Author Archives: TJ Carson
US Supreme Court extends pause on order curbing Biden social media contacts
(Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday extended a temporary block on an order restricting the ability of President Joe Biden's administration to encourage social media companies...
Sep 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: People visit the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm/File Photo
Fed officials flag further hikes even after holding steady
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve officials warned on Friday of further rate hikes even after voting to hold the benchmark federal funds rate steady at a meeting this week, with three policym...
Sep 22, 2023 U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman gives her first public remarks as a Fed policymaker at an American Bankers Association conference in San Diego, California, U.S., February 11 2019. REUTERS/Ann Saphir
US will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles, Biden tells Zelenskiy -NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has informed Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Washington will provide Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles, NBC News reported on Friday, citi...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is embraced by U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FTC to file antitrust case against Amazon as soon as Tuesday - Politico
(Reuters) -The Federal Trade Commission will file a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon in federal court as soon as Tuesday, Politico reported on Friday, kicking off the latest leg in the US...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
Peoria to reveal draft of new strategic plan in virtual forums next week
PEORIA, Ill. - A draft of Peoria's new strategic plan is ready for the public. The city is hosting two virtual forums on Thursday, Sept. 28th, to let community members review and give input on the pla...
Sep 22, 2023 (File/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
U.S. House Republicans try long-shot strategy to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday turned to a new strategy in a long-shot bid to prevent the fourth government shutdown in a decade, as time runs short ...
Sep 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
UPDATE: Bus carrying high school band rolls off highway in New York, killing two
UPDATED 6:59 P.M. (9/21) (Reuters) - A bus carrying members of a high school marching band on a trip to a music camp ran off a highway and tumbled down a steep ravine in New York state on Thursday, ki...
Sep 21, 2023 (Midwest Communications)
Country music star Dustin Lynch to perform at Bradley University next year
PEORIA, Ill. - Country music star Dustin Lynch will be coming to Peoria next year. The Activities Council of Bradley University says Lynch will perform at Renaissance Coliseum on April 6th as part of ...
Sep 21, 2023 Townsquare Media / CC
Detroit Three under pressure to progress UAW talks, avoid wider auto strikes
(Reuters) -The United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Detroit Three automakers were still at loggerheads with Friday's deadline looming for a threatened expansion of the union's U.S. strikes. The seven-day...
Sep 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Striking United Auto Workers members Laura Zielinski and Aisha Cochra hold their strike signs outside the Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
Drought conditions return to central Illinois. Here's what we know
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Drought conditions have returned to central Illinois. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report lists all of Tazewell and Woodford Counties in "moderate" drought. Most of Peoria County ...
Sep 21, 2023 (National Weather Service)
