Author Archives: TJ Carson
UPDATE: Suspect in Half Moon Bay shooting rampage appears in California court
UPDATED 3:46 P.M. REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Reuters) -A California farm worker accused of shooting seven people to death near San Francisco, some of them his co-workers, made his first court appearance on...
Jan 25, 2023 Half Moon Bay resident Elisabeth Olander, 68, reacts at a memorial for shooting victims at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, California, U.S., January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
Chicago high-rise fire leaves one dead, eight injured
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fast-moving fire on Wednesday spread to nine floors of a high-rise apartment building on Chicago's South Side, killing one person and injuring eight, including a firefighter, off...
Jan 25, 2023 Fire rages in a high-rise apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 25, 2023, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Chicago Fire Department/via REUTERS
Donated Chillicothe fire truck arrives in Ukraine
CHILLICOTHE, Ill. - Chillicothe's support for Ukraine in its battle against Russia is now officially on the ground. The town's fire department in October sent one of its fire trucks loaded with equipm...
Jan 25, 2023 (Chillicothe Fire Protection District via Facebook)
Updated COVID vaccines prevented illness from latest variants -CDC
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE's and Moderna's updated bivalent COVID-19 vaccines helped prevent symptomatic infections from the XBB-related subvariants of Omicron, according to an analysis from t...
Jan 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Sean Bagley, 14, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
U.S., Germany to send scores of tanks to help Ukraine fight Russian invasion
BERLIN/KYIV (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it would supply Ukraine with 31 of its most advanced battle tanks after Germany broke a taboo with a similar announcement, moves hailed by K...
Jan 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group Spanish army tank Leopard 2 fires during the final phase of the Silver Arrow 2022 military drill on Adazi military training grounds, Latvia September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
CDC chief to create new offices to boost public health response - Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky is creating new offices as part of the agency's revamp to prioritize public health response, Bloomberg News r...
Jan 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the monkeypox outbreak, in Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2022.
Walmart to raise minimum wage for U.S. hourly workers to $14
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc on Tuesday said it will raise average hourly wages for its U.S. store workers starting next month, as it seeks to attract and retain employees in a tight domestic labor market....
Jan 24, 2023 Shopping trolley is seen in front of Walmart logo in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
No injuries after Tuesday morning crash involving school bus
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - There were no injuries after a crash involving a school bus Tuesday morning in Sunnyland. 25 News reports the crash occurred at the intersection of Washington and Bess Streets. The...
Jan 24, 2023 Midwest Communications
U.S. lawmakers praise Zelenskiy for fighting corruption, back continued aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers praised Ukraine's government on Tuesday for taking swift action against corruption and insisted that U.S. military and humanitarian aid ...
Jan 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint news briefing with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
'Doomsday Clock' moves to 90 seconds to midnight as nuclear threat rises
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atomic scientists set the "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before on Tuesday, saying threats of nuclear war, disease, and climate volatility have been exacerbated b...
Jan 24, 2023 The clock with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is placed ahead of the announcement of the location of the minute hand on its Doomsday Clock, indicating what world developments mean for the perceived likelihood of nuclear catastrophe, at the National Press Club in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis
