Crime
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Top general drops opposition to change in sex assault policy
May 03, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military, the nation's top general says he is dropping his opposi...
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Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist's death
May 03, 2021 7:00 am - BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's polic...
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Hundreds join Daunte Wright's family on march for justice
May 03, 2021 7:00 am - BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - Hundreds of people joined Daunte Wright's family and friends on a march through the Minneapolis suburb where he was fatally shot by a polic...
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Chauvin juror defends participation in Washington protest
May 03, 2021 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Monday defended his participation in a protest last summer in Washingt...
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What prospective jurors need to know as jury trials resume in Cook CountyMay 03, 2021 5:30 am - The reprieve from jury duty at the Rolling Meadows Third Municipal District Courthouse is about to end. Monday marks the resumption of criminal jury trials in Rolling M...
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Man gets 19 years for Willowbrook attackMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for beating his former girlfriend - the mother of their two children - in a Willowbrook hotel. Dwayne Dykes, 43,...
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Authorities say Chicago man intentionally drove into picnickers
May 03, 2021 1:00 am - A man announced his intent before driving his pickup truck onto a grassy median on Chicago's North Side and striking two people in a group he labeled yuppies with dogs, ...
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Use-of-force cases prompt state debates over officer records
May 02, 2021 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public or to share them with other age...
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Over 90 German police injured in May Day riots
May 02, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent, the city's top securi...
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Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year
May 02, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Taking the Los Angeles Metro for his first trip in months, Brad Hudson felt a moment of normalcy when the train rolled into the South Pasadena, Califor...