Author Archives: TJ Carson
US FDIC needs 'fresh start' with new chair, White House official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House believes the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp needs a "fresh start" with a new chair who is not part of the leadership that presided over its long-running cult...
May 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) logo is seen at the FDIC headquarters in Washington, February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo
US to close Northeast gasoline reserve with 1 million-barrel sale
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will sell nearly 1 million barrels of gasoline in the U.S. managed stockpile in northeastern states as required by law, the Department of Energy said on...
May 21, 2024 A person uses a petrol pump at a gas station as fuel prices surged in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Man pleads guilty for shooting at West Peoria tavern in September 2023
PEORIA, Ill. - A man has pleaded guilty for a shooting last year at a tavern in West Peoria. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says 43-year-old Anthony Gates pleaded guilty Tuesday to a char...
May 21, 2024 Anthony Gates (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange wins right to appeal extradition from Britain to US
LONDON (Reuters) -WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission on Monday to appeal against extradition to the United States after arguing at London's High Court that he might not be able to r...
May 20, 2024 People attend a protest outside the High Court on the day of an extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in London, Britain, May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska
Stealing from Trump was 'self-help,' Cohen testifies at hush money trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen testified that he stole money from Trump's company as a form of "self- help" as prosecutors rested their case on Monday at the former U.S....
May 20, 2024 Michael Cohen, former lawyer for Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump, departs his home in Manhattan to testify in Trump's criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in New York City, U.S., May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Crashed ship that took down Baltimore bridge refloated, towed from channel
(Reuters) -Recovery teams refloated a huge cargo vessel impeding shipping in the Port of Baltimore early on Monday and pulled it free of the main channel, two months after the boat crashed into the Fr...
May 20, 2024 A view of the cargo ship 'Dali' as crews clear it from the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Two teenagers arrested on weapons charges after traffic stop Friday night in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two teenagers were arrested on weapons charges after a traffic stop in Peoria Friday night. Peoria Police say the stop occurred just before 9:00 P.M. in the area of Wayne and Adams Stre...
May 20, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Man accused of having IEDs in Pekin identified. Here's what we know
PEKIN, Ill. - The man accused of having an improvised explosive device in Pekin last week has been identified. 25 News reports Dalton Mattus is facing charges of unlawful possession of a weapon by a f...
May 20, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Planned Parenthood facility reopens after firebombing last year
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria's Planned Parenthood facility is reopening Monday after damage from a firebombing last year. Planned Parenthood of Illinois says the renovated facility on North Knoxville feature...
May 20, 2024 (Planned Parenthood of Illinois)
Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection with $100 million in financing commitments
(Reuters) - U.S.-based restaurant chain Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Florida court after securing $100 million in financing commitments from its existing lenders, th...
May 20, 2024 A closed Red Lobster restaurant whose entire contents are up for auction is shown in San Diego, California, U.S., May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
