Author Archives: TJ Carson
US buys 3 million barrels of oil for strategic reserve
(Reuters) - The United States has finalized contracts to purchase three million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the largest sale in history last year, the ...
Dec 27, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An oil storage tank and crude oil pipeline equipment is seen during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Richard Carson/File Photo
Three arrested after Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Here's what we know
PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Three men were arrested on weapons charges after an early Christmas morning traffic stop in Peoria Heights. Peoria Heights Police say the stop occurred just before 1:30 A.M. Mon...
Dec 27, 2023 From left to right; Tramerreon Blakes, Robert Lawson, Marcus King. (Peoria County Sheriff's Office/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Migrant caravan advances north as U.S. officials head to Mexico
VILLA COMALTITLAN (Reuters) - Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers moved slowly north across the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Tuesday in a caravan hoping to reach the U.S. border, one day ...
Dec 26, 2023 Migrants walk in a caravan, some of them holding a banner reading 'Exodus from Poverty', as an attempt to reach the U.S. border, in Huixtla, Mexico December 26, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Torres
Sweden edges closer to NATO after vote in Turkish parliamentary commission
ANKARA (Reuters) - The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission approved Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday in a key step towards enlarging the Western bloc after 19 months of delays in wh...
Dec 26, 2023 Swedish and NATO flags are seen printed on paper this illustration taken April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
One person arrested and another person injured after Christmas Eve crash in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A Christmas Eve crash in Peoria injured one person and led to one arrest. 25 News reports the two vehicle crash happened in the intersection of University and Forrest Hill at around 4:4...
Dec 26, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Rapper Ye, the former Kanye West, apologizes in Hebrew for anti-Jewish remarks
(Reuters) - The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, issued an apology in Hebrew to the Jewish community on Tuesday for his past antisemitic remarks, saying he sought forgiveness and regretted any...
Dec 26, 2023 Rapper Kanye West holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. July 19, 2020. REUTERS/Randall Hill
US holiday retail sales grow 3.1%, down from prior year -Mastercard
(Reuters) -U.S. retail sales rose 3.1% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, as shoppers looked for last-minute Christmas deals amid big promotions, a Mastercard report showed on Tuesday. The increase is lower ...
Dec 26, 2023 People look for discounts in a local store, in New York, U.S., December 25, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Prohibition on book bans, right to sue for 'deepfake porn' among new laws taking effect Jan. 1
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - More than 300 new laws will take effect Jan. 1, ranging from a ban on book bans to the regulation of "deepfake porn" and prohibitions on videoconferencing w...
Dec 26, 2023 More than 300 laws are slated to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, including new regulations on driving, a ban on ideological book bans, an expansion of paid leave and another annual increase to the state’s minimum wage. (Capitol News Illinois illustration by Andrew Adams, photo by Jerry Nowicki)
Home prices continued climb in October, surveys show
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Annual home prices in October rose again, pointing toward continued recovery of the housing market, data on Tuesday showed. A Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) report showed ho...
Dec 26, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A "For Sale" sign is posted outside a residential home in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Karen Ducey/File Photo
JOLT and Peoria County Coroner warn about new combination drug linked to recent overdose deaths
PEORIA, Ill. - Community leaders are speaking out about a recent string of overdose deaths in Peoria from a drug that's being sold as heroin. The drug is a polysubstance that is hard and gray and is a...
Dec 23, 2023 (JOLT Harm Reduction)
