Crime
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Catalytic converters stolen in Des PlainesJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - Catalytic converters were stolen from beneath seven autos on six different blocks in Des Plaines from May 26 to May 31, police said. The thefts occurred on the 2900 bloc...
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Hit-and-run driver strikes man in Mount ProspectJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - A man in wheelchair was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in a Mount Prospect hit-and-run on Elmhurst Road, authorities said. The Mount Prospect Police Department re...
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Kennel owner chooses to go to trial on animal cruelty, neglect chargesJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - A previous version gave an incorrect location for the kennel, and the number of counts the defendant faces. The owner of a West Chicago-area kennel where dozens of ...
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One in custody in connection with North Aurora shootingJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - North Aurora police have one person in custody in connection with the shooting of two men Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of the Woodman's supermarket. But no charg...
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Kane judge rules man who sexually assaulted children to be sexually violent personJun 02, 2021 1:00 am - A Kane County judge has found that a registered sex offender convicted of assaulting multiple children is a sexually violent person, authorities said. Judge Alice Tracy ...
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AP Interview: Kremlin cracking down on dissent before vote
Jun 01, 2021 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russian authorities are cracking down on dissent before a crucial parliamentary election in September, in what a leading Kremlin critic on Tuesday describe...
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Feds: Seattle man arrested trying to join ISIS terror group
Jun 01, 2021 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - A 20-year-old Seattle man is facing a terrorism-related charge after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join the Islamic State group, the U....
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen museum shuts down amid investigation
Jun 01, 2021 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - A Hong Kong museum commemorating China's deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests closed Wednesday three days after opening as the ruling Communi...
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Biden to honor forgotten victims of Tulsa race massacre
Jun 01, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will take part in a remembrance of one of the nation's darkest - and largely forgotten - moments of racial violence when he helps c...
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California task force launches study of slave reparations
Jun 01, 2021 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A first-in-the-nation task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans held its inaugural meeting Tuesday, launchin...