Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Hy-Vee closing all stores on Thanksgiving
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, -- Hy-Vee announced Tuesday that it will close all of its stores on Thanksgiving Day. According to a release, it's the first time in company's 92-year history that all Hy-Vee st...
Nov 02, 2022 Picture Des Moines / CC
Vehicle leads PPD on chase, then crashes overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police conducted a traffic stop in the area of Ann and Greenlawn just before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday for an Illinois Vehicle Code violation. Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth s...
Nov 02, 2022 Midwest Communications/Shutterstock
North Korea fires 23 missiles, one landing off South Korean coast for first time
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 40 miles off South Korea's coast, which the South's President Yoon Suk-yeol desc...
Nov 02, 2022 People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing three ballistic missiles into the sea, in Seoul, South Korea, November 2, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS
Florida school mass shooter sentenced to life in prison
UPDATED 5:09 P.M. (Reuters) -Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 students and staff with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school, was formally sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after listenin...
Nov 02, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A memorial is viewed by parents and students on campus at a memorial on the one year anniversary of the shooting which claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S., February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
U.S. Chief Justice Roberts pauses fight over Trump tax returns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a U.S. House of Representatives committee from gaining access to former President Donald Trump's tax returns, effec...
Nov 01, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attends the State of the Union address by U.S. President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S, March 1, 2022. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS
Peoria home demolished after fire overnight
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria firefighters were called to a home on W. Howett Street, near S. Louisa and S. Webster, Monday night on reports of fire. Fire Battalion Chief Tom Stimeling said crews arrived jus...
Nov 01, 2022 Midwest Communications
U.S. Supreme Court conservatives lean against race-conscious student admissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled skepticism on Monday toward the legality of race-conscious admissions policies in cases involving Harvard University and the Uni...
Nov 01, 2022 Demonstrators gather in support of affirmative action as the U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider whether colleges may continue to use race as a factor in student admissions in two cases, at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Paul Pelosi attack suspect sought to take speaker hostage, prosecutors say
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -The man accused of bludgeoning U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer after breaking into the couple's home threatened to take her hostage and break her kneec...
Nov 01, 2022 People stand near police tape outside the home of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted after a break-in at their house, according to a statement from her office, in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
U.S. Halloween night shootings kill one, injure about 20
(Reuters) -One person was killed and about 20 wounded on Halloween night in two separate shooting attacks in the U.S. cities of Kansas City and Chicago, police said. Between five and seven people were...
Nov 01, 2022 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Suspect in attack on House Speaker Pelosi's husband expected to be formally charged
(Reuters) - Criminal charges were expected to be filed on Monday against a man accused of attacking U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul with a hammer after forcing his way into the couple's...
Oct 31, 2022 A general view of the home of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi where her husband Paul Pelosi was violently assaulted after a break-in at their house, according to a statement from her office, in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
