Author Archives: TJ Carson
Trump's lawyer calls civil rape case an affront to justice system
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's lawyer on Monday called a rape and defamation case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll against the former U.S. president an affront to the justice system. During c...
May 08, 2023 Joe Tacopina, lawyer of former U.S. President Donald Trump, makes closing arguments during a civil trial where former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and of defamation, in New York, U.S., May 8, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
UPDATE: Texas gunman may have embraced white supremacy, victims identified
UPDATED 8:29 P.M. (Reuters) -The man Texas authorities say killed eight people in a barrage of gunfire at a Dallas-area shopping mall over the weekend left behind a social media profile filled with wh...
May 08, 2023 Officers with the Allen Police Department man the mobile command post the day after a gunman shot multiple people at the Dallas-area Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, U.S. May 7, 2023. REUTERS/Jeremy Lock
Peoria man arrested Saturday on multiple weapons charges
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man is facing multiple weapon charges after being arrested Saturday evening. Peoria Police says a License Plate Reader helped located a vehicle associated with a wanted subject...
May 08, 2023 (Peoria County Sheriff's Office)
East Peoria FD promotions include historic first
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - The East Peoria Fire Department made three promotions official on Monday, one of which was a first. Veronica Marmitt was the first woman promoted to assistant chief in the departme...
May 08, 2023 (T.J. Carson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
State Police identify more victims in fatal Interstate 55 pile-up from Monday
FARMERSVILLE, Ill. - The identities of five more victims from Monday's fatal pile-up have been released. Illinois State Police released the names and ages of the victim's on Saturday. One was previous...
May 06, 2023 (Courtesy WICS-TV/FoxIllinois.com)
Potential Presidential candidate to speak at now sold-out event in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A rumored Presidential candidate will be headlining a now sold-out event in Peoria on May 12th. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) will be the keynote speaker at the Peoria and Tazewell ...
May 06, 2023 Matt Johnson / CC
COVID spread risk low across Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. - In what could be the final report of its kind, a state agency says the risk of COVID-19 spread in Illinois is low. The Illinois Department of Public Health says all 102 counties are at...
May 06, 2023 (Illinois Department of Public Health)
King Charles III crowned at London's Westminster Abbey
LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation...
May 06, 2023 King Charles III arrives for his coronation at Westminster Abbey, London. Picture date: Saturday May 6, 2023. Andrew Matthews/Pool via REUTERS
Justice Department seeks 25-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Rhodes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to sentence Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 25 years in prison for his conviction on seditious conspiracy and ...
May 06, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is seen on video during the hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency
LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the ...
May 05, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus is seen in an illustration released by the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout via REUTERS.
