Author Archives: TJ Carson

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 ...
TJ Carson 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)

At UN, US warns Iran not to target it over Syria strike
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States warned Iran on Tuesday not to retaliate against it for an attack on Iran's embassy compound in Syria, telling the U.N. Security Council it had no prior war...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Alternate Representative of the United States for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations Robert A. Wood speaks to delegates during a United Nations Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Man charged in March stabbing death at Peoria apartment complex indicted by grand jury
PEORIA, Ill. - The man charged in Peoria's fourth homicide of the year has been indicted by a grand jury. 61-year-old Josef Viel was indicted on a First Degree Murder charge and a Murder charge Tuesda...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 Josef Viel Mugshot (Peoria County State's Attorney's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

UPDATE: Trump calls migrants 'animals,' intensifying focus on illegal immigration
UPDATED 4:40 P.M. (Reuters) -Donald Trump called immigrants in the United States illegally "animals" and "not human" in a speech in Michigan on Tuesday, resorting to the degrading rhetoric he has empl...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Washington set to approve FY25 spending plan that includes multiple road projects
WASHINGTON, Ill. - The city of Washington is set to approve one of the biggest spending plans it has ever had. The fiscal year 2025 budget received a first reading at Monday's City Council meeting, an...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)

Rivian deliveries beat expectations; Tesla dampens industry hopes
(Reuters) -Rivian Automotive beat estimates for quarterly deliveries, fueled by strong demand for its electric pickup trucks and SUVs, although its shares fell 5% as Tesla's weak numbers fanned concer...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A Rivian Automotive Inc facility is pictured in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FilePhoto

Biden speaks to China's Xi on Taiwan, Ukraine, Philippines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first direct talks on Tuesday since meeting in November, with Biden looking to keep tensions from mounting ah...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he walks with U.S. President Joe Biden at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Woodside, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Israeli airstrike kills 7 aid workers in Gaza, Netanyahu says it was 'unintentional'
(Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday an Israeli airstrike that killed seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres' World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza was unintended...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 A Palestinian man rides a bicycle past a damaged vehicle where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), including foreigners, were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO as the Israeli military said it was conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this "tragic" incident, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza, Strip April 2, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot

UPDATE: US job openings nudge higher in February
UPDATED 11:08 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job openings edged up in February, though labor market conditions are gradually easing in support of expectations that the Federal Reserve will start cutt...
TJ Carson Apr 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: An employee hiring sign with a QR code is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Israelis agree to consider US concerns about Rafah offensive-joint statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli officials agreed on Monday to take U.S. concerns about a planned offensive in Rafah into account, said a joint statement issued after a virtual meeting with U.S. official...
TJ Carson Apr 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 27, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot/File Photo


