Crime
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Greitens investigator pleads guilty to evidence tampering
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - The investigator who played a key role in former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' resignation in 2018 pleaded guilty to misdemeanor evidence tampering on We...
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5th worker charged with sex abuse at federal women's prison
Mar 23, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A fifth worker at a federal women's prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate, and prosecutors say more arrests are expecte...
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Former legislator sentenced to 6 months for cheating on taxes
Mar 23, 2022 1:00 am - A federal judge sentenced former state Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo" on Wednesday to six months in prison for cheating on his taxes in a prosecution that resulted from th...
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Church elder seeks new trial before sentencingMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - One of the Jehovah's Witnesses convicted last week of "knowingly and willfully" failing to report to authorities that a 6-year-old girl was being sexually assaulted by a...
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Burr Ridge shooting killer was upset about pay, about to be fired, police sayMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - An over-the-road truck driver who killed his boss Tuesday in Burr Ridge had worked for the company for about one week, had a disagreement about pay and a work assignment...
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Police: Round Lake Beach officer fired at juvenile who brandished replica gunMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - No injuries were reported after a Round Lake Beach police officer fired at a boy who pointed a replica firearm at officers Wednesday evening, authorities said. The poli...
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Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russian court
Mar 22, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison on Tuesday, ...
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Don't blame bail reform for higher crime, NYC watchdog says
Mar 22, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two years ago, New York joined a growing number of states scaling back the use of cash bail for criminal defendants. Ever since then, critics of the refo...
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Takeaways: Jackson talks 'North star,' GOP airs grievances
Mar 22, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The first full day of questions for Supreme Court nominee Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson delved quickly into some of the big ones, a grueling marathon o...
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Jackson pushes back at GOP critics, defends judicial record
Mar 22, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her record as a judge Tuesday, pushing back against Republican assertions that she was ...