Author Archives: TJ Carson
UN envoy meets Syria's Sharaa, urges inclusive transition
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The U.N.'s Syria envoy urged an inclusive Syrian transition based on a nine-year-old Security Council resolution during a meeting with the commander of Syria's new administration,...
Dec 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.N. Syria envoy Geir Pedersen meets with head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani in Damascus, Syria in this handout released on December 15, 2024. Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Homeless man arrested in connection to Saturday morning fire at Peoria hospital
PEORIA, Ill. - A homeless man has been arrested in connection to a fire at a Peoria hospital early Saturday morning. 25 News reports 78-year-old Larry Peterson started the fire near the entry way of C...
Dec 16, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
Ukraine reports North Korean losses on Russia's Kursk front
(Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean units fighting for Russia sustained losses of at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded around several villages on the front in Russia's Kursk region o...
Dec 16, 2024 Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool
Dense Fog Advisory until 11:00 A.M. Monday
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 153 AM CST Mon Dec 16 2024 ILZ027>031-037-038-042-043-051-052-161615- /O.EXB.KILX.FG.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-241216T1700Z/ Knox-Stark-Peoria...
Dec 16, 2024
ABC to pay $15 million to Trump library to settle lawsuit, court documents show
(Reuters) -ABC News has agreed to give $15 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving...
Dec 15, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Syrian Christians attend Mass, schools reopen a week after Assad's overthrow
DAMASCUS/LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) -Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of assur...
Dec 15, 2024 Members of the Orthodox community of Latakia attend a Sunday Mass conducted by Athanasios Fahed, Metropolitan of Latakia and its dependencies for the Greek Orthodox, at St. George's Cathedral in Latakia, Syria, December 15, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Fire damages Peoria hospital Saturday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A portion of a Peoria hospital was damaged after a fire was reportedly intentionally set near it Saturday morning. Peoria Fire says crews responded to Carle Health Methodist Hospital at...
Dec 15, 2024 (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Dense Fog Advisory until 12:00 P.M. Sunday
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1209 AM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-151800- /O.NEW.KILX.FG.Y.0013.241215T0609Z-241215T1800Z/ Knox-Stark-Peoria-Mar...
Dec 15, 2024
New Peoria Public Schools program looks to develop teachers from within
PEORIA, Ill. - A new program at Peoria Public Schools gives the district's staffers and paraprofessionals a pathway to becoming teachers. The first class of the Teacher Apprenticeship Program was cele...
Dec 13, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden administration inks renewed science cooperation deal with China; Republicans cry foul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and China renewed a science cooperation agreement on Friday, the U.S. State Department said, this time with "robust national security guardrails," despite objec...
Dec 13, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, U.S. December 10, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
