Crime
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4 arrested under new Hong Kong security law for online posts
Jul 29, 2020 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong police have signaled their intent to enforce a new Chinese national security law strictly, arresting four youths Wednesday on suspicion of inc...
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Ex-homicide prosecutor challenges St. Louis circuit attorney
Jul 29, 2020 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - The fate of St. Louis' elected prosecutor may rest with which side city voters fall in two competing national debates: criminal justice reform versus th...
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Comedian says he'd return to testify in Orleans assault case
Jul 29, 2020 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Comedian Andy Dick told a New Orleans news outlet Wednesday that he's willing to return to the city and testify against a man accused of knocking him ...
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Couple apologizes for sheltering accused school shooter
Jul 29, 2020 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida couple regrets ever taking in a disturbed teenager in the months before he was accused of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Do...
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Group alleges greyhounds being trained with live rabbits
Jul 29, 2020 7:00 am - LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) - Two U.S. representatives introduced legislation Wednesday that would ban greyhound racing nationwide, after an advocacy group released videos showing...
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Finance firm founder gets 6 months in college bribery scam
Jul 29, 2020 7:00 am - The founder of a Silicon Valley venture capital firm was sentenced Wednesday to six months behind bars for paying about $450,000 in bribes to boost his two daughters' en...
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Columbo family's killers trying again for paroleJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - When a Cook County judge sentenced Patricia Columbo and Frank DeLuca to more than 300 years in prison for the murders of Columbo's father, mother and 13-year-old brother...
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Authorities: Suspected Ohio serial killer charged with 1997 Lake County murderJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - A man police describe as a suspected serial killer - currently behind bars in Ohio on murder and rape charges - has been charged with first-degree murder by Lake County ...
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Wheaton man faces sexual assault chargesJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - A Wheaton man has been charged with sexually assaulting two women acquaintances by having sex when they were unable to consent — including when one of the victims was in...
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Father sues driver convicted of reckless homicide in Downers North student's deathJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - The father of Elizabeth "Beth" Dunlap is suing the man convicted of reckless homicide in the high school junior's death in a crash outside Downers Grove North. Randall D...