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Two students and adult fatally shot at Iowa school program
(Reuters) - Two students were killed on Monday and an adult was seriously wounded in a "targeted" shooting at a nonprofit educational center for at-risk youth in Des Moines, Iowa, local police said. T...
Jan 24, 2023 Des Moines police investigate a fatal multiple-injury shooting at Starts Right Here, a nonprofit educational mentorship program that helps at-risk metro Des Moines youth, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. January 23, 2023. Zach Boyden-Holmes/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS
California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (Reuters) -Just two days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Los Angeles-area dance studio, seven more victims were shot dead in an agricultural area near San Francisco, as Cali...
Jan 24, 2023 People gather for a candle light vigil after a mass shooting during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park, California, U.S. January 23, 2023. REUTERS/David Swanson
White House: DOJ searched Biden's home after 'voluntary, proactive offer' by president's lawyers
UPDATED 4:53 P.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Monday that a search by the Justice Department of President Joe Biden's home on Friday was carried out after a "voluntary, proactive off...
Jan 23, 2023 U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One for return travel to Washington, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno
NWS: Snow storm to impact Peoria area Wednesday, but worse south and east
LINCOLN, Ill. - A winter storm is coming, but the biggest impacts might not be in Peoria. National Weather Service Meteorologist Ed Shimon in Lincoln says the Peoria area could receive around four inc...
Jan 23, 2023 (National Weather Service)
UPDATED: State preparing further defense of assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday filed a petition asking an appellate court to vacate a temporary restraining order that was issued late Friday aftern...
Jan 23, 2023 Brian Turner / CC
Jury convicts four Oath Keepers of seditious conspiracy for roles in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A jury on Monday convicted four members of the far-right Oath Keepers group of seditious conspiracy, handing the Justice Department another major victory in its quest to prosecut...
Jan 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Members of the Oath Keepers are seen among supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol during a protest against the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
Rockford police looking for body taken from stolen funeral home van
ROCKFORD, Ill. - Police looking for a stolen funeral home van say the van has been found, but not the deceased body inside the van. Police in Rockford say the van was stolen Saturday, while the body o...
Jan 23, 2023 (Midwest Communications/Shutterstock)
Elon Musk, at trial, says he was sure Saudis backed taking Tesla private
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Elon Musk testified on Monday that he was sure he had backing from Saudi financiers in 2018 to take Tesla Inc private, as he defended against claims he defrauded investors by ...
Jan 23, 2023 Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via REUTERS
Bradley University purchases former Avanti's location, to turn in to green space
PEORIA, Ill. - Bradley University says it's buying the former Avanti's location on West Main Street near campus. The university is putting out a statement saying the property became theirs as of this ...
Jan 23, 2023 (25 News)
Abbott faces U.S. criminal probe over baby formula -WSJ
(Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories' Michigan plant, which was at the center of the U.S. baby formula shortage last year, faces a criminal investigation by the Justice Department, the Wall Street Journal r...
Jan 23, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Abbott Laboratories facility where dozens of recalled types of powdered baby formulas were made leading to production being halted at the location in Sturgis, Michigan, U.S., May 20, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Eric Cox
