Author Archives: TJ Carson
Vance warns Russia of possible sanctions if it refuses good peace deal with Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned Russia that Washington could hit Moscow with sanctions if it does not agree to a good peace deal with Ukraine, while urging Europe to spend more o...
Feb 14, 2025 U.S. Vice President JD Vance shakes hands as he participates in a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Commerzbank in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria Riverfront Museum to host engineering exploration day
PEORIA, Ill. - Anyone with an interest in engineering is invited to the Peoria Riverfront Museum this Sunday. Senior Planetarium Educator Nick Rae says there will be activities for all ages, and admis...
Feb 14, 2025 (Peoria Riverfront Museum)
Judge orders US to restore funds for foreign aid programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to restore funding for hundreds of foreign aid contractors who argued that they were negatively impacted...
Feb 14, 2025 U.S. flag and Judge gavel are seen in this illustration taken, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Kennedy to take top US health job after Senate confirmation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a vaccine critic who endorsed President Donald Trump after abandoning his own presidential bid, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Secretary of Health and ...
Feb 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
Peoria City Council discusses safety concerns after nine-year-old struck by bullet at South Side apartment complex
PEORIA, Ill. - Safety concerns were on the mind of the Peoria City Council on Tuesday evening, in the wake of an incident where a 9-year-old boy was struck by a bullet inside his South Side residence ...
Feb 13, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump FBI pick Kash Patel clears Senate panel, headed for confirmation vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's pick to head the FBI, Kash Patel, won the approval of the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, clearing the way for a vote...
Feb 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the FBI, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Photo
US judge clears the way for tens of thousands of federal workers to take Trump buyout
BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of U.S. civil servants were cleared to take a buyout from Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled the unprecedented downsi...
Feb 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Afghan asylum-seeker drives into Munich crowd, hurts 28 in suspected attack
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -Some 28 people were injured when a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd of people in Munich in what the state premier said was probably an attack on Thu...
Feb 13, 2025 Police work at a car which drove into a crowd in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2025, injuring several people. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Peoria area only receives a couple inches of snow in Wednesday's storm, Snowfighters work continues
PEORIA, Ill. - Most of the Peoria area only received a couple inches of snow in Wednesday's winter storm. Estimates from the National Weather Service show most of the area received anywhere between 1-...
Feb 13, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Hamas says it is willing to move ahead with Gaza ceasefire
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas signalled on Thursday that a crisis threatening to unravel the Gaza ceasefire deal could be avoided despite uncertainty over the number...
Feb 13, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Palestinians wait to buy bread, amid a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, February 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo
