Author Archives: TJ Carson
Olympics-Macron says he has no doubt Russia will target Paris Olympics
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that he had no doubt Russia would malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer. "I have no doubt whatsoever, including in terms...
Apr 04, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron talks to children after their swimming performance during the inauguration of the Olympic Aquatics Centre (CAO), a multifunctional venue for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games construction site which is under the management of the "Metropole Grand Paris" in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool
In Chicago visit, Attorney General Garland announces $78M anti-violence initiative
CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In a visit to Chicago on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced $78 million in federal grant funding for community-based anti-violence programs. G...
Apr 04, 2024 Garland: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland addresses the second annual Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative conference. Garland highlighted federal investments in community-based organizations focused on stemming gun violence. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Dilpreet Raju)
Lawmakers question Pritzker's plan for new early childhood agency
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Gov. JB Pritzker's plan to consolidate the state's early childhood programs into one new cabinet-level agency ran into tough questions this week during a Ho...
Apr 03, 2024 WHALEN: Ann Whalen, the early childhood transition director for Gov. JB Pritzker, testifies before a House budget committee about a plan to create a new state Department of Early Childhood. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Trump loses bid to delay hush money trial until US Supreme Court review
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until the U.S. Supreme Court reviews cla...
Apr 03, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Biden to speak with Netanyahu on Thursday, US official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will speak by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, three days after Israel launched an attack in which seven World Central K...
Apr 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Peoria Chiefs starts 2024 season this weekend on road, home opener on Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - The boys of summer will soon take the field at Dozer Park in downtown Peoria. The 2024 season for the Peoria Chiefs, the High-A minor league baseball affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinal...
Apr 03, 2024 Members of the Peoria Chiefs warmup before a workout at the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Peoria Police investigating man shot early Wednesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are investigating after a man was shot early Wednesday morning. Officers responded at around 3:30 A.M. to a call regarding a person shot and taken to a local hospital via ...
Apr 03, 2024 (File-Mike Sabol/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Federal civil rights lawsuit against Peoria and Peoria County by heirs of Cleve Heidelberg dismissed
PEORIA, Ill. - A federal court has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Peoria and Peoria County, along with numerous former police officers and prosecutors, relating to the conviction...
Apr 03, 2024 courtroom gavel
US pushes back on judge over Trump claim that classified records he kept were personal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. prosecutor leading the case against Donald Trump for retaining classified documents after leaving office pushed back on a federal judge after she signaled she may accep...
Apr 03, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the 2024 Senior Club Championship award ceremony at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
Amid controversy at Prisoner Review Board, Pritzker calls for more training as GOP again seeks reform
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - After two members of the state's Prisoner Review Board resigned last week following the release of a prisoner who then stabbed his ex-girlfriend and killed ...
Apr 02, 2024 PRB: Prisoner Review Board members (left to right) Julie Globokar, Darryldean Goff, Matthew Coates and Jeffrey Grubbs are pictured at the board’s March 28 meeting in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
