Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: Republican McCarthy unveils plan to lift US debt ceiling, cut spending
UPDATE: 5:17 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday unveiled a plan to raise the nation's debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and cut federal spending by three ...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks at the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Family of Tyre Nichols files federal lawsuit against Memphis
(Reuters) - Lawyers for Tyre Nichols' family filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in federal court seeking damages from those responsible for the beating death of the 29-year-old Black man at the hands of Mem...
Apr 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks during a “Stop The Black Attack” rally against ongoing state legislation at the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo
New cancer treatment center coming to OSF HealthCare in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - A new cancer treatment center in Peoria aims to have the latest in battling the disease. OSF HealthCare on Tuesday announced the creation of the OSF Breakthrough Treatment Center. The O...
Apr 18, 2023 (OSF HealthCare)
UPDATE - Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, avoiding trial
UPDATED 3:55 P.M. WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Fox Corp and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a high-profile trial putting one...
Apr 18, 2023 Ballot box miniatures are seen in front of displayed Dominion Voting Systems and Fox logos in this illustration taken April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
U.S. House Republicans tangle over debt limit, spending cut plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday held a "robust" discussion over Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plans for raising the federal debt limit and cutting future ...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) shares a laugh with Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) during a press conference about the Republican party’s upcoming legislative agenda and accomplishments in the first one hundred days of holding the majority in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
Pekin approves budget for FY2024
PEKIN, Ill. - The city of Pekin has approved a budget for its 2024 fiscal year. 25 News reports the nearly $90 million spending plan goes into effect on May 1st. One local official described it as the...
Apr 18, 2023 (File-Will Stevenson/1470 & 100.3 WMBD)
UPDATE - Southwest flights resume after brief ground stoppage due to technical issue
UPDATED 10:38 A.M. (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co flights were resuming on Tuesday after lifting a brief nationwide stoppage caused by an internal technical issue, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authori...
Apr 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Southwest Airlines jetliner lands at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
U.S. envoy pays first visit to WSJ reporter Gershkovich in Moscow prison
(Reuters) -U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday said she had made her first visit to jailed Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich, who Moscow arrested two weeks ago on charges of spying. "H...
Apr 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man walks out of the pre-trial detention centre Lefortovo, where U.S. journalist for the Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich is being held on espionage charges, in Moscow, Russia April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo
Pritzker touts state financial achievements to investors
NEW YORK - Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker touted economic achievements made under his administration in New York on Monday. The speech was made to investors ahead of the state's upcoming general obli...
Apr 17, 2023 (World Economic Forum via Flickr)
Illinois Senate GOP proposing business-friendly measures
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Senate Republicans in Springfield are proposing numerous ways to change what they say is an "unfriendly business climate" in Illinois. Win Stoller (R-Peoria) is advocating for a bi...
Apr 17, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
