Crime
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US Embassy officials visit Brittney Griner in Russia prison
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow visited jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday, more than a week after a Russian court rejected her appea...
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LAPD captain's allegiances probed in tipoff to CBS exec
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - As the former captain in charge of the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, Cory Palka was a star himself. The towering cop with ...
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AG won't seek charges in LAPD shooting of man with fake gun
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's attorney general said Thursday that he will not seek criminal charges against Los Angeles police officers who fatally shot a man o...
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Milwaukee elections worker fired over false ballot requests
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A top Milwaukee elections official has been fired after sending falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of a Republican state lawmake...
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Russians try to subdue Ukrainian towns by seizing mayors
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Not long after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, soldiers broke down the office door of Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov. They put a bag over his head,...
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Judge scolds mother convicted in Qanon kidnapping plot
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - A Colorado woman convicted of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after associating with supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory was sentenced Th...
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Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life in prison
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims sp...
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Prospect Heights woman charged in Glenview crash that killed Northbrook manNov 03, 2022 1:00 am - A Prospect Heights woman was charged Wednesday with reckless homicide in a six-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Northbrook man in March, Glenview police said. Au...
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Lake County man found guilty of killing woman in dispute over PlayStationNov 03, 2022 1:00 am - After deliberating for less than two hours Thursday, a Lake County jury found a Round Lake-area man guilty on charges he murdered a 48-year-old woman in 2019 during a di...
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18-year-old gets triple the bail prosecutors sought on charges of threats to kill teensNov 03, 2022 1:00 am - Bail was set at $3 million - triple what prosecutors sought - for an 18-year-old Grayslake man accused of threatening over social media to kill two 16-year-olds and shoo...