Author Archives: Julia Bradley
UPDATE: Allies urge Israel to show restraint after Iranian attack
UPDATED 10:45 A.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel faced growing pressure from allies on Monday to show restraint and avoid an escalation of conflict in the Middle East as it considered how to respond to ...
Julia Bradley Apr 15, 2024 A view of a crater on a damaged road, after Iran's mass drone and missile attack, at a location given as Hermon area, Israel, in this handout picture released on April 14, 2024. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo
Golf-Scheffler going from Green Jacket to diaper duty
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Scottie Scheffler reaffirmed his status as the best golfer on the planet after winning his second Masters on Sunday but with the birth of his first child on the way the wo...
Julia Bradley Apr 15, 2024 Golf - The Masters - Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. - April 14, 2024 Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. celebrates with his green jacket and the trophy after winning The Masters REUTERS/Mike Segar
US tells staff in Israel not to travel outside cities amid Iran threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it had restricted its employees in Israel and their family members from personal travel outside the greater Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Be'er Shev...
Julia Bradley Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Photo taken on March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
State-funded EV stations coming to Peoria area. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Thanks to state funding backed by State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, the Peoria area is getting some new electric vehicle charging stations installed. Illinois is investing in the EV infras...
Julia Bradley Apr 12, 2024 sam741002 / Depositphotos.com
Kamala Harris heads to Arizona after abortion ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris travels on Friday to Arizona, three days after a court there upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban, igniting a charged issue in one of 2024's most...
Julia Bradley Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a visit to the St. Paul Health Center, a clinic that performs abortions, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Nicole Neri/File Photo
As foreign leaders urge US Ukraine support, Republicans look to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unprecedented series of foreign officials, including from Japan, Britain and Italy, have visited Washington over the past several months and appealed to congressional Republi...
Julia Bradley Apr 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL/File Photo
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