Author Archives: TJ Carson
Congressman with Peoria ties discusses concerns with relationship between the United States and China
PEORIA, Ill. - A Congressman with ties to Peoria says there's multiple concerns with China's relationship with the United States. Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, a graduate of Richwoods High School, ser...
Dec 07, 2023 U.S. Rep.. Raja Krishnamoorthi (House of Representatives)
McDonald's tests CosMc's stores as burger chain boosts beverages focus
(Reuters) - McDonald's is set to test a smaller-format concept store called "CosMc's", which will sell cold beverages including flavored iced teas and slushes, as the fast-food giant charts out an amb...
Dec 07, 2023 Employees work at McDonald’s new beverage-led, drive-thru only chain, CosMc’s, during the concept’s secret opening in Bolingbrook, U.S. December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Cox
Republican-majority US House takes step toward vote on Biden impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives took a procedural step on Thursday toward voting to authorize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, an escalation ...
Dec 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) attends a House Oversight Committee hearing on the border crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy/File Photo
Trump to appeal judge's rejection of immunity claim in 2020 election case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that he would appeal a U.S. judge's ruling that the former president does not have immunity in the federal case accusing him of unlawful action...
Dec 07, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks outside the courtroom during a break as he attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Pekin to soon interview candidates to fill vacancy on city council
PEKIN, Ill. (25 News) - The Pekin City Council could be whole again next month. Mayor Mary Burress tells 25 News that eleven candidates have applied to fill the position that Becky Cloyd vacated last ...
Dec 07, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US House votes to censure Democrat Jamaal Bowman over fire alarm incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to censure Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm while trying to use a locked exit in September as...
Dec 07, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Jamaal Bowman speaks at a watch party as he takes an early lead in the democratic primary for New York's 16th Congressional District in Yonkers, New York, U.S., June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Arson cited as cause of Thursday morning fire at vacant house in South Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire says arson is being cited as the cause of a fire at a vacant home Thursday morning in South Peoria. Crews arrived at a house in the area of Laramie and Latrobe just after 8:...
Dec 07, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Bradley students hold another protest over proposed cuts to programs and faculty
PEORIA, Ill. - As a final decision looms regarding cuts to programs and faculty at Bradley University, a small group of students are making their voices heard to try and save them. A protest at Main a...
Dec 06, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US charges four Russia-affiliated soldiers with war crimes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. has charged four Russia-affiliated soldiers with war crimes against an American carried out during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, in what the Justice Department described...
Dec 06, 2023 U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting of the Reproductive Rights Task Force at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Ex-US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he will leave Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Kevin McCarthy, who won and lost the role of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in a tumultuous nine months this year, said in a Wall Street Journal column ...
Dec 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) leaves the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
