Crime
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Polish legal body rejects prosecutor request to arrest judge
Apr 22, 2021 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A controversial disciplinary body within Poland's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a prosecutor's request to arrest a judge who has become a symb...
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Parents sue father accused of hiding Kristin Smart's body
Apr 22, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGLES (AP) - The parents of missing California college student Kristin Smart on Thursday sued the father of the man charged with killing their daughter nearly 25 ye...
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Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict
Apr 22, 2021 7:00 am - Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad...
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Bill allowing some convicts to change names passes House
Apr 22, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill allowing a person who must register with a state agency due to a criminal conviction to change their name under specific circumstances passed the Il...
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Schaumburg police issue alert over carjackings, vehicle theftsApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - Schaumburg police issued a community alert Thursday afternoon in response to a pair of carjackings that occurred in the village earlier this week. The first was reported...
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House passes bill to reclassify drug possession in small amounts as misdemeanor
Apr 22, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill to lessen penalties for possessing and selling small amounts of drugs, including heroin and cocaine, narrowly passed out of the state House Wednesda...
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Man charged in September crash that killed Bloomingdale womanApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - A Palos Heights man has been charged in a six-vehicle crash on the Tri-State Tollway that killed a Bloomingdale woman in September. Charles K. Gries, 29, was arrested We...
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Man shot and killed in Des Plaines-area apartment complex parking lotApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - A man was shot and killed Thursday afternoon in a Des Plaines-area apartment complex parking lot, officials said. Authorities responded at 3:47 p.m. to reports of a shoo...
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Shooting in Albania leaves 1 dead, 4 injured before election
Apr 21, 2021 7:00 am - TIRANA, Albania (AP) - A shooting outside Albania's capital that reportedly was linked to political party activists before a parliamentary election this week killed one ...
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Garland announces sweeping police probe after Floyd verdict
Apr 21, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is opening a sweeping investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis after a former officer was convicted in the killing o...