Author Archives: TJ Carson
Trump election interference case paused in Georgia during challenge to prosecutor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday paused the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of seeking to subvert the 2020 election while it considers the former president's bid to disqu...
Jun 05, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., May 31, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Live-in caretaker found guilty in December 2019 death of woman he was caring for
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has been found guilty of First Degree Murder in the 2019 death of a woman he was the live-in caretaker for. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says that was the verdict a...
Jun 05, 2024 courtroom gavel
Dollar Tree explores sale of struggling Family Dollar banner
(Reuters) -Dollar Tree said on Wednesday it was exploring options, including a potential sale or spinoff of its Family Dollar banner, as it looks to restructure business amid still-high inflation that...
Jun 05, 2024 A shopping cart is seen outside a Dollar Tree store in Mount Rainier, Maryland, U.S., June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott
Metamora Park District plans to close public pool for good after season
METAMORA, Ill. - The Metamora Park District is closing its community pool for good when the summer ends. The park district made the announcement Wednesday on Facebook, citing decreasing turnout at the...
Jun 05, 2024 (Metamora Park District)
UPDATE: With Gaza ceasefire announcement, Biden pushes Netanyahu toward a deal
UPDATED 12:45 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Joe Biden publicly aired a Gaza ceasefire proposal developed by Israel and the United States and sent to Hamas, he made the announcement w...
Jun 05, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Miriam Alster/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
US House passes Republican bill to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court over its prosecutor's decision to seek arrest...
Jun 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Biden imposes sweeping asylum ban at U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a major enforcement move in the run-up to November...
Jun 04, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden announces an executive order on enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border, as he remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US attorney general denies politicizing justice system against Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday rejected accusations by House Republicans that he had politicized the criminal justice system in a bid to stop Donald Trump from ...
Jun 04, 2024 U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn-in to testify before the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing entitled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice”, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden
Columbia University settles lawsuit over campus safety amid protests
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Columbia University will provide safety escorts and take other steps to protect its students, to settle a lawsuit claiming its campus had become unsafe during recent pro-Palestini...
Jun 04, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Police stand guard near an encampment of protesters supporting Palestinians on the grounds of Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs//File Photo
Washington to consider increased price tag for new evidence building
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington will have to pay a little more money to build a new evidence building for the police department. Police Chief Mike McCoy sent a memo to city council, dated Mo...
Jun 04, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
