Author Archives: TJ Carson
US Supreme Court upholds federal 'ghost guns' restrictions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Wednesday a regulation targeting largely untraceable "ghost guns" imposed by Democratic former President Joe Biden's administration in a crackdown on firear...
Mar 26, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Parts of a ghost gun kit are on display at an event held by U.S. President Joe Biden to announce measures to fight ghost gun crime, at the White House in Washington U.S., April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Hundreds stage Gaza protest against Hamas after conflict resumes
CAIRO/RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Hundreds of Palestinians have protested in northern Gaza to demand an end to war, chanting "Hamas out," social media posts showed, in a rare public show of opposition to the ...
Mar 26, 2025 Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip March 26, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
Peoria County grand jury indicts multiple teenagers on murder charges
PEORIA, Ill. - Three teenagers charged in connection with two separate murders in Peoria were indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday. The Peoria County grand jury indicted both Dayquan Diggs and Harringt...
Mar 25, 2025 courtroom gavel
Raoul joins motion to block dismantling of U.S. Education Department
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 other state attorneys general are asking a federal judge to immediately halt President Donald Trump's efforts t...
Mar 25, 2025 Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses a lawsuit against the federal government at a news conference in January 2025. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Consolidated election early voting turnout low in central Illinois
PEORIA/TAZEWELL/WOODFORD COUNTIES, Ill. - Turnout so far in early voting across central Illinois is a little lower than anticipated. As of Tuesday morning, Peoria County reported 1390 people have vote...
Mar 25, 2025 (Julia Bradley & 1470 100.3 WMBD Radio)
After public pressure, Illinois commits $8M to repair deteriorating site where Lincoln launched political career
PETERSBURG, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Nearly a century after the Civil Conservation Corps reconstructed the once-thriving village of New Salem where Abraham Lincoln spent his 20s working odd jobs...
Mar 25, 2025 A statue of young Abraham Lincoln stands outside the gift shop and concessions building at the New Salem Historic Site in Petersburg. (Medill Illinois News Bureau photo by Athan Yanos)
US says Russia and Ukraine agree on safety of shipping in Black Sea
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it has reached separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and to implement a ban on att...
Mar 25, 2025 A Russian floating dock is towed by tugboats through Bosphorus to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo
Boil order in effect for Marquette Heights
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, Ill. - The town of Marquette Heights is under a boil order until further notice. The city announced the order is in effect, due to a water main break near the water tower in Indepen...
Mar 25, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Trump takes challenge to judge's federal worker rehiring order to Supreme Court
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration brought its bid to purge the federal workforce to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, challenging a judicial directive to rehire thousands of fired gov...
Mar 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
US opens probe into nearly 1.3 million Ford F-150 trucks over unexpected gear shift
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating nearly 1.3 million Ford F-150 pickup trucks in the United States over reports of an unexpected gear downshift...
Mar 24, 2025 FILE PHOTO: A 2016 Ford F-150 pick up truck is seen at the Washington Auto Show in Washington January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/FILE PHOTO
