Crime
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White House holds first summit on the ransomware crisis plaguing the nation's public schools
Aug 08, 2023 1:00 am - The White House on Tuesday held its first cybersecurity "summit" on the ransomware attacks plaguing U.S. schools, in which criminal hackers have dumped online sensitive ...
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No bail for Glenbrook North alumnus accused of killing girl in Chicago
Aug 08, 2023 1:00 am - Michael Goodman, a 43-year-old Glenbrook North alumnus, was ordered held without bail Tuesday. He's charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of 9-year-old Serabi...
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Charges against ex-Chicago cop dropped
Aug 08, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx dropped charges Tuesday against a former Chicago police officer who was the subject of a viral video that captured his confrontatio...
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Opening statements expected Wednesday in Mapes trial
Aug 08, 2023 1:00 am - Opening statements are expected to begin Wednesday morning in the perjury trial of a onetime top aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan after lawyers comp...
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Ex-Minneapolis officer unrepentant as he gets nearly 5 years in George Floyd killing
Aug 07, 2023 1:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, did not show any repentance or a...
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Teen in critical condition after accidental shooting near Gurnee; friend chargedAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after an accidental shooting Sunday evening in a Gurnee-area home, authorities said. Lake County sheriff's police said deputie...
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Attacks at U.S. medical centers show why health care is one of the nation's most violent fields
Aug 07, 2023 1:00 am - Word spread through an Oregon hospital last month that a visitor was causing trouble in the maternity ward, and nurses were warned the man might try to abduct his partne...
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Father of Highland Park shooting suspect wants charges he helped son obtain gun dismissedAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - A Lake County judge is set to rule later this month on whether to dismiss criminal charges against the father of the man accused of carrying out the mass shooting at Hig...
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Man charged after chase in stolen pickup truck in Oak BrookAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - A man has been accused of fleeing Oak Brook police in a stolen pickup truck. Jaqhuan Simpson, 21, of the 800 block of North Broadway Street in Joliet, is charged with ag...
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Calls threatening arrest for missing jury duty are a scam, Cook County sheriff saysAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - Calls from someone purporting to be a member of the Cook County sheriff's office and threatening arrest for missing jury duty are a scam, Sheriff Tom Dart says. The call...