Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: Jury finds Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts at hush money trial
UPDATED 4:56 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a pa...
May 30, 2024 Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS
US Supreme Court's Roberts rebuffs meeting with Democratic senators over Alito
(Reuters) -U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rejected a request by two Democratic senators for a meeting to urge him to take steps to ensure fellow Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recuses...
May 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Associate Justice Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pekin man facing federal charges after allegedly being in possession of homemade weapons
PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man accused of being in possession of homemade pipe bombs and a gun is in federal custody. The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Central District of Illinois says 34-year-old Dalton...
May 30, 2024 courtroom gavel
Bloomington ECHL team becomes affiliate of NHL's New York Rangers
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington is in a New York state of mind. The city's new ECHL team, the Bison, announced Thursday their NHL affiliation will be with the New York Rangers. The Bison will also be ...
May 30, 2024 (Grossinger Motors Arena)
US Supreme Court boosts NRA in free speech fight with New York official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court gave a boost on Thursday to the National Rifle Association in its free speech dispute with a New York state official it accused of coercing banks and insur...
May 30, 2024 A person walks at the annual National Rifle Association (NRA) meeting in Dallas, Texas, U.S., May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File photo
Lawmakers OK bill to require 'faithful' electors in 2024, loosen campaign finance rules
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Illinois appears likely to join most of the rest of the country in requiring that the state's Electoral Colleg...
May 30, 2024 Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, prepares for a debate over a broad package of election legislation. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
One of three men wanted in connection to Peoria Heights gas station shooting incident in custody
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Peoria Heights Police say they have taken into custody one of three men wanted for a Memorial Day weekend shooting incident at a gas station. Police say 22-year-old Jontin Evans...
May 29, 2024 (Peoria Heights Police Department/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Golf-Scheffler freed of charges arising from Louisville arrest
(Reuters) -Charges against world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler stemming from his arrest before the second round of the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, two weeks ago were dropped on Wed...
May 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: May 26, 2024; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Scottie Scheffler hits his tee shot on #9 during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
Black voters will help defeat Trump, Biden says in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden began a new push in Philadelphia on Wednesday to court Black voters, a critical voting bloc that is showing signs of weakness for Democrats ahead of t...
May 29, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the National Memorial Day Wreath-Laying and Observance Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/ File Photo
US Supreme Court's Alito rejects calls to recuse in 2020 election-related cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito rejected on Wednesday requests by Democratic lawmakers to recuse himself from two cases - one on Donald Trump's bid for immunity from pros...
May 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Jr is seen during a group portrait session for the new full court at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
