Author Archives: TJ Carson
U.S. House Republicans delay initial vote on short-term funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Tuesday that he has delayed a key procedural vote for a 30-day stopgap funding measure intended to avert a government shutdown after cu...
Sep 19, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with reporters as he walks to the House floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
US House panel sets first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing for next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is set to hold its first committee hearing on Sept. 28 on its long-shot impeachment inquiry against Democratic President Joe Bide...
Sep 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden walks to the White House from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Target to hire 100,000 workers for holiday season, start promotions in October
(Reuters) -Target said on Tuesday it would hire nearly 100,000 employees for the holiday season, like in the past two years, and start offering discounts for the festive period as early as October. Th...
Sep 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Shoppers wait in line at Target on the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Burbank, California, November 22, 2012. The shopping frenzy known as "Black Friday" kicked off at a more civilized hour welcomed by some shoppers this year, with retailers like Target Corp and Toys R Us moving their openings earlier into Thursday night. Picture taken November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn/File Photo
Trump to skip next Republican debate, give speech to auto workers
(Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to give a speech in Detroit on Sept. 27 to a crowd of union workers, skipping the second Republican presidential debate, an aide said on Monday, and...
Sep 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks on the stage at a South Dakota Republican party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S. September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Pekin Township Office building described as "stable" with deeper inspections planned this week
PEKIN, Ill. - What remains of the Pekin Township Office building after two walls collapsed earlier this month has been described as "stable." An emergency demolition had to be ordered after the west w...
Sep 18, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Big jackpots for lottery games up for grabs Monday night. Here's where each game stands
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - There's a couple opportunities Monday night to win life changing money. The jackpot for the Illinois Lottery's Lotto game currently sits at around $23.6 million. That's the second ...
Sep 18, 2023
Biden's son Hunter sues IRS, alleges unlawful release of his taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday, alleging unlawful disclosure of his taxes by whistleblowers who work for the U.S. tax ag...
Sep 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Hunter Biden walks to the motorcade after arriving at Fort McNair, after U.S. President Joe Biden spent the weekend at Camp David, in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File Photo
Gas prices dip again in the Peoria area. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The price of a gallon of gas in the Peoria area continues to fall. After an about five cent decrease reported last week, both GasBuddy and AAA are reporting another drop in the average ...
Sep 18, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
UPDATE: American prisoners freed by Iran land in U.S. after swap deal, CNN reports
UPDATED 9/19 5:56 A.M. DOHA/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran landed in the United States on Tuesday, a day after they were swapped for the release of five Iranians hel...
Sep 18, 2023 Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, who were released during a prisoner swap deal between U.S. and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport, Qatar September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous/File Photo
Storm Lee makes landfall in Canada, downing trees and knocking out power
LOCKEPORT, Nova Scotia (Reuters) -Lee made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone packing hurricane-force winds in a far western part of Canada's Nova Scotia province on Saturday, flooding roads, downing...
Sep 17, 2023 People take photographs of water flooding after Hurricane Lee was downgraded to a Post Tropical Storm and started to impact, in Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 16, 2023. REUTERS/John Morris
