Crime
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Man gets 10-year sentence for carjacking in Oak BrookNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - A Florida man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for stealing a car at Oakbrook Center mall while the owner stood nearby. Anthony Riola, 41, pleaded guilty Oct. ...
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Second man arrested in Gurnee-area murderNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - A second person has been charged in connection with the May 29 murder of a 21-year-old man in unincorporated Lake County near Gurnee. Lake County Sheriff's police said J...
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Militant convicted in fatal Benghazi attack seeks new trial
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for a Libyan militant convicted in the Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans have asked for a new tria...
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Swiss probe knife attack injuring 2 as possible terrorism
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Swiss authorities are investigating as a possible "terrorist" attack the stabbing of two women in a department store in the southern city of Lugano, for wh...
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Witnesses testify against Russian accused of Berlin killing
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A court in Berlin heard Tuesday how witnesses alerted police after seeing a man dump a wig, clothes and a bicycle in a river last year, allowing officers t...
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California OK'd aid in name of Scott Peterson, other killers
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 pri...
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Biden transition gets govt OK after Trump out of options
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the 'œapparent winner'ť of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of powe...
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Paris police under fire for forcing migrants from tent camp
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - France's interior minister ordered an internal police investigation Tuesday after officers were filmed tossing migrants out of tents while evacuating a prot...
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Uganda death toll after opposition leader's arrest up to 45
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - The death toll from last week's protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 45, police...
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Ohio court rules video of judge's shooting is public record
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Surveillance video showing an Ohio judge being shot and wounded at a courthouse before the assailant was himself shot and killed is a public record...