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Uvalde school district, others face first lawsuit over mass shooting
(Reuters) - Parents of three children who survived the Uvalde, Texas school shooting have sued the school district, several former officials, the company that manufactured the gun used in the rampage ...
Sep 30, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Weathered signs, candles and stuffed animals remain at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School the day after the video showing the May shooting inside the school released, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
Out of control kitchen fire leaves $70K in damage to Peoria duplex
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria fire officials say no one has been injured, but an apartment home in Peoria has sustained thousands of dollars in damage in the wake of a fire late Thursday afternoon. Firefight...
Sep 29, 2022 Midwest Communications
John Mellencamp announces 2023 tour with stop in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. -- On Thursday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened a new permanent exhibit honoring the music of John Mellencamp. Mellencamp confirms he's going back out on the road in 2023, kicking o...
Sep 29, 2022 Andrea Sartorati / CC
Queen Elizabeth died of 'old age', death certificate shows
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth died of old age, according to her death certificate, which was published by the National Records of Scotland on Thursday. Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reig...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: The coffin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is seen here entering St George VI Chapel at Windsor Castle, September 19, 2022. PO Phot Dave Jenkins/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. Senate passes stopgap funding bill as possible shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill to fund federal government activities through Dec. 16, as Congress moved to stave off a partial government shutdown at midnight on Frida...
Sep 29, 2022 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attends a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert
Peoria woman gets 25 years for hit-and-run that killed 10-year-old boy
PEORIA, Ill. -- A Peoria woman has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty in connection with a hit and run crash that left a 10-year-old child dead. 43-year-old Karrie Brunsw...
Sep 29, 2022 (Peoria County Jail)
16-year-old facing First Degree Murder for shooting near Taft Homes
PEORIA, Ill -- Peoria Police say they've taken a juvenile suspect into custody in connection with a deadly shooting near Taft Homes earlier this month. The teen is reportedly now facing murder charges...
Sep 29, 2022 Photo courtesy of 25 News
UPDATED: Sheriff's Office charges husband in West Peoria double homicide
UPDATE: 9:42 p.m. WEST PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria county deputies are identifying a man now charged in the deaths of his wife and step-child found shot to death inside a West Peoria home early Thursday. D...
Sep 29, 2022 (1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Peoria County Jail)
Smith & Wesson marketed to 'would-be mass shooters,' Highland Park victims claim
(Reuters) - Survivors of a mass shooting in July that killed six people and injured dozens in a Chicago suburb sued gunmaker Smith & Wesson Brands Inc on Wednesday, accusing it of deliberately mar...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Attendee inspect Smith and Wesson firearms at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) annual meeting, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
Grammy-winning rapper Coolio dies in Los Angeles at 59
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Grammy-winning rapper Coolio died on Wednesday after being found unresponsive at a friend's Los Angeles home, the New York Times reported. He was 59. Coolio, born Artis Leon Ive...
Sep 29, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Singer Coolio performs before a panel discussion on his new Oxygen Network reality series "Coolio's Rules" at the NBC Universal summer 2008 press tour in Beverly Hills, California July 20, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
