Crime
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Delayed election results? Maybe, but not because of fraud
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November's presidential race on election night. But that do...
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Portland, Oregon, protests relatively calm after US drawdown
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Leaders in Portland, Oregon, caught their breath and moved forward with cautious optimism Friday after the first nightly protest in weeks ended wit...
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US officials seek limits on "habitat" for imperiled species
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Trump administration is proposing to define what land and water can be declared as 'œhabitat'ť for imperiled plants and animals - potentially ...
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Moscow demands that Belarus free 33 detained Russians
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin demanded Friday that Belarus quickly release 33 Russian private security contractors it detained on terrorism charges, dismissing accusations o...
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Change laws that shield police, Missouri prosecutor says
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - After a third review failed to uncover enough evidence to charge the officer who fatally shot Black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, ...
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Trump visiting Florida during a pandemic, hurricane threat
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - TAMPA (AP) - President Donald Trump is taking a Friday swing through Florida, a state critical to his reelection prospects and bracketed by two storms - one now bringing...
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Ex-Houston officers indicted in wake of deadly drug raid
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - A grand jury has indicted six former Houston police officers whose work with a narcotics unit has been under scrutiny since a 2019 drug raid in which a co...
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Pritzker administration unveils overhaul of juvenile justice systemJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- The state of Illinois plans to begin placing minors in the justice system in smaller, community-based detention centers that focus more on providing inter...
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Nursing home exec accused of skimming fundsJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - The owner of several Illinois nursing homes, including locations in Northbrook, Inverness and St. Charles, has been indicted on a charge of skimming money from federally...
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Elgin man charged with reckless homicide in bicyclist's deathJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - A 28-year-old Elgin man has been charged with reckless homicide in Monday's crash that killed one bicyclist from Bartlett and seriously injured another. The charge agai...