Crime
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Naperville police investigating shots fired near apartment complexApr 15, 2021 1:00 am - An investigation is under way after shots were fired early Thursday near an apartment complex on the west side of Naperville, according to a Naper Notify alert. Officers...
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Bill would make injuring or killing a police dog while driving under influence a felony
Apr 15, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday to make it a felony offense if a person kills or injures a police animal while driving under the influence of alco...
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Illinois Supreme Court makes ruling on innocence certificates
Apr 15, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A majority of the Illinois Supreme Court decided Thursday that the state law governing certificates of innocence requires exonerated individuals to prove t...
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Video: Chicago boy wasn't holding gun when shot by officer
Apr 15, 2021 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Disturbing bodycam video released Thursday after public outcry over the Chicago police shooting of a 13-year-old boy shows the youth appearing to drop a handgu...
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Biden faces long odds in push for more state 'red flag' laws
Apr 14, 2021 7:00 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - President Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as he tries to revive a push for more state laws that would allow authorities to temporarily disarm peo...
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Former Minnesota cop charged in shooting of Black motorist
Apr 14, 2021 7:00 am - BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black moto...
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EXPLAINER: Why outside prosecutors review killings by police
Apr 14, 2021 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - A white former police officer is being charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, just three days after the Black...
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Senate breaks filibuster on Asian-American hate crime bill
Apr 14, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate opened debate Wednesday on legislation confronting the rise of potential hate crimes against Asian Americans, a growing problem during the c...
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EXPLAINER: Why won't George Floyd's friend testify?
Apr 14, 2021 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A friend of George Floyd who was with him the night he died won't testify at the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged in his death, ...
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Prosecutors: No charges for officer in Capitol riot shooting
Apr 14, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal prosecutors will not charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman as she climbed through the broken part of a door during the insurrecti...