Crime
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Mexico unveils monument to murdered U.S. women, children
Dec 17, 2020 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican President AndrÃ&Copy;s Manuel López Obrador inaugurated a monument Thursday to the memory of nine U.S.-Mexican dual citize...
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Arlington Heights parolee charged with Hoffman Estates burglaryDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - An Arlington Heights man on parole for two 2018 residential burglary convictions was ordered held on $50,000 bail Thursday on charges that he and another man took cash a...
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Carpentersville man sentenced to 18 years on cocaine conviction
Dec 17, 2020 12:00 am - A Carpentersville man, who authorities said has ties to a Mexican drug cartel, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Wednesday for his connection to 16,000 grams of cocain...
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Algonquin murder suspect still awaiting extradition from ColoradoDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - The woman suspected in the murder of an Algonquin couple remains in a Colorado detention center as the state awaits extradition paperwork from the Illinois governor's of...
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Minnesota juvenile lifer walks free after 18 years in prison
Dec 16, 2020 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Black man who was sent to prison for life as a teenager took his first steps of freedom to the sound of ringing bells and cheering family members an...
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Texas had fewest executions since 1996 due to pandemic
Dec 16, 2020 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Texas, the nation's busiest capital punishment state, carried out the fewest executions in nearly 25 years mainly because of the impact of the coronavirus...
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Investigation opened after women's symbol put on Polish flag
Dec 16, 2020 6:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Prosecutors have opened an investigation into whether the Polish flag was publicly insulted after a family in Warsaw hung a flag from their balcony...
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Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden case
Dec 16, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is considering pushing to have a special counsel appointed to advance a federal tax investigation into the son of President-elec...
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IS widow convicted in Charlie Hebdo, kosher market attacks
Dec 16, 2020 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The fugitive widow of an Islamic State gunman and a man described as his logistician were convicted Wednesday of terrorism charges and sentenced to 30 years...
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Biggest vets groups step up pressure on Trump to fire Wilkie
Dec 16, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Stepping up pressure, the nation's six largest veterans groups on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to immediately fire Veterans Affairs Secre...