Author Archives: TJ Carson
Contest-winning restaurant in Peoria's Maxam Building closes its doors
PEORIA, Ill. - A year after winning an entrepreneur contest, a restaurant in Peoria's Maxam building is closing its doors. Bollywood Bites Bistro and Events Center announced the decision in a social m...
Aug 07, 2024 (25 News)
US 30-year mortgage rate drops on weak jobs data, Fed rate-cut signals
(Reuters) - The interest rate for the most popular U.S. home loan plunged last week to its lowest level in 15 months, after the Federal Reserve signaled it could start cutting its policy rate in Septe...
Aug 07, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A "sold" sign is seen outside of a recently purchased home in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo
UPDATE: Two teenage boys arrested in connection to armed robbery at a Peoria McDonald's
UPDATED 4:58 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenage boys were arrested after an armed robbery at a McDonald's in Peoria Wednesday morning. Peoria Police says officers were dispatched to the location on Knoxv...
Aug 07, 2024
Rivian sticks to production forecast, posts second-quarter margin below estimates
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive maintained its production forecast for the year on Tuesday and said it lost more per electric car delivered than analysts had expected as cost-cuts are yet to take effect....
Aug 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Two men indicted in alleged pit bull attack near Bradley University
PEORIA, Ill. - Felony indictments have been given to two men after their pit bulls allegedly injured a couple near Bradley University. A Peoria County grand jury on Tuesday indicted 45-year-old Robert...
Aug 06, 2024 Brian Turner / CC
US charges man with alleged ties to Iran in foiled assassination plot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran has been charged in the United States in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. politician or government officials, the Jus...
Aug 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
New Illinois law aims to give free ID cards to citizens leaving correctional facilities
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill on Tuesday that's aimed at providing free identification cards to more people exiting correctional facilities in Illinois. The st...
Aug 06, 2024 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a news conference in Chicago prior to signing a bill aimed at giving more Illinoisans who leave a correctional facility access to a free state ID. (Credit: Illinois.gov)
Hamas names Oct 7 mastermind Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said on Tuesday, in a move that rei...
Aug 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Hamas leader Yehya Al-Sinwar looks on as palestinians Hamas supporters take part in an anti-Israel rally over tension in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, in Gaza City October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Israel says dozens of Palestinian fighters killed in Gaza over past 24 hours
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed 45 Palestinian fighters in Gaza over the past day, the military said on Tuesday, after heavy fighting in which militant group Hamas said it destroyed t...
Aug 06, 2024 Mourners react during the funeral of three Palestinians, who were killed in an Israeli raid, in Aqaba near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 6, 2024. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Google has an illegal monopoly on search, US judge finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google broke the law with an illegal monopoly on online search, a federal judge ruled on Monday, the first big win for U.S. antitrust authorities who have filed sever...
Aug 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
