Crime
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Human trafficking charges novel approach in gymnastics case
Feb 26, 2021 6:00 am - The human trafficking case brought against a former U.S. Olympics women's gymnastics coach hours before he killed himself could signal a new approach to policing a sport...
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Berlin man convicted over threat to blow up British hospital
Feb 26, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A 33-year-old Italian man was convicted Friday of attempted extortion for threatening to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was p...
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Georgia prosecutor investigating Trump call urges patience
Feb 26, 2021 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia prosecutor investigating potential efforts by Donald Trump and others to influence last year's general election has a message for people who a...
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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abduction
Feb 26, 2021 6:00 am - LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students...
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Ex-Bear lineman acquitted of charges he ran fight ring at youth prison in St. CharlesFeb 26, 2021 4:00 am - A former Chicago Bears offensive lineman who became a guard of a different sort after his pro football career ended was acquitted this week of charges he ran a fight rin...
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Archdiocese says DCFS letter doesn't mean Pfleger is cleared
Feb 26, 2021 12:00 am - The Rev. Michael Pfleger had hoped a state agency's findings would open the door for him to return to his ministry at St. Sabina Church, but the Archdiocese of Chicago s...
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Naperville man charged in scheme to steal credit cards from mailFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Authorities said a 28-year-old Naperville man was among those involved in an 18-month conspiracy to steal credit cards and personal information from the mail. Davey Hine...
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Feds say Addison man sold military gear, ammo from basement arsenalFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Federal authorities allege an Addison man who wanted to raise an army "to take the country back" sold an unregistered "destructive device" to an undercover agent. Accord...
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22 men arrested in Cook County prostitution stingFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Officers from the Cook County Sheriff's Police Special Victims Unit issued citations to 22 men and towed 19 vehicles after the men responded to online prostitution adver...
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Surgeries for driver attacked during carjacking at Des Plaines auto dealershipFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - It's one surgery down and one to go for the 36-year-old driver who was badly beaten Thursday during a carjacking at a luxury automobile dealership in Des Plaines. Serge...