Crime
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'Abhorrent': Prison boss vexes DOJ with alleged intimidation
Mar 04, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department says it is gravely concerned about allegations that a high-ranking federal prison official entrusted to end sexual abuse and cov...
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Witness: Jan. 6 rioter wanted to remove 'corrupt' lawmakers
Mar 04, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The first person to be tried in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was a Texas militia member who advocated for physically removing and replacing '...
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Amtrak engineer acquitted in 2015 derailment that killed 8
Mar 04, 2022 6:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A jury cleared an Amtrak engineer Friday of all charges stemming from a derailment that left eight people dead and hundreds injured in Philadelphia i...
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High court reimposes Boston Marathon bomber's death sentence
Mar 04, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The justices, by a 6-3 vote Friday, agreed with the B...
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Florida poised to limit abortions as Supreme Court mulls Roe
Mar 04, 2022 6:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he would sign a 15-week abortion ban into law after Florida's legislature joined the trend of Republican-led st...
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How Naperville-area police are teaming up to help prevent suicidesMar 04, 2022 4:30 am - Not long after a neighbor died by suicide in a DuPage County forest preserve last year, Naperville Park District police Officer Tom Wronski walked into his chief's offic...
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Carjacking suspect critically injured in crash near VoloMar 04, 2022 12:00 am - A carjacking suspect suffered severe injuries when he was ejected from a stolen vehicle after a high-speed crash early Friday near Volo. Lake County sheriff's investigat...
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Defense witness: Teen accused of Aurora attempted murder was nonviolent childMar 04, 2022 12:00 am - The 16-year-old boy charged in an Aurora carjacking that left a woman paralyzed was obedient and nonviolent when he participated in a summer program several years ago, a...
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Mount Prospect sergeant details investigation that led to arrest in fatal 2018 shootingMar 04, 2022 12:00 am - The Mount Prospect police sergeant who led the painstaking investigation into the fatal 2018 shooting of an Arlington Heights man found in a burned-out vehicle in a cond...
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Police: Des Plaines man was driving 112 mph while street racing on Golf RoadMar 04, 2022 12:00 am - A Des Plaines motorist was caught Thursday night driving 112 mph while racing against another driver on Golf Road, police said. Eli Mendieta-Maldonado, 25, of the 800 bl...