Crime Stories from December 16, 2021 (Change date)
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Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade lowDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - States and the federal government carried out 11 executions this year, the fewest since 1988, as support for the death penalty has continued to decline. T...
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Ex-Epstein worker says she 'never' saw misconduct by MaxwellDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The jury in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to hear closing arguments Monday after defense lawyers said they only have a few r...
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Germany: 4 men suspected of procuring bomb material arrestedDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Four men, some of them suspected right-wing extremists, were arrested Thursday as German investigators raided their homes in a probe of suspicions that the...
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Texas pipeline company charged in California oil spillDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Houston-based oil company and two subsidiaries were indicted Wednesday for a crude spill that fouled Southern California waters and beaches in Octob...
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DA's last big decision: Whether to charge TrumpDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - After a dozen years in office, one piece of unfinished business remains for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. before he retires at the end of t...
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Company indicted for not stopping oil leak after many alarmsDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal prosecutors blamed a Texas oil company's negligence for a crude spill that fouled Southern California's coastline, in a criminal indictment th...
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Potter's ex-chief: 'I saw no violation' of policy by officerDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kim Potter 's police chief at the time she shot and killed Daunte Wright testified in her defense at her manslaughter trial on Thursday, calling her '...
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Chris Noth accused of sexual assaults; actor denies claimsDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Chris Noth has been accused of sexually assaulting two women in separate encounters that took place in 2004 and 2015, according to a report Thur...
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All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police sayDec 16, 2021 6:00 am - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The remaining members of a U.S. missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed, Haitian police and the church g...
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Handguns found at Evanston Twp. High SchoolDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - The school day was just beginning Thursday when Nene Shelton got a troubling text from her 14-year-old son. "Mom I'm scared. They have us barricaded," read the text from...