Crime
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Wright's family wants stiffer charge for Minnesota ex-cop
Apr 15, 2021 7:00 am - BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) - Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against the white former police o...
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Daunte Wright family calls for stiffer charge against ex-cop
Apr 15, 2021 1:00 am - BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against a white police officer in Wrig...
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Defense rests without Chauvin testimony at murder trial
Apr 15, 2021 1:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Former Officer Derek Chauvin chose not to take the stand as testimony at his murder trial ended Thursday, passing up the chance to explain to the jury and ...
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Des Plaines man charged with sexually abusing 12-year-old girl at motelApr 15, 2021 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Des Plaines man who prosecutors say sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl at a Prospect Heights motel was ordered held on $200,000 bail Thursday on predato...
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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...