Crime
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Vandals leave more than $20,000 in damage to Carol Stream parksSep 27, 2020 1:00 am - This time of year, it's not uncommon for vandals to leave their mark in neighborhood parks. But a rash of vandalism has crossed a line in Carol Stream, resulting in more...
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The U.S. reckoning on race, seen through other nations' eyes
Sep 26, 2020 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - It's not only in the United States where protests against racial injustice are part of the national conversation. A handful of America...
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1963 church bombing survivor seeks apology, restitution
Sep 26, 2020 7:00 am - More than a dozen sticks of dynamite planted by Ku Klux Klansmen exploded at a Birmingham church in 1963, killing four Black girls. The 'œfifth little girl,'ť Sarah Coll...
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North Macedonia: Roma protest against police brutality
Sep 26, 2020 7:00 am - SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - Hundreds of Roma protested against police brutality in North Macedonia's second-largest city Saturday. Chanting 'œNo justice, no peace'ť ...
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Top Bollywood star Deepika Padukone questioned in drug probe
Sep 26, 2020 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - A top Bollywood star, Deepika Padukone, was questioned Saturday by India's narcotics agency that is probing the movie industry's links with drug peddler...
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Scores arrested in protest against Belarus' president
Sep 26, 2020 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Hundreds of women calling for the authoritarian president to step down protested in Belarus' capital on Saturday, continuing the large demonstration...
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Official: Paris stabbing suspect targeted Charlie Hebdo
Sep 26, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris told investigators he carried out the attack in anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently repu...
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Portland, Oregon, largely peaceful after right-wing rally
Sep 26, 2020 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police say a right-wing rally and counter-protests in Portland, Oregon, have largely dispersed without serious violence Saturday, though they are i...
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In despair, protesters take to streets for Breonna Taylor
Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Some of them raised their fists and called out 'œBlack lives matter!'ť Others tended to the letters, flowers and signs grouped together in a squar...
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2 charged for handling of virus outbreak at veterans home
Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Two former leaders of a Massachusetts home for aging veterans where nearly 80 people sickened by the coronavirus died have been criminally charged for thei...