Crime
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Blocked Boulder assault-weapons ban renews gun law questions
Mar 23, 2021 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Nearly three years before a gunman walked into a crowded supermarket in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with an AR-15 style weapon and killed ...
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Chicago man charged in DuPage with being armed habitual criminalMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man has been charged with being an armed habitual criminal, accused of having a loaded handgun while out on bond and on parole. DuPage County Judge Jeffrey Mac...
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Gurnee man, 71, charged with attempted murder, arsonMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - A 71-year-old Gurnee man has been charged with attempted murder and attempted residential arson after police said he tried to kill a woman and tampered with the natural ...
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Lawmaker looks to lift ban on inmate votingMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would repeal an existing law that prohibits prison inmates from voting is working its way through the General Assembly, although the chief spon...
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Officials: Gun in supermarket shooting bought 6 days earlier
Mar 23, 2021 1:00 am - BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect who opened fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket, and court documents showed tha...
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Two arrested in Fox Lake on charges of manufacturing, distributing cannabisMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - Two people were arrested on charges of manufacturing, delivering and possessing cannabis in Fox Lake Monday, authorities said. The Fox Lake Police Department pulled ove...
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Clashes in English city of Bristol leave 20 police injured
Mar 22, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A protest in the English city of Bristol against new policing legislation turned into violent clashes that left at least 20 officers injured - two of them ...
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On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions
Mar 22, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - On federal death row, prisoners fling notes on a string under each other's cell doors and converse through interconnected air ducts. A top issue these day...
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Men accused of setting off fire extinguisher at Libertyville Metra station chargedMar 22, 2021 1:00 am - Two 20-year-old men who police say activated a fire extinguisher inside the Libertyville Metra station in December are now charged with criminal damage to property and c...
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Bloomingdale man, charged with hate crime, denies threatening Muslim Lyft driverMar 22, 2021 1:00 am - Steven McCuiston said Monday that he called a Lyft driver "a (expletive) Muslim" and "a (expletive) terrorist." But he denied calling the driver, an Indian immigrant, "a...