Author Archives: TJ Carson
Fierce fighting in Gaza as war hits 100 days
DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the Oct. 7 attack ...
Jan 14, 2024 Israeli military operates near Gaza, amid a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, in South Israel, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File photo
Republicans battle cold in Iowa with big poll setting the tone
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - A highly anticipated poll set the tone for a final full day of campaigning in ice-cold Iowa on Sunday, with Donald Trump maintaining a big lead and Nikki Haley overtaking ...
Jan 14, 2024 Republican presidential candidate and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy leaves a campaign event ahead of the Iowa caucus vote in Hubbard, Iowa, U.S. January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Sergio Flores
Invoking Jesus, Republicans brace for Iowa caucuses in record cold
URBANDALE/DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Even Jesus could lend a hand when Iowans face frigid weather conditions to pick their Republican presidential nominee on Monday, set to be a record cold caucus n...
Jan 12, 2024 Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis leaves a campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S., January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
More migrants arrive in Chicago as city tries to shelter them during frigid winter blast
CHICAGO, Ill. - Frigid temperatures is not stopping the flow of migrants from the United States southern border into Chicago. FOX News reports that, as of Wednesday night, 324 people are being housed ...
Jan 12, 2024 Harald Deischinger / CC
US to seek death penalty against white supremacist Buffalo shooter
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022, marking the first time the Bide...
Jan 12, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Tops gunman Payton Gendron is escorted out of the courtroom after he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for domestic terrorism motivated by hate and each of the 10 counts of first-degree murder by Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, in Buffalo, NY, U.S., February 15, 2023. Derek Gee/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Illinois proposal calls for expanding vote-by-mail
URBANA, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - As the 2024 election season draws near, voters in Illinois will once again choose whether they want to cast their ballots in person or by mail. But one lawmaker ...
Jan 12, 2024 Democratic state Reps. Maurice West, of Rockford, and Carol Ammons, of Urbana, discuss Ammons’ proposal to expand voting by mail in Illinois during a meeting Wednesday of the House Ethics and Elections Committee. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
UPDATE: Bitter and dangerous cold temperatures through Tuesday for central Illinois
UPDATED 6 A.M. 1/13 LINCOLN, Ill. Dangerous wind chills will cover central Illinois for the next several days. Beginning Saturday night, where the National Weather Service Central Illinois office in L...
Jan 12, 2024 (National Weather Service)
At World Court, South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -South Africa accused Israel on Thursday of carrying out genocide in Gaza and demanded that the U.N.'s top court order an emergency suspension of Israel's devastating military camp...
Jan 11, 2024 People sit inside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the day of the trial to hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza and to desist from what South Africa says are genocidal acts committed against Palestinians during the war with Hamas in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Peoria Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign entering home stretch
PEORIA, Ill. - The Peoria Salvation Army's Tree of Lights campaign is nearing its end. The campaign started on November 1st with a goal of raising $2.2 million by the end of January. Campaign Chair Je...
Jan 11, 2024 (Salvation Army)
Peoria man convicted of sexual assault incident occurring in 2020
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man was found guilty Wednesday for the rape of a woman he reportedly did not know in 2020. Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos says Marquiese Talley, 32, was found guilty ...
Jan 11, 2024 Marquiese Talley (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail July 2020)
