Crime Stories from February 6, 2020 (Change date)
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Auditor: More than $4M stolen from Mississippi welfare fundsFeb 06, 2020 6:06 pm - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's state auditor said Thursday that investigators believe at least $4 million in federal welfare money was stolen by the former head of ...
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Mayor: 'Senseless' attack leaves 4 dead in Indianapolis homeFeb 06, 2020 3:06 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Four young people who police say were fatally shot inside an apartment in Indianapolis were killed in an apparent targeted attack 'Å“fueled by sensele...
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Ex-Olympic medical chief ties firing to reports of sex abuseFeb 06, 2020 3:06 pm - DENVER (AP) - A former sports medicine executive at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the federation, contending he was fir...
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Walmart shooting suspect charged with federal hate crimesFeb 06, 2020 6:06 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in the border city of El Paso, Texas, has been ch...
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Trump courts black voters, but opposition remains deepFeb 07, 2020 5:45 am - DETROIT (AP) - President Donald Trump took African American guests to his State of the Union speech, ran a Super Bowl ad boasting how he's making the criminal justice sy...
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Correction: Bus Shooting-Security storyFeb 06, 2020 4:06 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a Feb 4 story about security on buses and trains, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of a Chicago-based security expert. He i...
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GOP Senate candidates generally support gun rights, oppose new restrictionsFeb 07, 2020 5:19 am - Illinois' Republican candidates for U.S. Senate have similar - but not identical - stances on gun ownership and gun-control legislation. None advocate restricting owners...
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McHenry County College investigating after Turning Point event flyers replaced with Antifa postersFeb 07, 2020 5:19 am - A Reddit thread, an anti-fascist flyer and a conservative student organization are pieces of an ongoing McHenry County College and campus police investigation. Officials...
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Legislative watchdog bemoaned as too weak to matter in IllinoisFeb 07, 2020 7:42 am - SPRINGFIELD - Investigations into misconduct by Illinois lawmakers should be confidential and free of oversight, particularly from legislators themselves, the General A...
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Waukegan man pleads not guilty to charges he battered policeFeb 06, 2020 8:51 pm - A 20-year-old Waukegan man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of fighting with Waukegan police on Jan. 4. Christopher K. Simmons, of the 2200 block of Grand Avenue, ...