Crime
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How to avoid becoming a victim of a carjacking: First, put away the phoneJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - News of recent carjackings - especially the one Saturday in Aurora where a woman was shot - may have drivers on edge. While there is no indication of an unusual increase...
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Police: Man armed with a hatchet robs Walgreens in WheatonJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - A man armed with a hatchet robbed a Walgreens store in Wheaton Saturday night, police said Monday. Wheaton police were called at 8:54 p.m. for the report of an armed rob...
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Juvenile charged in Palatine stabbingJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - A juvenile has been charged with attempted murder in a Jan. 12 stabbing in Palatine. The stabbing took place about 8:30 a.m. on the 1000 block of Bayside Drive. Detectiv...
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Prosecutors: California man hid 3 months at O'Hare airport due to virus
Jan 18, 2021 12:00 am - A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago's O'Hare Inte...
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3 men held on gun charges in Hoffman Estates casesJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - A man who police discovered apparently asleep in a car with a loaded gun in his lap is among three men ordered held on $10,000 bond each Friday after two separate gun-re...
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Thousands of Illinois drivers would get their licenses back under a criminal justice reform bill
Jan 17, 2021 10:00 pm - ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Illinois lawmake...
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Mexico publishes heavily edited probe of exonerated general
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Cowboys for Trump leader arrested over US Capitol riot
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Kremlin critic Navalny detained after landing in Moscow
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Uganda's opposition rejects Museveni's reelection as 'fraud'