Author Archives: TJ Carson
Nearly 80 Americans have departed Gaza, US says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said 79 of its citizens had left the Gaza Strip in the two days since a crossing opened to Egypt while Israel attacks the Palestinian enclave in a drive against...
Nov 02, 2023 Palestinians gather at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip,November 2, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa
Jury in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial begins deliberations
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The jury in Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial began deliberations on Thursday following a monthlong trial in which prosecutors accused the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder of stea...
Nov 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, walks outside the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Juvenile suffers non-life threatening injuries after being shot early Thursday morning in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A 17-year-old male suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being shot early Thursday morning. Peoria Police says officers were dispatched to a local hospital just after 1:00 A.M. o...
Nov 02, 2023 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
Ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty to federal charges in death of Tyre Nichols
(Reuters) - Fired Memphis, Tennessee police officer Desmond Mills pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges in the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols and has agreed to plead guilty to related st...
Nov 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Desmond Mills Jr. with attorney Blake Ballin stand as five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols attend an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht/File Photo
Bradley athletic director reflects on his time as an Indiana basketball player under Bob Knight
PEORIA, Ill. - One of Bob Knight's former players at Indiana says the coach's lasting impact was the compassion he had for his Hoosier players. Knight, who coached the Indiana mens' basketball team fr...
Nov 02, 2023 (Knight Legacy)
Lebanon's Hezbollah attacks Israeli forces with drones
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said it had attacked Israeli army position using explosive drones for the first time, prompting heavy Israeli shelling in an escalation of more than three weeks ...
Nov 02, 2023 An Israeli soldier drinks coffee as he mans a checkpoint near the border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr say they weren't aware of fraud at NY trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. both testified on Thursday that they had no involvement with documents that a judge has ruled were fraudulently manipulated to inflate the value of ...
Nov 02, 2023 Former U.S. President Donald Trump's son and co-defendant, Donald Trump Jr., leaves the courtroom after attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
US weekly jobless claims rise marginally; productivity accelerates in Q3
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased moderately last week as the labor market continued to show few signs of a significant slowdown. Whi...
Nov 02, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People line up outside Kentucky Career Center prior to its opening to find assistance with their unemployment claims in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
New program at Peoria Fire Department to provide spiritual and emotional support for firefighters
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger says firefighters can go through a lot of heavy emotional moments in just a single shift. "A human being generally only experiences four traumatic eve...
Nov 01, 2023 (Peoria Fire Dept.)
Fed leaves rates unchanged, acknowledges economy is 'strong'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but left the door open to a further increase in borrowing costs in a policy statement that acknowledged the U.S. econ...
Nov 01, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a meeting of the Economic Club of New York in New York City, U.S., October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
