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Uvalde schools police chief says he did not consider himself incident commander
(Reuters) - Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo said he never considered himself the incident commander of the scene of last month's school shooting in Texas that killed 19 children and two tea...
Jun 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Flowers, toys, and other objects to remember the victims of the deadliest U.S. school mass shooting resulting in the death of 19 children and two teachers, are seen at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 30, 2022. Picture taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas
Gov. Pritzker signs expansion to Child Bereavement Leave Act
CHICAGO, Ill. -- Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed the Family Bereavement Act, which amends the Child Bereavement Leave Act expanding leave time requirements to cover pregnancy loss, failed adoptions,...
Jun 10, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Governor of Illinois Jay Robert Pritzker speaks during a science initiative event at the University of Chicago, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
'Mike Pence deserves it': Trump's ire at VP a focus of U.S. Capitol riot hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel investigating last year's assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters presented evidence at its prime-time hearing that the former president p...
Jun 10, 2022 A video of former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaking is shown on a screen during the hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS
PPD: One person injured in overnight shooting incident
PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria Police are investigating a shooting early Friday morning near a gas station that left one person injured. PPD was called just after midnight to the scene in the area of W. Main ...
Jun 10, 2022 Midwest Communications
Ivanka Trump tells U.S. Congress she rejects father's election fraud claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump told a congressional panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack that even she does not believe the former president's false cla...
Jun 09, 2022 Former White House Senior Adviser Ivanka Trump is seen on a video screen during the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Farmington boil water order lifted late Thursday, ahead of schedule
FARMINGTON, Ill. -- The boil water notice for residents in Farmington is now being lifted and it comes a little earlier than officials expected. For the last several days, Farmington residents have be...
Jun 09, 2022 Illinois American Water
Peoria Police investigating stolen backhoe, skid steer loader in separate incidents
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are just now releasing details about stolen pieces of heavy machinery from earlier in the week. Police say a backhoe was stolen from the 2900 block of Southwest Washington...
Jun 09, 2022 (via Peoria Police)
Police want help finding armed robbery suspect
PEORIA, Ill. - Peoria Police are looking for someone they say tried to hold up a business in South Peoria Thursday morning. Police say someone walked in to a business in the 900 block of South Western...
Jun 09, 2022 (Surveillance photo via Peoria Police)
At least 3 killed after assailant opens fire at Maryland factory
UPDATED: 9:19 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A gunman opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing facility in northern Maryland on Thursday, killing at least three people and critically wounding a fo...
Jun 09, 2022 Midwest Communications
Gun legislation talks in U.S. Senate yield no breakthrough
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic and Republican negotiators in the U.S. Senate said they were not able to reach a deal on Thursday on a bipartisan response to recent U.S. mass shootings but vowed to c...
Jun 09, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo
