Author Archives: TJ Carson
Olympics-Basketball-U.S. to take on France in Paris dream final after close call
PARIS (Reuters) -The United States kept the dream alive with a stirring fourth quarter rally to tame feisty Serbia 95-91 on Thursday and move into the Paris Olympics men's basketball gold medal final ...
Aug 08, 2024 Paris 2024 Olympics - Basketball - Men's Semifinal - United States vs Serbia - Bercy Arena, Paris, France - August 08, 2024. Kevin Durant of United States in action with Ognjen Dobric of Serbia. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Peoria man sentenced to prison for selling weapons
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man will spend the next seven years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing and selling weapons. 27-year-old Devonte Thompson was sentenced Thursday to prison, after he w...
Aug 08, 2024 courtroom gavel
Pekin Police looking for suspect in reported school theft
PEKIN, Ill. - Pekin Police is asking for the public's help in finding a suspect accused of breaking into a school over the summer. The department released a video on Facebook, showing a male inside an...
Aug 08, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US prosecutors says Romanian businessman hired Hunter Biden to seek US policy influence
(Reuters) - Prosecutors in the U.S. criminal tax case against Hunter Biden accused him of accepting payments from a Romanian businessman who sought to "influence U.S. government agencies" in connectio...
Aug 08, 2024 Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives at the federal court for his trial on criminal gun charges, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
First Washington Police K9 dies
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The first K9 dog to serve in the Washington Police Department has died. The department says Thor was euthanized on Monday for acute medical conditions related to his age. Thor lived...
Aug 08, 2024 (Washington Police Department)
ISIS-inspired suspect in Taylor Swift show plot planned suicide attack
VIENNA (Reuters) -An Austrian teenager arrested over an alleged plot to strike a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna planned to carry out a suicide attack that would have caused a "bloodbath" and had vowed...
Aug 08, 2024 People and security walk outside Happel stadium after Taylor Swift's three concerts this week were canceled after the government confirmed a planned attack at the stadium in Vienna, Austria, August 8, 2024. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl
Taylor Swift Vienna concerts cancelled due to planned attack, organizer says
BERLIN (Reuters) -Taylor Swift's three concerts in Vienna this week were cancelled after government confirmation of a planned attack at the stadium, the organizer said late on Wednesday. "With confirm...
Aug 07, 2024 Taylor Swift attends a premiere for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Democrats Harris, Walz test Midwest credentials at rallies in Michigan and Wisconsin
EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (Reuters) -Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her new running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, put his Midwestern credentials to the test on Wednesday with a r...
Aug 07, 2024 Supporters gather ahead of U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's campaign event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S., August 7, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
UPDATE: Big Al's manager accused of deleting video evidence of shooting in establishment
UPDATED 5:17 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - The manager of Big Al's in downtown Peoria is accused of deleting video footage of a shooting inside the establishment last month. The shooting occurred at around 3:30...
Aug 07, 2024
Illinois further expands reproductive health care protections
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed multiple bills expanding reproductive rights in Illinois on Wednesday, including codifying a federal law that allows medical professiona...
Aug 07, 2024 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks at a bill signing ceremony for three measures aimed at protecting access to reproductive health care in Illinois. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
