Author Archives: Julia Bradley
EPA to ban last form of asbestos used in US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in som...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A boulder containing chrysotile, or white asbestos, lies at the Cana Brava mine in Minacu, northern Goias State, January 18, 2013. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
Supreme Court scrutinizes US government contacts with social media platforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was hearing arguments in another battle over social media content moderation - a challenge on free speech grounds to how President Joe Biden's a...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The United States Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., February 29, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Trump has failed to get appeal bond for $454 million civil fraud judgment, lawyers say
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump has so far been unable to obtain a bond that would allow him to appeal a $454 million judgment against him in a New York civil fraud case without posting the full amo...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on stage during a campaign rally tonight in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. March 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jay Paul/File Photo
Biden pushes for expansion in women's health research
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Monday expanding U.S. government research on women's health, while spending $200 million next year to better understand issu...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a St. Patrick’s Day Brunch event inside the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2024. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
TikTok bill still facing uncertain future in the Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - TikTok is sending an army of users to bombard senators with phone calls as they consider a House bill that could ban the app. A senate source tells FOX News that their office receiv...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2024 angela n. / CC
Peoria gas prices nearly unchanged this week
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have risen 0.7 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.57 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 13....
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Israeli troops raid Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli troops raided the compound of Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital early on Monday in an operation that Palestinian health authorities said caused multiple casualties and set of...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa/File Photo
Trump eyeing Paul Manafort for 2024 campaign role, Washington Post reports
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to include Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager he pardoned, as a campaign adviser later this year, the Washington Post rep...
Julia Bradley Mar 18, 2024 Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for U.S. President Donald Trump, departs after a hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, U.S., April 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Peoria residents escape duplex fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters were called to a duplex on W. Sheridan Court early Friday morning, finding a garage on fire. Acting Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Tyson Pokarney says residents were al...
Julia Bradley Mar 15, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Georgia Trump judge allows prosecutor to remain on case
UPDATED: 8:34 A.M. (Reuters) -The Georgia judge overseeing Donald Trump's trial on charges of trying to overturn his election defeat in the state said that lead prosecutor Fani Willis can remain on th...
Julia Bradley Mar 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia, U.S. March 9, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo
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