Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Biden cancels $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers
UPDATED 3:42 P.M. (Reuters) -The Biden administration will cancel $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers, the White House said on Friday, the latest in a series of debt cancellations. Pres...
Julia Bradley Apr 12, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on "student debt relief" during a campaign stop at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) Student Resource Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Flood Warning in effect until early Monday morning
Flood Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 919 PM CDT Fri Apr 12 2024 ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Illinois... Illinois River at Peoria affecting Tazewell, Woo...
Julia Bradley Apr 12, 2024
UPDATE: O.J. Simpson, football star turned celebrity murder defendant, dead at 76
UPDATED: 10:05 AM WASHINGTON (Reuters) -O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her ...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: O.J. Simpson (R) sits with his attorney, Patricia Palm in Clark County District Court during his evidentiary hearing in Las Vegas, Nevada May 13, 2013. REUTERS/Julie Jacobson/Pool/File Photo
Netanyahu says Israel preparing for scenarios in other areas than Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing t...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/ File photo
US dollar turns lower after producer prices, jobless claims data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Thursday after weaker-than-expected U.S. producer prices for March, partly easing market concerns about persistent inflation and suggesting that rate cuts by th...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration/File Photo
FBI concerned about possible coordinated attack in US after Russia massacre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is concerned about the possibility of an organized attack in the United States similar to the one that killed scores at a Russian concert hall last month, the bureau's d...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2024 An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt during the U.S. law enforcements raid on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's property in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Komatsu mining truck named 2024 'coolest thing made in Illinois'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Captiol News Illinois) - A mining truck manufactured by Komatsu was crowned the winner of the 2024 "Makers Madness" contest, earning the title of "the coolest thing made in Illinois...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2024 PRITZKER: Gov. JB Pritzker congratulates the finalists for “the coolest thing made in Illinois” at the 5th annual “Makers Madness” contest ceremony at the Governor's Mansion on Wednesday. The contest is hosted by the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Cole Longcor)
Ford to recall over 40,000 vehicles in US, NHTSA says
(Reuters) - Ford will recall 42,652 Bronco Sport and Escape vehicles in the United States due to cracked fuel injectors that may leak and cause a fire, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrati...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2024 A Ford logo is pictured at a store of the automaker in Vienna, Austria, April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Arizona ruling puts abortion at center of 2024 presidential election
(Reuters) -Democrats wasted little time capitalizing on Tuesday's ruling from Arizona's high court upholding a 160-year-old abortion ban, organizing press conferences in swing states across the countr...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Protesters take part in a small rally led by Women's March Tucson after Arizona's Supreme Court revived a law dating to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances, in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo
UPDATE: Golf-Masters start delayed over two hours due to rain at Augusta
UPDATE: 7:23 A.M. (Reuters) -The Masters will start a little over two hours later than scheduled on Thursday after scattered showers and thunderstorms at Augusta National Golf Club forced two separate...
Julia Bradley Apr 11, 2024 Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 10, 2024 General view of the 8th and 9th holes during the par 3 contest REUTERS/Mike Blake