Crime
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House Speaker Madigan 'suspends' campaign for retention
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Monday said he was 'œsuspending'ť his campaign for a 19th term in the leadership post. Madigan, the lo...
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Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The insurrectionist mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol at the president's behest last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, incl...
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Capitol police were overrun, little defense against rioters
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite ample warnings about pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations...
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A theater of propaganda: The Capitol, cameras and selfies
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - One of the defining images of the Capitol siege was of a man dangling from the balcony of the Senate chamber. Clad in black and with a helmet over his h...
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Discovery of pipe bombs in DC obscured by riot at Capitol
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - As thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, federal agents were working at the same time to detonate tw...
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Biden faces challenge in guiding America past Trump era
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Joe Biden appeared on television last week as a bipartisan group of lawmakers huddled in an undisclosed location to protect them from a...
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Records show fervent Trump fans fueled U.S. Capitol takeover
Jan 11, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The insurrectionist mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol at the president's behest last week was overwhelmingly made up of longtime Trump supporters, including...
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Des Plaines man pleads guilty to defrauding elderly in telemarketing scamJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - A 27-year-old Des Plaines man, who federal authorities scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly victims as part of a telemarketing scheme, has pleaded guilt...
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Pritzker weighs in on criminal justice billJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker took questions on a massive criminal justice omnibus bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus on Monday, noting he was gener...
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Capitol police were overrun, little defense against rioters
Jan 11, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Despite ample warnings about pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations for ...