Crime
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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...
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Aurora man gets 14 years in prison for armed robberyJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - An Aurora man was sentenced to 14 years in prison this week after admitting to a June 2018 armed robbery on the city's near west side. Clayton W. Vaughn, of the 900 bloc...
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State regulators grill ComEd executivesJul 29, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Top executives of ComEd faced tough questions from state regulators Wednesday as they publicly apologized for the lobbying scandal that is forcing the comp...