Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: Ukraine's Zelenskiy appeals to US lawmakers amid questions over military aid
UPDATED 1:37 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to lawmakers on Thursday for continued support in the war with Russia amid Republican skepticism over whether ...
Sep 21, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is escorted by Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries as he arrives to meet privately with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other congressional leaders on a visit to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox, News Corp
(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp and News Corp, ending a more than seven-decade career during which he created a media empire spanning from Australia to the Unit...
Sep 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch poses for a photograph with his sons Lachlan and James in London, Britain March 5, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo
UPDATE: Washington mayor announces candidacy for State Senate next year
UPDATED 7:04 P.M. WASHINGTON, Ill. - A central Illinois mayor is looking to win a seat in Springfield. Gary Manier has announced his candidacy as a Republican for the 53rd State Senate. The race will ...
Sep 20, 2023 (File-Julia Bradley/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
'Stop the war' and Zelenskiy need not speak, UN Security Council chair tells Russia
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -It was to be Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy's first in- person appearance at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Moscow's invasion of his country when Russian Ambassa...
Sep 20, 2023 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the United Nations Security Council during a ministerial level meeting of the Security Council on the crisis in Ukraine at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees tighter policy through 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but stiffened its hawkish stance, with a further rate increase projected by the end of the year and monetary pol...
Sep 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C./File Photo
Biden, Netanyahu pledge to work toward Israeli-Saudi normalization
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Wednesday to work together toward a landmark agreement to forge diplomatic relations between Israe...
Sep 20, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 78th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
New mini-golf and family entertainment center coming to East Peoria next year. Here's what we know
UPDATED 1:59 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. - A new family entertainment center that's being described as "puttertainment" is coming to East Peoria. "The Putt Club" is currently under construction near Bass P...
Sep 20, 2023 Construction on "The Putt Club" continues on land near Bass Pro Shops in East Peoria. (Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
US attorney general tells House Republicans: 'I am not Congress's prosecutor'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland told a Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday that he runs a nonpolitical department that does not do th...
Sep 20, 2023 U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn in to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the "Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Maui fire lawsuit blames landowners for wild grass growth
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - The father of a woman who died in the Hawaii wildfires last month has launched a novel lawsuit against three major landowners, seeking to hold them responsible even th...
Sep 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A view shows the damages as U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden (not pictured) visit the fire-ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
At UN General Assembly, Biden asks world to stand with Ukraine
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to stand with Ukraine against Russian invaders, hoping Republicans in Congress will also ...
Sep 19, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
