Crime
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's smoke and mirrors on executive orders
Aug 10, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump isn't telling the full story when it comes to executive orders on coronavirus relief payments and health care. Over the weekend,...
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55 years after riots, Watts section of LA still bears scars
Aug 10, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - There were no fires this time in Watts. There was no looting, no shooting and no National Guard troops patrolling. Protesters filled the streets arou...
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Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near WH
Aug 10, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus brie...
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AP Was There: Watts riots erupt in Black LA neighborhood
Aug 10, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - EDITOR'S NOTE: On Aug. 11, 1965, an uprising began in Los Angeles after the drunken driving arrest of a young Black man by a white California Highway ...
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Looters descend on downtown Chicago; more than 100 arrested
Aug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Hundreds of looters and vandals descended on downtown Chicago early Monday following a police shooting on the city's South Side, smashing the windows of dozens of busine...
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What's behind Chicago's looting spree, and why this one is differentAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Law enforcement experts, activists and academics are calling looting in and near downtown Chicago early Monday morning criminal acts that have nothing to do with protest...
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Lawsuit seeks $450 million from ComEd, MadiganAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of ComEd customers asked a federal judge Monday to force the utility company, House Speaker Michael Madigan and others to pay "at least" $450 milli...
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Blood stains and broken glass: Suburbanites react to Chicago's night of chaosAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - The crime spree was not a total shock for Aurelio Lee, but the trails of blood — left by looters who smashed into high-end stores in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood ea...
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Police: Man armed with knife robbed 7-Eleven in St. CharlesAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a St. Charles convenience store at knifepoint Sunday night. An employee of the 7-Eleven at 2400 E. Main St. reported that ...
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2 men carjack Jeep on Ogden Avenue in WestmontAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Two men, one armed with a gun, carjacked a vehicle Friday afternoon on Ogden Avenue in Westmont, police said Monday. The men approached the vehicle around 2 p.m. in the ...