Author Archives: TJ Carson
U.S. Steel, Nippon sue Biden administration over decision to block merger
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden violated the Constitution by blocking Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel through a sham national security review, the companies alleged in a lawsuit th...
Jan 06, 2025 FILE PHOTO: Nippon Steel logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
UPDATE: Trudeau says he will step down after new Liberal party leader named
UPDATED 11:05 A.M. OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberals after nine years in office but will stay on in h...
Jan 06, 2025 Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters, announcing he intends to step down as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister, but he will stay on in his post until a replacement has been chosen, from his Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 6, 2025. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle
Crews battle fire in sauna at under construction business in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at an under construction North Peoria business Saturday morning was determined to be accidental. Peoria Fire crews responded to the Titan Fitness on Townline Road just after 10:0...
Jan 05, 2025 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Prosecutors seek to try teenager as adult for December homicide in Peoria's East Bluff
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria County prosecutors will be seeking to try a 15-year-old boy as an adult for a homicide last month. 25 News reports State's Attorney Jodi Hoos has filed a petition to transfer the...
Jan 05, 2025 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
First winter storm of the season arrives
PEORIA, Ill. - Sunday night brought central Illinois' first winter storm of the season. The Peoria area avoided the worst of the storm when it comes through the area on Sunday night. But 25 News First...
Jan 05, 2025 (Midwest Communications)
Ipava man accused in shooting death of Canton man on New Year's Eve ordered to remain in jail
FULTON COUNTY, Ill. - An Ipava man accused of shooting a Canton man in the head and killing him on New Year's Eve must remain in the Fulton County Jail. 25 News reports 33-year-old Nicholas Pratt was ...
Jan 02, 2025 (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)
Police identify driver of exploded Tesla Cybertruck as U.S. Army soldier
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Law enforcement officials named a U.S. Army soldier from Colorado as the likely person inside a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas o...
Jan 02, 2025 Federal and local authorities’ investigators search a townhouse, in relation to the explosion in Las Vegas of a Tesla Cybertruck, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. January 2, 2025. REUTERS/Isaiah J. Downing
Peoria County Sheriff's Office reporting vandalized farmland in Medina Township
MEDINA TOWNSHIP, Ill. - The Peoria County Sheriff's Office is looking for who might be vandalizing farmland. The office says it's occurring in Medina Township at Rome and Krause Roads. Police believe ...
Jan 02, 2025 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
OSF Healthcare announces changes to mask policy
PEORIA, Ill. - OSF Healthcare is changing its mask policy not long after implementing it. OSF says it is now recommending masks for patients and visitors who visit their hospitals, hospice home, and c...
Jan 02, 2025 (OSF HealthCare)
New Orleans attack suspect acted alone, supported Islamic State, FBI says
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A U.S. Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but acted alone in the attack that killed at least 14 peo...
Jan 02, 2025 A New Orleans police vehicle blocks the entrance to Bourbon Street, near the site where people were killed by a man driving a truck in an attack during New Year's celebrations, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., January 2, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
