Crime
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Des Plaines man charged with sexually assaulting teenage girlSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - A 20-year-old Des Plaines man was ordered held on $50,000 bail Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage girl last month at a Mount Prospect apartment. Benjam...
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Lombard man facing child pornography chargesSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - A Lombard man charged with possession of child pornography has been collecting it for 30 years, a DuPage County prosecutor said. James J. Murphy, 77, of the 600 block of...
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Palatine motel employee charged with stealing coins, medals from guestSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - A Palatine motel maintenance worker who authorities say took Israeli coins, medals and other items from a motel guest last month and pawned them for more than $4,600 was...
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Wood Dale company Power Solutions agrees to $1.7 million SEC fineSep 24, 2020 1:00 am - A Wood Dale-based manufacturing company has agreed to pay a $1.7 million civil penalty and continue cooperating in the prosecution of three former employees accused of d...
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Kenosha shooter's defense portrays him as 'American patriot'
Sep 24, 2020 1:00 am - The way lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse tell it, he wasn't just a scared teenager acting in self-defense when he shot to death two Kenosha, Wisconsin, protesters. He was a ...
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Hanford contractors agree to pay $58 million fine for fraud
Sep 23, 2020 7:00 am - SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Two companies that do work at a former nuclear weapons production plant will pay fines of nearly $58 million for improperly billing the federal gov...
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Celebs, long vocal about Breonna Taylor case, decry decision
Sep 23, 2020 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - For months, actors, sports stars, musicians and other celebrities have been using their platforms to call for justice in the police shooting deat...
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US firm pleads guilty to paying bribes in Brazil, Venezuela
Sep 23, 2020 7:00 am - MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) - A major U.S. asphalt company agreed to pay $16.6 million in fines while pleading guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it paid millions in bri...
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Trump, social media, right-wing news stir up antifa scares
Sep 23, 2020 7:00 am - LEITCHFIELD, Ky. (AP) - The group gathered around the town square, waiting for the arrival of what has become a new American boogeyman: antifa. Michael Johnson and other...
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Q&A: What were the results of Breonna Taylor investigation?
Sep 23, 2020 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in her Kentucky apartment, a grand jury delivered a long-awaited answer about whether t...