Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Trump ex-deputy Weisselberg sentenced to five months for perjury
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail after pleading guilty last month to perjury charges for lying ...
Julia Bradley Apr 10, 2024 The Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg arrives at the criminal court in New York City, U.S., April 10, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado
US sets first standard to curb 'forever chemicals' from drinking water
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced its first-ever drinking water standard to protect people against toxic "forever chemicals" found in many househol...
Julia Bradley Apr 10, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Rivian's planned shutdown underway in Normal
NORMAL, Ill. - Assembly lines at Rivian Automotive's plant in Normal are idled, in a planned three-week pause. A Rivian spokesperson tells 25 News, the shutdown began Saturday, with production set to ...
Julia Bradley Apr 10, 2024 The 100,000th vehicle has rolled off he line at Rivian's plant in Normal, Illinois.
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Arizona's top court revives 19th century abortion ban
(Reuters) - Arizona's top court on Tuesday revived a ban on nearly all abortions under a law from 1864, a half century before statehood and women's suffrage, further restricting reproductive rights in...
Julia Bradley Apr 10, 2024 A protester takes 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
Hamas says Israeli proposal fails to meet Palestinian demands but is under review
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Tuesday that an Israeli proposal on a ceasefire in their war in Gaza met none of the demands of Palestinian militant factions, but it would study the offer further and d...
Julia Bradley Apr 09, 2024 Rescuers and medics search for dead bodies inside the damaged Al Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the hospital and the area around it following a two-week operation, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City April 8, 2024. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/ File Photo
Israel purchases 40,000 tents for Rafah evacuation, Israeli media says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli defense ministry is purchasing 40,000 tents ahead of an evacuation of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which Israel has said it plans to assault to destroy remaining ...
Julia Bradley Apr 09, 2024 A woman sweeps next to a tent, as displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, March 6, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/ File photo
UPDATE: Norfolk Southern agrees to pay $600 million to settle Ohio derailment lawsuit
UPDATED: 8:55 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a class action lawsuit over a February 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailm...
Julia Bradley Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: General view of the site of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo
UPDATE: Mother, father of Michigan school shooter sentenced to up to 15 years in prison
UPDATED 11:46 A.M. (Reuters) -The mother of a Michigan teen who shot and killed four classmates were each sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday after a jury convicted them of manslaughter i...
Julia Bradley Apr 09, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Ethan Robert Crumbley, 15, charged with first-degree murder in a high school shooting, poses in a jail booking photograph taken at the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Michigan, U.S. December 1, 2021, in a combination photograph with his parents Jennifer Lynn Crumbley and James Robert Crumbley who were taken into custody December 3, 2021. Oakland County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Crash in rural Mackinaw claims 73-year-old's life
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. A 73-year-old rural McLean County man was killed in a crash involving his motorcycle and another vehicle in rural Mackinaw Monday afternoon. Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanle...
Julia Bradley Apr 09, 2024
UConn knocks off Purdue to repeat as national champion
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- UConn knew no one could take away its 2023 title, but the Huskies went out and got another one just for good measure. Tristen Newton scored 20 points and dished out seven assists as...
Julia Bradley Apr 09, 2024 Apr 8, 2024; Glendale, AZ, USA; General view as the Connecticut Huskies celebrate defeating the Purdue Boilermakers in the national championship game of the Final Four of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at State Farm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic-USA TODAY Sports
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