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'Outflanked, underequipped and unprepared': Report blisters Chicago police response to riots

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 18, 2021 12:00 am - After the first wave of protests and vandalism that paralyzed downtown Chicago in late May, a top mayoral aide and the police superintendent congratulated each other for...
Man who killed dad with garden shears not guilty by reason of insanity

By Doug T. Graham
Feb 18, 2021 12:00 am - The Beach Park man charged with killing his father with garden shears in 2019 was ruled not guilty by reason of insanity this week. As a result, George W. Bryce, 23, mo...
Elmhurst man accused of home repair fraud

By Susan Sarkauskas
Feb 18, 2021 12:00 am - The owner of a home repair company is facing charges accusing him of taking people's money and not doing the work. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Thursd...
South Carolina House passes bill banning most abortions

By JEFFREY COLLINS
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning nearly all abortions, following the lead of other states with similar me...
UN urges Uganda to probe reporters' beating at rights office

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The United Nations on Wednesday called for an investigation into allegations that Ugandan military police used 'œexcessive force" during an attack...
Terrorism trial begins for man who inspired 'Hotel Rwanda'

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - The terrorism trial of the man who inspired the film 'œHotel Rwanda'ť began on Wednesday with his argument that a Rwandan court cannot try him beca...
Mass anti-coup protests in Myanmar as UN warns of crackdown

The Associated Press
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Myanmar's biggest city Wednesday, in one of largest protests yet of a coup, despite warn...
Jailed suspect in anti-Maduro plot blames Colombia, Guaido

By JOSHUA GOODMAN
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - From a windowless cell in a maximum-security prison in Colombia, Yacsy Ãlvarez awaits trial on charges she helped organize an attempted armed invasion...
US govt seizes over 10M phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe

By COLLEEN LONG
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agents have seized more than 10 million fake 3M brand N95 masks in recent weeks, the result of an ongoing investigation into counterfeits sold ...
Man arrested in hit-and-run death of Nicki Minaj's father

The Associated Press
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - A 70-year-old man arrested Wednesday in the hit-and-run death of rapper Nicki Minaj's father stopped briefly to ask the injured man if he was OK but...

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