Author Archives: TJ Carson
US consumer prices accelerate in August on gasoline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in more than a year in August amid a surge in the cost of gasoline, but a moderate rise in underlying inflation could encourage the Fe...
Sep 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A worker fills a car belonging to a Texas resident, with gasoline at a gas station, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo
Five former Memphis police officers indicted in Tyre Nichols killing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal grand jury has indicted five former Memphis police officers in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after being beaten by police in January, according to a...
Sep 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Five former Memphis police officers who have been charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols appear during an arraignment hearing at Shelby County courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht
UPDATE: Peoria Riverfront Museum receives largest educational gift in its history
UPDATED 1:40 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. - Students across central Illinois will benefit from the largest educational gift the Peoria Riverfront Museum has ever received. The museum announced the gift of $1 mil...
Sep 12, 2023 (Peoria Riverfront Museum via Facebook)
Top US House Republican McCarthy calls for Biden impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called for an impeachment inquiry into Democratic President Joe Biden encouraged by his party's right ...
Sep 12, 2023 U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File photo
US says Google cheated and tried to hide its efforts to dominate search
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States argued on Tuesday that Google did not play by the rules in its efforts to keep its dominance in online search, paying $10 billion to ensure that smaller rivals ...
Sep 12, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured at Google's European Engineering Center in Zurich, Switzerland July 19, 2018 REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo/File Photo
US FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's updated COVID shots
(Reuters) - The U.S. drug regulator on Monday authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna that closely match the widely circulating Omicron variants, allowing the deployment of the sh...
Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
US, Vietnam firms talk business during Biden visit; AI and Boeing deals unveiled
HANOI (Reuters) -Executives at top U.S. and Vietnamese firms in the semiconductor, tech and aviation sectors met on Monday seeking to forge business partnerships during U.S. President Joe Biden's visi...
Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
UPDATE: Morocco earthquake toll passes 2,800 as rescuers search for survivors
UPDATED 2:35 P.M. TALAT N'YAAQOUB, Morocco (Reuters) -Villagers wept for lost relatives in the rubble of their homes on Monday as the death toll from Morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than six de...
Sep 11, 2023 Mohamed Sebbagh, 66, stands in front of his destroyed house, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Amizmiz, Morocco, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
UAW ready to negotiate around the clock as strike deadline nears
(Reuters) - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Monday the union is prepared to negotiate around the clock with the Detroit Three automakers with just four days before a potential strike of ...
Sep 11, 2023 FILE PHOTO: UAW President Shawn Fain chairs the 2023 Special Elections Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
New signs at Tazewell County polling places aim to improve voting numbers among disabled people
PEKIN, Ill. - Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman says a "silent voice" is about to be heard on election days in his county. Ackerman announced a $28,000 grant on Monday to improve signage at every po...
Sep 11, 2023 Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman discusses changes to make voting more accessible to disabled people at a news conference on Sept. 11th, 2023. (Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman)
