Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Bears pitch $3.2B stadium plan, but Pritzker still 'skeptical' despite team's $2B pledge
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - The Chicago Bears laid out a $3.2 billion plan for a new domed stadium on Chicago's lakefront on Wednesday afternoon, painting pictures of future Super Bowls an...
Julia Bradley Apr 25, 2024 An artist rendering of the Chicago Bears’ stadium proposal. (Photo
provided by the Chicago Bears)
Caterpillar profit rises as higher prices offset easing demand
(Reuters) -Caterpillar posted a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday as it held on to higher prices for its construction equipment as demand eased from last year's boom. Caterpillar has benefited from...
Julia Bradley Apr 25, 2024 A Caterpillar excavator is displayed at the China Coal and Mining Expo 2013 in Beijing, China October 22, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
UPDATE: US Supreme Court justices in Trump case lean toward some level of immunity
UPDATE: 11:33 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy to the argument that presidents have some immunity to criminal charges for certain actions taken in ...
Julia Bradley Apr 25, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he meets with Union workers in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Columbia extends protest deadline after students agree to dismantle some tents
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Columbia University students agreed to take down "a significant number" of the dozens of tents set up on the school's main campus as part of a protest against Israel's incursion i...
Julia Bradley Apr 24, 2024 Protesters continue to maintain the encampment on Columbia University campus, after a tense night of negotiations, in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 24, 2024, REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
UPDATE: US Supreme Court split over Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies
UPDATED 12:13 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices, wading back into the battle over abortion access, appeared divided on Wednesday in a case pitting Idaho's strict Republican-backed...
Julia Bradley Apr 24, 2024 People gather during a protest in support of "reproductive rights and emergency abortion care" , on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over the legality of Idaho's Republican-backed, near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations, in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATED: Peoria County Coroner says crash victim not yet pronounced dead
UPDATED 10:57 A.M. PEORIA/KNOX COUNTIES, Ill. - Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the victim in the crash has not been pronounced dead yet. He says further testing is being conducted Wednesday ...
Julia Bradley Apr 24, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Trump hush money trial: what we've learned so far
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York on criminal charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly befor...
Julia Bradley Apr 24, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump walks with his attorney Todd Blanche, as his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 continues, at Manhattan state court in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/Pool
Peoria considering two new TIF district agreements
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria is considering a pair of special agreements that could bring more business to the city by way of tax increment financing (TIF) districts. At Tuesday night's city council meeting,...
Julia Bradley Apr 24, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban bills after Republican battle
UPDATED 10:14 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notch...
Julia Bradley Apr 24, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after signing into law a bill providing billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Biden rule grants overtime pay to 4 million US workers
(Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a rule extending mandatory overtime pay to an estimated 4 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era r...
Julia Bradley Apr 23, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden walks towards Marine One with staff as he departs the White House en route to Tampa, Florida, in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz