Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: UAW reaches deal with GM, ending strike against Detroit automakers
UPDATED 5:49 P.M. (Reuters) - General Motors and the United Auto Workers (UAW) said they struck a tentative deal on Monday that will end the union's unprecedented six-week campaign of coordinated stri...
Oct 30, 2023 Union members picket General Motors (GM) which is in the midst of a tentative deal being reached with the United Auto Workers (UAW), which expanded its strike over the weekend to the General Motors (GM) engine plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, U.S. October 30, 2023. REUTERS/Seth Herald
Maine shooting suspect found dead in cargo trailer, motive still a mystery
LEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) -The U.S. Army reservist who sprayed a bowling alley and bar with gunfire this week in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, took his own life inside a cargo trailer parked on ...
Oct 29, 2023 Ashley Roberts, Josh Roberts and Cindy Roberts embrace during a candlelight vigil for victims of Lewiston mass shooting, in Lisbon, Maine, U.S., October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
UAW expands GM walkout after deal to end Stellantis strike
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers on Saturday expanded its strike against General Motors to include its Spring Hill, Tennessee, engine plant, a move that could stall GM's large pickup production and ...
Oct 29, 2023 FILE PHOTO: United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain addresses the audience during a rally in support of striking UAW members in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Israel expanding ground operation in Gaza, comms blackout eases
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli forces are expanding ground operations in Gaza while their fighter jets have struck hundreds more Hamas targets, the Israeli military said on Sunday, in what Prime Mi...
Oct 29, 2023 A view of the remains of a mosque and houses destroyed by Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa
Peoria Fire responds to chimney fire in Peoria's East Bluff neighborhood
PEORIA, Ill. - A fire at a two-story home in Peoria's East Bluff was contained to the chimney. Peoria Fire says crews responded to the area of Seneca and Maryland just after 10:45 P.M., and found heav...
Oct 29, 2023 D4E / CC
NCAA eliminates path to postseason that Bradley Braves used in 2022-23 season. Here's what we know
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The 2022-23 Bradley Braves' men's basketball campaign was rewarded with an automatic bid to the National Invitational Tournament, based on the regular season Missouri Valley Confe...
Oct 27, 2023 (TJ Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Sam Bankman-Fried acknowledges 'mistakes' but testifies he did not defraud anyone
NEW YORK -Sam Bankman-Fried, testifying in his own defense at his fraud trial on Friday, acknowledged that a "lot of people got hurt" when the FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded collapsed, but sai...
Oct 27, 2023 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is questioned by Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon as he testifies in his fraud trial over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, at federal court in New York City, U.S., October 26, 2023, in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
UPDATE: Israel stepping up Gaza ground operations, UN demands humanitarian truce
UPDATED 4:48 P.M. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli air and ground forces widened their attacks on Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the military said, and the Palestinian militant group said its fighter...
Oct 27, 2023 An explosion is seen on the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from the Israeli side, October 27, 2023. REUTERS TV via REUTERS
Relative of Christopher Neff urges motorists to be more careful in the wake of his passing
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. (25 News) - The sister of Christopher Neff says the family is "heartbroken" in the wake of his passing. "Always been there, anytime I needed him," Michelle Neff tells 25 News. "So, t...
Oct 27, 2023 (Michelle Neff/GoFundMe)
Developer looking to build community gym in Pekin, but location uncertain
PEKIN, Ill. - Randy Price is looking to build a community gym in Pekin that would feature basketball courts, volleyball, concerts, and even a walking track for the winter months. Price envisions the g...
Oct 26, 2023 (File-1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
