Author Archives: TJ Carson
Pfizer is sued by Texas over COVID vaccine claims
(Reuters) -Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine. In a complaint filed in...
Nov 30, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Pfizer logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 1, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Morton Community Chorus spends Thanksgiving holiday performing at Carnegie Hall
MORTON, Ill. - A central Illinois group spent their Thanksgiving holiday performing on one of the grandest stages for music in the world. The Morton Community Chorus were part of a performance Sunday ...
Nov 30, 2023 (Distinguished Concerts International New York)
US life expectancy climbs in 2022 after COVID retreat
(Reuters) - U.S. babies born in 2022 gained roughly a year in life expectancy compared with babies born a year earlier, federal data showed on Wednesday, marking progress after two consecutive years o...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Seniors, who are 65 and over, wait in line at the Department of Health Sarasota COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Sarasota, Florida, U.S. January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter returned to Georgia hometown for burial
PLAINS, Georgia (Reuters) - A private funeral was held on Wednesday for Rosalynn Carter at a church in her hometown of Plains, Georgia, marking the end of three days of tributes celebrating the life a...
Nov 29, 2023 Members of an Armed Forces body bearer team moves the casket after the funeral service for former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Georgia, U.S. November 29, 2023. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS
US Supreme Court is again asked to block Illinois assault weapons ban
(Reuters) - An Illinois firearms retailer and a national gun rights group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time to block a Democratic-backed state ban on assault-style rifles and...
Nov 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man examines an AR-10 for sale at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Expo Center Gun Show, after the state of Illinois passed its "assault weapons" ban into law, in Belleville, Illinois, U.S., January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Kate Munsch/File Photo
Process underway to build new city hall building for West Peoria
WEST PEORIA, Ill. - The city of West Peoria is outgrowing the only building its city hall has ever been housed in. "The clerk's office is really small. The mayor's office and the administrator's offic...
Nov 29, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Commodity market analyst discusses corn and soybean markets for 2024 at Greater Peoria Farm Show
PEORIA, Ill. - There's too much corn and not enough soybeans. That's the analysis of DTN Lead Market Analyst Todd Hultman about what to expect in farm markets for 2024. Hultman is a featured speaker a...
Nov 29, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Olympics-France 2030, Salt Lake City 2034 are preferred Winter Games bids - IOC
PARIS (Reuters) -France's 2030 Winter Olympics bid and Salt Lake City's 2034 proposal were picked as preferred hosts and will go into a dialogue with the International Olympic Committee, the IOC said ...
Nov 29, 2023 Olympics - IOC Executive Board meeting press conference - Salon Hoche, Paris, France - November 29, 2023 President of the Austrian Olympic Committee Karl Stoss during the press conference REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
US Senate to take up Israel, Ukraine aid as soon as next week - Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will begin consideration of legislation including aid for Israel and Ukraine as soon as next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, adding th...
Nov 28, 2023 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Technology to help farmers a focus at the Greater Peoria Farm Show
PEORIA, Ill. - Farmers from across the land are converging on the Peoria Civic Center this week to learn the latest in their industry. The 42nd Greater Peoria Farm Show is taking place this week from ...
Nov 28, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
