Crime
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Belarus activist shares '~Alternative Nobel' with 3 others
Oct 01, 2020 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - A prominent Belarus opposition figure and an imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer on Thursday were awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes refer...
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Man accused of threatening tollway employeesOct 01, 2020 1:00 am - A Melrose Park man is facing a felony charge for making a threatening phone call to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, authorities said. Edward Rice, 34, of the ...
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Palatine music teacher sentenced to three years in prison for attempted sex assaultOct 01, 2020 1:00 am - A cello instructor from Palatine was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison following his conviction on allegations he attempted to sexually assault a teenage stud...
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Ex-FBI Director Comey to appear for Russia probe hearing
Sep 30, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FBI Director James Comey faces questioning Wednesday from the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee about his role in leading the bureau's i...
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AP FACT CHECK: False claims swamp first Trump-Biden debate
Sep 30, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of fabrications and fear-mongering in a belligerent debate with Joe Biden, at one point claiming the U.S. d...
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Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings to be released Friday
Sep 30, 2020 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky judge has delayed until Friday the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor's killing by police, so that prosecutors ...
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Mueller pushes back on criticism from lawyer on Russia team
Sep 30, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former special counsel Robert Mueller pushed back Tuesday against criticism from one of the top prosecutors on the Russia investigation team that the t...
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Voting lawsuits pile up across US as election approaches
Sep 30, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - They've been fighting in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania over the cutoff date for counting mailed ballots, and in North Carolina over witness requirements. ...
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Trial in France over artwork seized in anti-colonial protest
Sep 30, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - A Congolese activist and four others are going on trial Wednesday on theft charges for trying to remove a 19th-century African funeral pole from a Paris mus...
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32 acquitted in razing of India mosque that set off violence
Sep 30, 2020 7:00 am - LUCKNOW, India (AP) - An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 people accused of crimes in a 1992 attack and demolition of a 16th century mosque that sparked Hindu-...