Author Archives: TJ Carson
US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for del...
May 16, 2024 A view shows the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File photo
Kruzan pleads guilty to stabbing death of boyfriend in Peoria home last year
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria woman has pleaded guilty to a lesser murder charge in relation to the stabbing death of her boyfriend last year. 25 News reports 23-year-old Heaven Kruzan on Thursday pleaded g...
May 16, 2024 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Dow hits milestone 40,000 mark as rate-cut hopes fuel rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Dow reached an intra-day high of 40,000 for the first time on Thursday, but it ended lower after paring earlier gains, as investor hopes of interest-rate cuts by the Federal Re...
May 16, 2024 Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States
BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) -China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a "new era" of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States, which they cast as an...
May 16, 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing, China May 16, 2024. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS
Lawmakers consider tax break for news publishers, state-sponsored journalism scholarships
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A new measure being debated in the Illinois General Assembly would create a tax credit for certain news publishers based on the number of reporters they emp...
May 16, 2024 Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, is pictured in a file photo from 2023. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)
US unveils proposal to ease restrictions on marijuana
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday unveiled a historic proposal to ease restrictions on marijuana, a rule that if enacted would also enable more research on its medicinal b...
May 16, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A volunteer displays jars of dried cannabis buds at the La Brea Collective medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, California, March 18, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Female juvenile arrested after having gun in drive-thru of Bartonville business
BARTONVILLE, Ill. - A female juvenile was arrested yesterday in Bartonville after allegedly having a gun on her lap in the drive-thru of a business. Bartonville Police say officers were dispatched jus...
May 16, 2024 (Bartonville Police via Facebook)
Israel moves into north Gaza Hamas stronghold, pounds Rafah without advancing
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's tanks pushed into the heart of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Thursday, facing anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs from militants concentrated there, while in the south...
May 16, 2024 An Israeli soldier jumps off a tank, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Work starts to build new city hall for West Peoria
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - Work is now underway to build a new city hall for West Peoria. City leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for the new building. It will be located at the former Busey B...
May 16, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE: Peoria Police provide further details in arrest of suspect in MikeQuese Taylor's shooting death
UPDATED 5/16 12:13 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police have released more details surrounding an arrest made in the shooting death of 18-year-old MikeQuese Taylor. It was the city's 5th homicide of 2024...
May 15, 2024 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
