Crime Stories from August 17, 2022
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Antioch man killed in crash after leaving the road and hitting a treeAug 17, 2022 1:43 PM - A 72-year-old Antioch man died Wednesday morning after the 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe he was driving struck a tree.
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Missouri voters to weigh forgiveness for past weed crimes
Aug 17, 2022 1:15 PM - Missouri could be the first in the nation to pass a voter-led effort to require automatic legal forgiveness for some past marijuana crimes
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Stabbing in Schaumburg ends with one person in hospitalAug 17, 2022 1:09 PM - Schaumburg police continue to investigate a Tuesday afternoon stabbing that left one of two men involved hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries.
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Kids-for-cash judges ordered to pay more than $200M
Aug 17, 2022 12:49 PM - Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history
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Pence tells GOP to stop lashing out at FBI over Trump search
Aug 17, 2022 10:57 AM - Former Vice President Mike Pence is imploring fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump's Florida home
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Florida prosecutor sues DeSantis over removal over abortion
Aug 17, 2022 9:38 AM - An elected Florida prosecutor who was removed from office by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis because of his positions on abortion and transgender rights is suing to get his job back
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UK man in court over threat to 'kill queen' with crossbow
Aug 17, 2022 7:03 AM - Prosecutors say a man who got into the grounds of Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow told police he wanted to 'œkill the queen."
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Daily Herald opinion: A single day of violent attacks shows societal problems to be addressedAug 17, 2022 6:44 AM - Daily Herald opinion: On Sunday, people fired at others in the parking lot of Great America, a man was killed after someone in a vehicle fired at another on Interstate 88 in Oak Brook, Elgin was investigating another case of shots fired, and other attacks in Chicago and across the nation were reported in our paper -- pointing to a need for our leaders to address not only gun violence but a variety of social conditions.
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Crimea 'sabotage' highlights Russia's woes in Ukraine war
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 AM - Fires are burning and ammunition is still exploding at a depot in Crimea
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Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 AM - A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games have been arrested on bribery suspicions
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