Crime
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Supreme Court leaves Don Blankenship conviction in place
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says it won't review the conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship, who was found guilty of conspiring to violate safety standard...
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St. Charles youth prison guard sentenced for role in inmate-on-inmate attacksOct 03, 2022 1:00 am - A guard at a state youth prison in St. Charles who did not report inmates' attacks on each other or threats to their safety was sentenced to probation and community serv...
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Aurora woman accused of setting her house on fire to kill manOct 03, 2022 1:00 am - A 73-year-old Aurora woman is charged with attempted murder, accused of setting her house on fire to kill a man. Joanne J. Burgess, of the 800 block of Taylor Avenue, al...
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36 shell casings in Buffalo Grove parking lots, but no gunshot victims found so farOct 03, 2022 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove police continue to investigate a shooting late Friday that left dozens of spent shell casings in the parking lots outside a bowling alley but apparently no...
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Woman accused of abandoning autistic son sentenced
Oct 02, 2022 7:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - An Indiana mother accused of having abandoned her 5-year-old autistic son on a dead-end street in Ohio earlier this year has been sentenced to six mont...
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Trump: 'King' to some in Pennsylvania, but will it help GOP?
Oct 02, 2022 7:00 am - MONONGAHELA, Pa. (AP) - The Trump-Pence sign still hangs on the older building off Main Street in this historic town, a lasting vestige of the campaign fervor that rouse...
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125 die as tear gas triggers crush at Indonesia soccer match
Oct 02, 2022 7:00 am - MALANG, Indonesia (AP) - Police firing tear gas after an Indonesian soccer match in an attempt to stop violence triggered a disastrous crush of fans making a panicked, c...
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Newsom has mixed verdict on California criminal justice laws
Oct 01, 2022 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed verdict on more than three dozen criminal justice laws before his bill-signing deadline Friday, ...
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Trump at center of Oath Keepers novel defense in Jan. 6 case
Oct 01, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The defense team in the Capitol riot trial of the Oath Keepers leader is relying on an unusual strategy with Donald Trump at the center. Lawyers for ...
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Untested rape kits plagued Memphis long before jogger case
Oct 01, 2022 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Problems with rape kit evidence testing keep haunting Memphis. A city long plagued by a heavy backlog of untested sexual assault kits was shaken ...