Author Archives: TJ Carson
Zelenskiy assures Ukrainians of victory with US aid in the balance
KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainians on Wednesday that Kyiv would defeat Russia and win a fair peace "against all odds" as the future of vital U.S. military and financial aid ...
Dec 06, 2023 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses to service members during award ceremony on Day of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 6, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
US House Republicans grill university presidents over campus antisemitism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday pressed the presidents of three of the country's most prestigious universities on their efforts to combat antisemitism following the Oct. 7 att...
Dec 05, 2023 Harvard University President Claudine Gay, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill, professor of history and Jewish studies at American University Pamela Nadell and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth attend a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
Dolly Parton Imagination Library officially launches statewide in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Illinois families with infants and toddlers now have access to free children's books that can be sent directly to their home, regardless of their income. Go...
Dec 05, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at an event in Bloomington on Tuesday to officially announce the statewide launch of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, which provides monthly books to children under five regardless of their income. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
Teenager arrested after South Peoria home invasion and vehicle theft on Monday
PEORIA, Ill. - A teenage boy was arrested Monday afternoon after a vehicle was stolen in South Peoria earlier that morning. Peoria Police say an adult male reported four male suspects forcing their wa...
Dec 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Woman injured after South Peoria shooting Tuesday morning
PEORIA, Ill. - A woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a shooting Tuesday morning in South Peoria. Police responded at around 8:00 A.M. in the area of West Marquette and South Gr...
Dec 05, 2023 Midwest Communications
OSF Healthcare doctor gives advice on what do as respiratory viruses start to increase
PEORIA, Ill. - The risk of respiratory viruses is on the rise now that cold weather is starting to blanket central Illinois. OSF Healthcare Doctor Brian Curtis tells WMBD's "Greg and Dan" they're curr...
Dec 05, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
US aims to show Trump's history of vote fraud claims at 2020 election trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors trying Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat will seek to show evidence of the former president's claims about voter fraud in 2...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 18, 2023. Michael M Santiago/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Senator Tuberville lifts blockade on some US military promotions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, who has blocked hundreds of military promotions for months to protest the Pentagon's payment of abortion-related travel costs, said on ...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) speaks with reporters on the way to the Senate floor for a procedural vote regarding top military appointees at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
US House speaker wants more info on Ukraine, border measures before approving aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives reiterated his request for more information about Ukraine strategy and Republican demands for changes in immigration p...
Dec 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Three injured after crash Tuesday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - Three people were treated at a local hospital after a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Peoria. A Peoria Police spokeswoman says the three-vehicle accident occurred in the area of ...
Dec 05, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
