Crime
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Trump pardons security contractors in deadly Iraq shooting
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi...
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Trump: Classified material can be used in Durham probe
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The special counsel investigating the origins of the FBI's probe into the 2016 election now has the authority to use classified information indefinitel...
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UN rights office criticizes Trump pardons of ex-contractors
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The United Nations' human rights office said on Wednesday that it's 'œdeeply concerned'ť by U.S. President Donald Trump's pardons of four former government...
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Man charged with voting-related threats against House member
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a man accused of threatening to kill a member of Congress from Maryland earlier this month if the lawm...
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Pardons in killings of Iraqi civilians stir angry response
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The courtroom monitors carried the image of a smiling 9-year-old boy as his father pleaded for the punishment of four U.S. government contractors convi...
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Police identify driver in fatal Lisle crashDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - Police have identified a Chicago man as the driver who was killed early Tuesday morning in a one-car crash after a high-speed chase in Lisle. Marcus L. Thomas, 30, died ...
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Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
Dec 23, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ...
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'Cheer' star pleads not guilty to child porn, sex charges
Dec 23, 2020 12:00 am - "Cheer" star Jerry Harris has pleaded not guilty to federal child pornography charges and allegations that he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and ...
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Joliet police shoot and kill Naperville man
Dec 23, 2020 12:00 am - Police in Joliet fatally shot a Naperville man who was brandishing what they believed to be a handgun and threatened them, officials with the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Ta...
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Elgin police say no lingering danger from Tuesday shootingDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - An Elgin police official said Wednesday they are no longer looking for any suspects related to Tuesday's shooting of a woman on the 0-100 block of Clifford Court. Howeve...