Author Archives: TJ Carson
Quest Charter Academy students learn where they will spend the next school year
PEORIA, Ill. - Quest Charter Academy students are getting a preview this week of what the next school year in a new building could look like. Quest is closing at the end of the school year after the P...
Feb 08, 2024 (25 News)
US weekly jobless claims stay low despite high-profile layoff announcements
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly more than expected last week, pointing to underlying labor market strength despite a recent surg...
Feb 08, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A sign advertising job openings is seen outside of a Starbucks in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
UPDATE: One person injured after Peoria house fire Wednesday afternoon
UPDATED 5:24 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - One person was treated for injuries after a fire in Peoria's North Valley Wednesday afternoon. Peoria Fire crews arrived on scene around 1:30 p.m. at Northeast Perry n...
Feb 07, 2024 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Trump not immune from election subversion charges, US appeals court rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, bringing the former U.S. presid...
Feb 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Houthis say they fired at two ships in Red Sea, damaging both
(Reuters) -Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday they had fired missiles at two vessels in the Red Sea, causing damage to the ships. The Houthis have been targeting commercial vessels with dron...
Feb 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A cargo ship boat model is seen in front of "Red Sea" and "Houthi attacks" words in this illustration taken January 9, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
King Charles' cancer 'caught early', as Harry flies in to see him
LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles' cancer was caught early and the whole country is hoping he can make a full recovery, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday, as messages of support for the ...
Feb 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Britain's King Charles leaves the London Clinic with Queen Camilla after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate in London, Britain January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
Republican US House poised to vote whether to impeach Biden border chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday is expected to vote on whether to impeach President Joe Biden's top border official, accusing him of encouragi...
Feb 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas takes his seat to testify before a Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on the department's budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
U.S. country singer Toby Keith dies aged 62
UPDATED 12:50 P.M. (Reuters) -U.S. country music star Toby Keith died on Monday aged 62, according to his X social media account, some 18 months after it was announced that he had stomach cancer. Keit...
Feb 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Toby Keith performs at the "Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration" concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Nikki Haley set to win Nevada Republican primary, but victory will be hollow
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Nikki Haley, the last remaining rival to frontrunner Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, is set to win Nevada's primary on Tuesday, but it will be a hollow v...
Feb 06, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley, former governor of South Carolina and former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
Israel presses onslaught in Gaza's Khan Younis as US pursues ceasefire quest
DOHA/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike on an apartment in southern Gaza killed six people on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, as the top U.S. diplomat arrived in Egypt to pursue ...
Feb 06, 2024 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 5, 2024. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
