Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: Scholz says it is 'dangerous' to relativize NATO mutual defence clause after Trump comments
UPDATED 1:39 P.M. BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that any relativization of NATO's mutual defence clause was "dangerous" and only served Russia, following comment...
Feb 12, 2024 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a joint statement to the media with French President Macron (not pictured) as part of their meeting at Elysee Palace, Paris, France, 12 February 2024. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS
US Senate forges ahead on Ukraine, Israel aid as 'Putin is watching'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday will attempt to steer a $95.34 billion package containing aid for Ukraine and Israel to passage this week following months of delays, even as it lacked...
Feb 12, 2024 Tourists walk near the U.S. Capitol as the Senate votes to begin work on a bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Biden to meet Jordan's king, who wants Gaza ceasefire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House on Monday, coming face-to-face with a longtime ally who has been vocal in calling for a Gaza ceasefi...
Feb 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
UPDATE: Ukraine aid bill inches forward in US Senate
UPDATED 8:08 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday edged closer to passing a bill that includes $95.34 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, but faces an uncertain path to bec...
Feb 10, 2024 The U.S. Capitol is seen before U.S. Senate votes to begin work on a bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in Washington, U.S., February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
High school students across Illinois are crowning a chess champion in Peoria this weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a competition this weekend at the Peoria Civic Center that's a little quieter than what you would typically expect from a Bradley Braves or Peoria Rivermen game. The Illinois Hi...
Feb 10, 2024 Dunlap and Elgin in a match at the 2024 IHSA State Chess Finals at the Peoria Civic Center Ballroom. (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Negotiations over contracts represent about 3,800 Teamsters around the state
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Several Teamsters unions representing thousands of state highway workers have authorized strikes as contract negotiations between them and the state's Depar...
Feb 10, 2024 (Illinois Department of Transportation)
Palestinians brace for Rafah assault as Israel promises evacuation plan
DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes killed 17 people in Gaza's Rafah overnight, medics said on Saturday, as over a million Palestinians cramming into the border city await a full-blown offen...
Feb 10, 2024 Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, take shelter in a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the border with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Trump vows to undo Biden gun restrictions if re-elected
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, said on Friday he had firmly protected gun rights while in the White House ...
Feb 10, 2024 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the National Rifle Association (NRA) Presidential Forum at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Peoria Heights-based meat shop prepares for Super Bowl-related sales
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Super Bowl Sunday has become an unofficial holiday in the United States, full of gatherings with bountiful spreads of food. That's according to Pat Alwan, owner of Alwan and Son...
Feb 09, 2024 (Alwan and Sons Meat Company Facebook)
Indictments issued against migrants involved in attack on NYPD officers in Times Square
NEW YORK (FOX News) - Officials in New York have announced indictments against seven migrants who attacked two New York Police Department officers in Times Square. FOX News reports five of the migrant...
Feb 08, 2024 Nicholas Cole / CC
