Author Archives: TJ Carson
U.S. prosecutors probing collapse of Silicon Valley Bank -source
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to a source familiar with the matter, as scrutiny mounts over the firm's sudden collapse and regulators sc...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A security guard stands outside of the entrance of the Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small/File Photo
Lion's share of Biden's COVID relief funds delivered to states, local governments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two years after enactment of U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP), the program has delivered over 10.3 million payments to renters in need and aid...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Friday jobs report and the U.S. economy as he delivers remarks at an "American Rescue Plan challenge event" in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Pfizer's COVID drug data supports use in high-risk patients - FDA staff
(Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator's staff reviewers said on Tuesday data from Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 drug trials support its use in adults at high risk of progressing to severe disease. The Food an...
Mar 14, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Paxlovid, Pfizer's anti-viral medication to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed in this picture illustration taken October 7, 2022. A morning and an evening does consists of one white 100-milligram tablet of Ritonavir and two pink 150-milligram tablets of PF-07321332. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/Illustration
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen set to testify before grand jury
(Reuters) -Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, is expected to testify on Monday afternoon before a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments he has said he orchestrated...
Mar 13, 2023 Michael Cohen, former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to the New York Courthouse in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Metamora wins state championship in basketball
METAMORA, Ill. - For the first time in school history, Metamora is a state champion in basketball. The boys basketball team achieved that feat Saturday evening by defeating Chicago Simeon in the IHSA ...
Mar 13, 2023 (Metamora High School Boys Basketball via Twitter)
Hate crimes in US surged 11.6% in 2021, fueled by race, ethnic bias
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hate crimes in the United States surged 11.6% in 2021 from 2020, with the most frequent ones fueled by racial, ethnic and ancestral bias, the FBI said on Monday. The FBI in a new...
Mar 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: An FBI logo is pictured on an agent's shirt in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
UPDATE: Biden wants $886 billion defense budget with eyes on Ukraine and future wars
UPDATED 12:37 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's biggest peacetime U.S. defense budget request of $886 billion includes a 5.2% pay raise for troops and the largest allocation on record f...
Mar 13, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the news media after attending a closed Senate Democratic Caucus lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
North Korea launches missiles from submarine as U.S.-South Korean drills begin
SEOUL (Reuters) -Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine on Sunday, state news agency KCNA said on Monday, just as U.S.-South Korea military drills were due...
Mar 13, 2023 A general view as North Korea fired two missiles from a submarine striking an underwater target, according to state media, at an undisclosed location in North Korea March 12, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
Peoria Police arrest wanted subject
PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria man wanted by police was found and arrested Friday evening. Peoria Police says officers observed 25-year-old Andrew Johnson leave a residence and drive away in a vehicle. Johns...
Mar 12, 2023
General Assembly discussing gas stove warning labels
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new warning label could soon be placed on gas stoves sold in Illinois. A bill going through the General Assembly would require the label to warn consumers about potential respira...
Mar 12, 2023 Jim Bowen / CC
