Author Archives: TJ Carson
Columbia University threatens to expel protesters occupying building
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University officials threatened to expel activists on Tuesday after they seized and occupied an academic building as the standoff between administrators and student protes...
Apr 30, 2024 A student protester parades a Palestinian flag outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, in New York, U.S., April 30, 2024. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS
Biden administration takes step to make marijuana use a less serious crime
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday moved to make marijuana use a less serious federal crime, taking a step to reclassify the drug out of a category that includes heroin in a...
Apr 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A worker organizes cannabis flowers before the opening of the first legal recreational marijuana dispensary located in the East Village in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Rivermen announce plans for parade and celebration for President's Cup champions
PEORIA, Ill. - Plans for a party for the Southern Professional Hockey League champions Peoria Rivermen have been made. A championship parade will take place Friday at 5:30 P.M. The parade will start a...
Apr 30, 2024 (Peoria Rivermen)
Two injured after crash Tuesday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Two people were sent to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Peoria. Peoria Fire says the crash happened in the area of University and War Memorial just before 8:00...
Apr 30, 2024 Midwest Communications
US House Democrats won't support motion to eject Speaker Mike Johnson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Democrats will not support a proposed motion to eject Republican Speaker Mike Johnson if it comes to a vote, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement on Tue...
Apr 30, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) arrives at a news conference at Columbia University in response to demonstrators protesting in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 24, 2024.REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
Election officials to weigh whether Darren Bailey and GOP operative Dan Proft illegally coordinated
CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A year and a half after Republican Darren Bailey lost his campaign to challenge Gov. JB Pritzker, state election officials are weighing whether he illegally col...
Apr 30, 2024 Conservative political operative Dan Proft (left) listens to testimony from former Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey (right) in a hearing over allegations that the two illegally coordinated messaging campaigns in 2022. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Peoria man who died in traffic crash in Iowa Sunday night identified
SCOTT COUNTY, Iowa - The Peoria man who was the victim in a fatal accident in Iowa Sunday night has been identified. The Scott County Sheriff's Office says Eric Fraelle, 52, was pronounced dead at the...
Apr 30, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Teenager arrested by Peoria Police multiple times for same offense within a week
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager was arrested twice last week by Peoria Police for the same offense. Officers observed a vehicle driving recklessly Saturday just before 1:00 A.M. in the area of Peoria and Ne...
Apr 29, 2024
State health plans must cover gender-affirming surgery, US appeals court rules
(Reuters) - Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The 8-6 opinion from the Richmond, Virginia-ba...
Apr 29, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A supporter of "Billboard Chris", who opposes medical treatments for transgender youth, stands across the street from counter-protestors outside Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
UPDATE: Four law enforcement officers killed in North Carolina, police say
UPDATED 11:04 P.M. (Reuters) -Four law enforcement officers were shot to death and four others were wounded on Monday in a gun battle that erupted while they were serving a fugitive arrest warrant at ...
Apr 29, 2024 Midwest Communications
