Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Peoria has cooling centers open to everyone
PEORIA, Ill. -- With temperatures in upper 80s and 90s into next week, the City of Peoria is reminding residents that there are cooling centers available. The lobby of the Peoria Police Department, at...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 Bev Sykes / CC
U.S. attorney general calls Senate gun legislation 'meaningful progress'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday endorsed a bipartisan Senate gun-safety proposal as "meaningful progress" as he announced new gun-trafficking charges in an effor...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 United States Attorney General Merrick Garland is joined by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad Meacham and Jeff Boshek, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF’s Dallas Field Division, during a press conference announcing a significant firearms trafficking enforcement action and ongoing efforts to protect communities from violent crime and gun violence at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Former Trump campaign manager drops out of Jan. 6 'Big Lie' hearing
WASHINGTON(Reuters) -The second hearing of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday when one of the witnesses - former President Don...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Vice Chair U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA), U.S. Representative Pete Aguilar (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) participate in the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Pfizer COVID vaccines safe and effective for small children, FDA staff say
(Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers on Sunday said Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccines were effective and safe for use in children aged 6 months to 4 years. The FDA reviewers...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A child reacts while receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Smoketown Family Wellness Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo
Country singer Toby Keith says he has stomach cancer
(Reuters) - Country music singer Toby Keith on Sunday said he has been battling stomach cancer for the past six months and needs time to "breathe, recover and relax." Keith, 60, announced the diagnosi...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Country music singer Toby Keith performs during the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in New York, June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Former IL Attorney General Jim Ryan dies at 76
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Jim Ryan, former Illinois Attorney General, passed away at home Sunday at the age of 76 after several lengthy illnesses, according to a statement from his family. Ryan was Illinois At...
Julia Bradley Jun 13, 2022 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
White: Appointments necessary at Peoria's Driver Services facilities
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- If your driver's license is about to expire, listen up. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is reminding the public that appointments are required at some of the state's bigge...
Julia Bradley Jun 10, 2022 Brady Wahl / CC
Uvalde schools police chief says he did not consider himself incident commander
(Reuters) - Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo said he never considered himself the incident commander of the scene of last month's school shooting in Texas that killed 19 children and two tea...
Julia Bradley Jun 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Flowers, toys, and other objects to remember the victims of the deadliest U.S. school mass shooting resulting in the death of 19 children and two teachers, are seen at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 30, 2022. Picture taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas
'Mike Pence deserves it': Trump's ire at VP a focus of U.S. Capitol riot hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel investigating last year's assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters presented evidence at its prime-time hearing that the former president p...
Julia Bradley Jun 10, 2022 A video of former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaking is shown on a screen during the hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
PPD: One person injured in overnight shooting incident
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating a shooting early Friday morning near a gas station that left one person injured. PPD was called just after midnight to the scene in the area of W. Main ...
Julia Bradley Jun 10, 2022 Midwest Communications
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