Kim Bellware

Chicago

Reporter covering national breaking news and features

Education: Valparaiso University, BA

Kim Bellware covers national and breaking news for The Washington Post. She previously worked for the Chicago-based civic journalism lab City Bureau, the Huffington Post and as a freelancer for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vice News and other outlets.
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USC cancels main commencement ceremony as campus is roiled by protests

The University of Southern California canceled its main commencement ceremony, citing safety measures put in place in the days since the Los Angeles school has been rocked by student-led protests against the war in Gaza.

April 25, 2024
The University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Colleges change graduation plans as protests spread to more campuses

Colleges are set to welcome students and their families for commencements in coming weeks as student-led protests rock campuses across the country.

April 25, 2024
Pro-Palestinian students and activists are seen on the campus of Columbia University in New York last week, as other students, center back, converse in their caps and gowns ahead of graduation.

Woman charged with murder after driving into party, killing young siblings

In an emotional hearing Tuesday, Marshella Marie Chidester was charged with with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two young siblings.

April 23, 2024
Authorities respond to the Swan Creek Boat Club after a driver crashed a vehicle through a building where a children's birthday party was taking place on Saturday in Michigan.

Sheriff identifies young siblings killed by driver who crashed into party

An 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother were killed when a driver plowed into a child’s birthday party at a Michigan boat club.

April 22, 2024
Authorities respond to the Swan Creek Boat Club after a driver crashed a vehicle through a building where a children's birthday party was taking place Saturday in Berlin Township, Mich.

Counterfeit Botox found in multiple states linked to hospitalizations

The CDC is investigating cases in several states believed to be linked to at least 19 people reporting botulism-like illness after receiving the injections for cosmetic purposes.

April 16, 2024

O.J. Simpson, the white Bronco and a chase that gripped the nation

Simpson held the nation’s rapt attention in 1994 when national TV networks carried live footage of the Bronco on Los Angeles freeways with him in the back seat.

April 11, 2024

More than gold: Track and field becomes first sport to pay Olympic winners

Starting this summer in Paris, first place in track and field events will come with a $50,000 cash prize in addition to a gold medal.

April 10, 2024
Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy posed with his gold medal after winning the 100 meters at the Summer Olympics on Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo.

Parents of Oxford school shooter sentenced to 10-15 years each

James and Jennifer Crumbley were each convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter for the Michigan school shooting committed by their son, Ethan Crumbley.

April 9, 2024

Republican candidate’s wife sentenced to prison for voter fraud

Kim Taylor, who was convicted on 52 counts, was accused of filling out registrations and absentee ballots to generate votes for her husband in a GOP primary in Iowa.

April 3, 2024
Kim Taylor of Iowa was sentenced to four months in prison after being convicted on 52 counts including fraudulent voting and providing false information in registering and voting.

New video shows deputies fatally shoot teen who was kidnapped by father

Video shows what happened to a purported 15-year-old kidnapping victim when California deputies shot and killed her in 2022.

April 3, 2024
Savannah Graziano, abducted by her father a day earlier, was killed amid a shootout with law enforcement on Sept. 27, 2022, on a highway in Southern California’s high desert, authorities said.