Crime Stories from February 25, 2020
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Law license at stake, Blagojevich skips hearingFeb 25, 2020 6:53 PM - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich wasn't at a hearing Tuesday where Illinois authorities considered permanently revoking his law license. Disciplinary commission lawyers argued "moral turpitude" justifies disbarring Blagojevich, who was released from federal prison last week after President Donald Trump commuted his 14-year corruption sentence.
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Officials: German man drove into Carnival crowd 'to kill'
Feb 25, 2020 4:03 PM - Prosecutors say a German man who drove his car into a crowd celebrating Carnival, injuring dozens of people including many children, is being investigated on suspicion of attempted murder
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Grant Township man pleads guilty to murder for strangling wifeFeb 25, 2020 3:35 PM - A Round Lake-area man accused of strangling his wife during an argument pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Lake County court Tuesday. Under the terms of the plea agreement, James Ruman will serve 24 years in prison.
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Court closes courthouse door on slain Mexican teen's family
Feb 25, 2020 3:30 PM - The Supreme Court is ruling 5-4 to close the courthouse door on the parents of a Mexican teenager who was shot dead over the border by an American agent
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Arkansas man charged with trying to blow up car at Pentagon
Feb 25, 2020 2:26 PM - An Arkansas man has been arrested on charges he tried to blow up a car at the Pentagon
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Spanish top court backs rapper in freedom of speech case
Feb 25, 2020 1:22 PM - Spain's Constitutional Court has overturned a previous verdict that found a rapper guilty of exalting terrorism and humiliating victims of attacks in tweets
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Violence in Indian capital casts shadow over Trump's visit
Feb 25, 2020 12:53 PM - An angry group of Hindus in India's capital carrying pickaxes and iron rods has hurled rocks at Muslims in violent protests over the country's new citizenship law
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St. Charles man pleads guilty to 2017 DUI that killed DeKalb teenFeb 25, 2020 12:33 PM - A 28-year-old St. Charles man has pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI in a January 2017 crash in DeKalb County that killed a DeKalb High School senior and injured his passenger, an Elgin man.
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Supreme Court upholds Arizona death sentence
Feb 25, 2020 11:41 AM - A sharply divided Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for an Arizona inmate who was convicted of killing two people in home burglaries nearly 30 years ago
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The Latest: Trump hails India trip as 'learning experience'
Feb 25, 2020 11:02 AM - President Donald Trump says an India visit that featured a mega-rally, a tour of the Taj Mahal and meetings with business leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a 'tremendous learning experience' for him
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