Crime
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Georgia's new GOP election law draws criticism, lawsuits
Mar 29, 2021 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Critics of Georgia's new Republican-backed election law issued fresh calls Monday to boycott some of the state's largest businesses for not speaking out m...
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Suburban lawmaker promotes 'Faith's Law' to combat sexual abuse in schoolsMar 29, 2021 5:30 am - In 2001, Faith Colson was a 17-year-old student at Schaumburg High School, where she was a varsity athlete and a good student with lots of friends. But something else wa...
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Former officer's trial in George Floyd's death gets underway
Mar 29, 2021 1:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - The former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd went on trial Monday, with prosecutors showing the jury video of Derek Chauvin pre...
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Man charged with drunk and distracted driving in fatal Aurora crashMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - A North Aurora man was drunk and trying to get directions on his cellphone when he hit and killed a man early Sunday morning in Aurora, according to authorities. Jace S....
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Naperville police arrest Chicago woman on 6th DUI chargeMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - Bail was set at $100,000 Saturday for a Chicago woman charged, for the sixth time, with driving under the influence of alcohol. Wanda Richardson, 52, will need to post $...
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Court fight against Georgia voting overhaul no sure thing
Mar 28, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Court challenges to Republican-led election restrictions in Georgia and elsewhere face an uncertain road in a legal system that has grown more conserva...
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Colorado massacre spurs calls for state action on gun deaths
Mar 28, 2021 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - For the second time in less than a week, a 21-year-old man used a gun purchased legally in the United States to massacre people simply working or v...
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Funerals become scenes of Myanmar resistance, more violence
Mar 28, 2021 7:00 am - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar security forces opened fire Sunday on a crowd attending the funeral of student who was killed on the bloodiest day yet of a crackdown on p...
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4 found dead in separate Austria, Switzerland shootings
Mar 28, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A woman and a four-year-old girl were found shot to death in a car in a rural area north of Vienna, Austrian authorities said Sunday. Police are trying to ...
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New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana
Mar 28, 2021 7:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Lawmakers reached an agreement late Saturday to legalize recreational marijuana sales in New York. At least 14 other states already allow residents t...