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DES MOINES, Iowa — Kansas guard Gradey Dick couldn’t hide his fatigue.

Veronica Cruz, a restaurant worker from Des Moines, Iowa, US, initially thought she had only won $100 (£82), but soon realised that she had won 1,000 times that amount

DES MOINES, Iowa — If you’re attuned to the culture wars, you know that parental rights and anti-wokeness in education are powerful political messages now. The supposed presence of critical race theory in middle school, allowing trans kids to use bathrooms that match their gender identity, books that “groom” kids…

William Holmes, founder of an alternative studies program for at-risk youth, was hurt in a shooting Jan. 23 at a Des Moines school. Two students were killed.

The founder of an educational program for at-risk youth in Des Moines says he will remain “all in on helping kids that are not reachable in so many peoples’ eyes” after he was wounded in last month’s shooting that killed two students

A 66-year-old woman was found alive and breathing at a funeral parlour after being sent in a body bag from a care home in Des Moines, Iowa, where she was declared dead

Authorities in Iowa have charged a second teenager with murder in the shooting deaths of two students at a Des Moines educational program

The Des Moines police chief says a shooting at a educational program that left two students dead and the organization’s founder injured should be understood as “tragic, sad and pointless.”

William Holmes, founder of an alternative studies program for at-risk youth, joined a gang at 13, turned his life around and dedicated himself to help young people in need.