Author Archives: TJ Carson
Peoria Fire Department crews fight multiple blazes Saturday
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria firefighters battled multiple blazes within an hour of each other on Saturday afternoon. The first was called in just after 1:00 P.M. on the West Bluff, in the area of Richmond a...
Feb 23, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Israel says it is postponing release of Palestinian prisoners
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners it had planned to free the day before until militant group Hamas met its conditions, unders...
Feb 23, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pope Francis is in critical condition but alert, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in critical condition battling double pneumonia, had a "tranquil" night, was alert and had rested after a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican ...
Feb 23, 2025 Archbishop Rino Fisichella presides over Sunday's mass instead of Pope Francis. The Vatican, February 23, 2025. Vatican Media/Simone Risoluti/Handout via REUTERS
Hamas releases new hostage body after misidentification of Shiri Bibas
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas released a body on Friday it claimed to be that of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, whose misidentification in a handover this week threatened to derail the fragile Gaza ...
Feb 21, 2025 Israelis sit together as they light candles and hold posters with the images Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, on the day the bodies of deceased hostages, identified at the time by Palestinian militant groups as Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, were handed over under the terms of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Itay Cohen
Trump, Maine's Democratic governor clash at White House over transgender athletes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump clashed with the Democratic governor of Maine, Janet Mills, on Friday over federal funds he threatened to withhold from the state over transgender athlete...
Feb 21, 2025 Maine Governor Janet Mills sits as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a business session with U.S. governors who are in town for the National Governors Association's (NGA) annual winter meeting, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 21, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Luigi Mangione illegally searched during arrest in health insurance CEO killing, lawyer says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally ...
Feb 21, 2025 Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears for a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Peoria Riverfront Museum reveals plans for America's 250th birthday
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Riverfront Museum is hoping to become one of the premiere destinations to celebrate a significant birthday for the United States of America. Museum leaders announced Friday m...
Feb 21, 2025 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Pope Francis not out of danger, but expected to live, medical team says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not yet out of danger but is expected to live, one of his doctors said on Friday. Francis is being treat...
Feb 21, 2025 Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with the management, staff and patients of Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the hospital's donation to the Holy See, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, March 16, 2024. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca/ File Photo
Peoria Salvation Army men's shelter project receives big head start
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army's men's shelter project received a big boost Thursday evening. The organization announced two separate gifts totaling $9 million to go towards the project. Roy...
Feb 20, 2025 (Peoria Salvation Army)
Peoria County Sheriff's deputies more prominent on county's roads to stop bad driving
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. - Peoria County Sheriff's deputies are being more proactive in getting dangerous driving off of the county's roads. Sheriff Chris Watkins says there have been around 1,000 traffic ...
Feb 20, 2025 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD--Julia Bradley)
