Crime
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EXPLAINER: A look at far-right extremists in Jan. 6 riot
Jun 10, 2022 1:00 am - The first public hearing of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack put a spotlight on two far-right extremist groups whose members are accused ...
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Scammer defrauds Des Plaines residentJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - A Des Plaines resident was defrauded Wednesday by someone posing as an Amazon customer service representative, police said Friday. The scammer persuaded the victim to pu...
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'I was slipping in people's blood': Capitol officer recounts Jan. 6 'war scene' in her testimony
Jun 10, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards described to lawmakers the "war scene" that she and other officers faced when rioters began viciously attacking them...
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Capitol riot panel blames Trump for 1/6, 'attempted coup,'
Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was ...
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Hearings guide: What to know as the Jan. 6 panel goes public
Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will hold the first in a series of hearings laying out its initial findin...
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Seller of monkey to Chris Brown sentenced to probation
Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The owner of an exotic animal breeding business in Florida has been sentenced to five years' probation for illegally selling a capuchin monkey to si...
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House approves 'red flag' gun bill unlikely to pass Senate
Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved a 'œred flag'ť bill Thursday that would allow families, police and others to ask federal courts to order the removal of firearms fro...
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Justice Department opens probe into Louisiana State Police
Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agen...
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PG&E pleads not guilty in deadly 2020 California wildfire
Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - REDDING, Calif. (AP) - Pacific Gas & Electric on Thursday pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges it faces after its equipment sparked a wildfir...
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New lawsuit filed over Texas trans family investigations
Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - Three Texas families sued the state Wednesday seeking to halt investigations of them over gender-confirming medical treatments their transgender children received, in a ...