Author Archives: TJ Carson
North Korea fires long-range missile after warning U.S., South Korea over drills
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off Japan's west coast on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming U.S.-South Korea military...
Feb 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
A few more counties at elevated COVID risk in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday said a few more counties are at an elevated risk for COVID-19. The department says 19 counties are at a medium community level, c...
Feb 18, 2023 (Centers for Disease Control)
Earthquake death toll passes 45,000; many still missing in flattened apartments
ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (Reuters) -More than 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turke...
Feb 18, 2023 Mustafa Avci, 33, who was stuck under rubble for 261 hours, meets his daughter Almile for the first time and reunites with his wife Bilge, following the deadly earthquake, at a hospital in Mersin, Turkey February 17, 2023. Almile was born on the day of the earthquake. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
UPDATE: Six dead as gunman goes on rampage in Mississippi town
UPDATED 3:47 P.M. ARKABUTLA, Miss. (Reuters) - A gunman went on a rampage in a small Mississippi town on Friday, killing six people in four locations before sheriff's deputies arrested him, local medi...
Feb 17, 2023 Midwest Communications
Deere profit beats forecast, 2023 outlook raised; shares jump 6%
(Reuters) - Deere & Co raised its annual profit forecast on Friday after beating Wall Street estimates for the latest quarter on higher revenue for its high-horsepower tractors and an increase in ...
Feb 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Equipment for sale is seen at a John Deere dealer in Denver, Colorado, U.S. May 14, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
North Korea threatens military action as South, U.S. plan drills
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea threatened on Friday an "unprecedentedly persistent, strong" response as South Korea and the United States gear up for annual military exercises as part of efforts to fend...
Feb 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The South Korean and American flags fly next to each other at Yongin, South Korea, August 23, 2016. Picture taken on August 23, 2016. Courtesy Ken Scar/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS
861 area code to be issued starting next week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Central Illinois residents will be seeing a new area code on local calls in the near future. The Illinois Commerce Commission says that starting on February 24th, new phone numbers...
Feb 17, 2023 Leonid Mamchenkov / CC
U.S. military completes recovery of Chinese balloon downed off South Carolina
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military said on Friday it had successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina for a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet, a...
Feb 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a high-altitude Chinese balloon shot down by the U.S. Air Force off the coast of South Carolina for transport to federal agents at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek on February, 7, 2023 in this image released by the U.S. Navy in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2023. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS
Tesla recalls 362,000 U.S. vehicles over Full Self-Driving software
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla Inc said it would recall 362,000 U.S. vehicles to update its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software after U.S. regulators said on Thursday the driver assistance system did n...
Feb 16, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Tesla Model S charges at a Tesla supercharger station in Cabazon, California, U.S. May 18, 2016. REUTERS/Sam Mircovich
Biden says he'll speak to China's Xi on balloon incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China's President Xi Jinping about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a U.S. fighter jet sho...
Feb 16, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
