Crime
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Report: Death penalty cases show history of racial disparity
Sep 15, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Black people have been overrepresented on death rows across the United States and killers of Black people are less likely to face the death penalty tha...
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Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer
Sep 15, 2020 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - A drive-by shooting wounded a federal security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, and a person has been taken into custod...
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Colorado city bans ketamine use amid Elijah McClain probe
Sep 15, 2020 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - City council members in a Denver suburb have voted to ban the use of a powerful sedative by first responders until officials finish a review of its use in ...
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Apology, no firing: Official said US scientists hurt Trump
Sep 15, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A Trump health appointee who is accused of trying to muzzle an important scientific publication in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic apologized Tue...
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Cyprus police probe tossing of chickens, rabbits at school
Sep 15, 2020 7:00 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Police in Cyprus launched a probe Tuesday into reports that a group of students hurled live chickens and rabbits from their high school to mark th...
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Greece wants the EU to help run its island migrant camps
Sep 15, 2020 7:00 am - KARA TEPE, Greece (AP) - The Greek government on Tuesday urged the European Union to jointly run new refugee camps on Greece's eastern islands as part of an overhaul of ...
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South Dakota AG was frequent traveler before fatal crash
Sep 15, 2020 7:00 am - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - For South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg spending Saturday driving hundreds of miles on the state's roads was not unusual. But by this ...
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Lake Forest foundation hosts program on dangers of recreational drug useSep 15, 2020 1:00 am - Lake Forest-based GPF Foundation is hosting a virtual program Sept. 23 about the risks of recreational drug use. The online session is available to all Lake County resid...
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Lawsuit accuses 'Cheer' star from Naperville of sexually soliciting minors
Sep 15, 2020 1:00 am - FORT WORTH, Texas - Twin boys in Texas say that beginning when they were 13, "Cheer" star Jerry Harris, who is from Naperville, sent them sexually explicit photos and vi...
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Elgin man faces DUI, weapon charges after traffic stop in BartlettSep 15, 2020 1:00 am - Bartlett police arrested an Elgin man on charges of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, driving under the influence of alcohol and unlawful possession of cannabis by a ...