Author Archives: TJ Carson
White House turns to US Supreme Court in Texas razor-wire border dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked it from destroying razor wire fencing ...
Jan 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A migrant waits for others after crossing the Rio Grande and getting over the razor wire in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Global shipping firms continue to pause Red Sea shipments
OSLO (Reuters) -Denmark's Maersk and German rival Hapag-Lloyd said on Tuesday their container ships would continue to avoid the Red Sea route that gives access to the Suez Canal following a weekend at...
Jan 02, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Container vessel Maersk Hangzhou sails in the Wielingen channel, Westerschelde, Netherlands July 15, 2018. Rene van Quekelberghe/Handout via REUTERS
City of Pekin set to appoint high school teacher to fill vacancy on city council
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin will soon fill the lone vacancy on its city council with a teacher. Chris Onken, a P.E. teacher at Pekin Community High School, has been tabbed to replace Becky Cloyd. ...
Jan 02, 2024 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Israeli drone kills deputy Hamas chief in Beirut -security sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Deputy Hamas chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday night in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of the allied Lebanese militant group ...
Jan 02, 2024 People stand at a damaged building following an explosion at the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon January 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
UPDATE: Harvard President Gay resigns after rocky testimony, plagiarism allegations
UPDATED 1:40 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harvard President Claudine Gay said she would resign from her position on Tuesday, after her first months in the role were rocked by her congressional testimony...
Jan 02, 2024 Incoming President of Harvard University and current Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay listens during Harvard University’s 372nd Commencement Exercises in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Gas prices in Peoria area continue to fall into new year. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in central Illinois continue to fall as the calendar turns to 2024, and an average inching closer to under $3/gallon. GasBuddy's latest survey of stations in the Peoria area ...
Jan 02, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
First Powerball drawing of 2024 to take place Monday night as jackpot nears one billion dollars
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Someone could have millions of reasons to start the new year on a good note. Monday is the next drawing in the multi-state Powerball lottery game. The estimated jackpot is $810 mil...
Jan 01, 2024 (Powerball)
Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of early New Year's Day attacks
(Reuters) -Ukraine's shelling of the city of Donetsk on Monday killed four people, a Russian-installed official in the eastern region of Ukraine said, while Russia's air attacks on several Ukrainian r...
Jan 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin attends a news conference in Donetsk, Ukraine February 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
Addiction recovery doctor discusses ketamine and its effects
PEORIA, Ill. - The death of actor Matthew Perry has increased the awareness of a sedative that can be misused. Perry died in October from what was described as acute effects of ketamine, along with he...
Jan 01, 2024 (Carle Health)
US Supreme Court's Roberts urges 'caution' as AI reshapes legal field
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said in a year-end report published on Sunday, urging "cau...
Jan 01, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during the funeral service for retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
