Author Archives: TJ Carson
Georgia man arrested in connection to shooting death of Peoria teen in Bloomington in April 2022
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a Richwoods High School in Bloomington in April of 2022. Bloomington Police say 20-year-old Tomiyale Anderson of Hampton, Georgia w...
Dec 28, 2023 (25 News)
US targets flow of Iranian funds to Yemen's Houthis over attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In its latest response to attacks on shipping by the Houthis, the U.S. on Thursday sanctioned an individual and three currency exchange houses it accused of facilitating the flow...
Dec 28, 2023 Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen December 2, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
Nikki Haley, asked about cause of U.S. Civil War, declines to mention slavery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley declined on Wednesday night to say that slavery was one of the main causes of the U.S. Civil War, an omission that drew swift rebuk...
Dec 28, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S., December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Mexico asks for border crossings to reopen during Blinken visit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico pressed U.S. officials to reopen border crossings during a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Wednesday, as U.S. official...
Dec 27, 2023 U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken upon his arrival at Felipe Angeles International Airport in Zumpango, Mexico December 27, 2023 REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
14-year-old accused in August shooting death of 17-year-old in Peoria's East Bluff to be tried as an adult
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenager accused of murdering another teenager in August in Peoria's East Bluff will be tried as an adult for First-Degree Murder. The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office says a p...
Dec 27, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
North Korea's Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations -state media
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered its military, the munitions industry and the nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented ...
Dec 27, 2023 North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the 5th National Meeting of Mothers in Pyongyang in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on December 5, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
NY Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for infringing copyrighted works
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing them of using millions of the newspaper's articles without permission to help train chatbots to provide informa...
Dec 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
US to provide up to $250 million in arms, equipment to Ukraine -Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. will provide up to $250 million in arms and equipment to Ukraine in the final package of aid this year to help Kyiv in its war with Russia, Secretary of State Antony Bl...
Dec 27, 2023 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken descends from a vehicle during his visit to discuss migration amid concern about increased crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border, in Mexico City, Mexico December 27, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha
Unions look to state for solutions after year of higher ed labor action
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - At public universities across the state, staff and faculty unions have faced a contentious year of negotiations and, in some cases, strikes. Pay has been a ...
Dec 27, 2023 CSU STRIKE: Valerie Goss, the head of the faculty union at Chicago State University, and Illinois Federation of Teachers President Daniel Montgomery embrace at an April 3 rally on the campus of Chicago State University. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Tom Smothers, half of American comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
(Reuters) - American comic Tom Smothers, one-half of the musical-comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, died on Tuesday at 86 at home in California after being diagnosed with cancer, his family said in a s...
Dec 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Comedians and brothers, Tom (L) and Dick Smothers, star of the television series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Show" accept the Favorite Singing Siblings award at the 3rd annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California March 13, 2005. The awards show honors classic television shows and performers. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP/File Photo
