Author Archives: TJ Carson
Yellen does not see recession in U.S. - Bloomberg interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday the United States was making good progress in bringing inflation down and she did not expect the U.S. economy to enter into a ...
Jul 17, 2023 U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addresses the media, along with Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on the sidelines of a G20 meeting at Gandhinagar, India, July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Gas prices see minimal change over the past week in the Peoria-area
PEORIA, Ill. - The price of gas in Peoria has held steady in the past week, but much lower compared to this time last year. GasBuddy's latest weekly report lists the price of a gallon of unleaded in t...
Jul 17, 2023 Orin Zebest / CC
Central Illinois residents dreaming of winning big in multiple lottery jackpots this weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - There's multiple chances to win life-changing money this weekend. A combined $1.4 billion is up for grabs in the jackpots for three separate lottery games. The grand prize for Frid...
Jul 14, 2023 (Multi-State Lottery Association/Mega Millions)
Three-year-old dies after reported drowning in a pond in Eureka
EUREKA, Ill. - A toddler from Washington was declared brain dead after reportedly drowning in a pond in Eureka this week. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Eureka-Goodfield Fire and E-M-S were ...
Jul 14, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
UPDATE: US House passes defense bill authorizing record spending; Senate debate next
UPDATED 11:17 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of a sweeping bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Friday, but the "must-pass" bill's chan...
Jul 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/
No sign of Russian intent to change tack on Ukraine war, Blinken says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Russia shows no sign of changing direction in its war on Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, as foreign ministers from two dozen countries met in Indone...
Jul 14, 2023 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) prepares prior to the start of the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, 14 July 2023. ADI WEDA/POOL/Pool via REUTERS
Hollywood actors poised to strike, join writers on picket lines
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood actors went on strike on Thursday after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May and deepening the di...
Jul 13, 2023 Striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) members walk the picket line in New York City, U.S., July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
US 'under no circumstances' will pay climate reparations, Kerry says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will not pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate-fueled disasters, John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate change, told a congressional hea...
Jul 13, 2023 U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry testifies before a House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing on the State Department's climate budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to re-introduce bill ending the federal death penalty. Here's why
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is re-introducing a bill that would end the death penalty on a federal level. The bicameral "Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2023" was also int...
Jul 13, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
Biden 'guarantees' US backs NATO in Finland, but Trump shadow lingers
HELSINKI (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday gave his assurance that the United States would stay committed to NATO despite "extreme elements" of the Republican Party, in remarks during a visi...
Jul 13, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden attends a U.S.-Nordic Leaders meeting with Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir in Helsinki, Finland, July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
