center prior to its opening to find assistance with their unemployment claims in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston
Two arrested in Reditus Labs robbery
PEKIN, Ill. -- Two then-employees of Pekin's Reditus Labs were arrested and charged with burglarizing the facility where they worked in September, according to police and court documents obtained by 2...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 (25 News)
Arson cause of overnight fire in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire crews were called around 2:45 a.m. Thursday to a home in the area of W. Freemont and S. Ligonier Streets. Fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey Hascall said firefighters arrived to ...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 liz west / CC
Update: Thailand mass shooting kills 38 at daycare center
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Ex-cop kills 38 in gun and knife rampage at Thai children's daycare center. A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare cente...
Julia Bradley Oct 06, 2022 People gather outside of a daycare center's scene of a mass shooting in the town of Uthai Sawan, 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand October 6, 2022. Sakdipat Boonsom/Handout via REUTERS
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