Crime
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Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city
Jul 17, 2020 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The mayor of Portland demanded Friday that President Donald Trump remove militarized federal agents he deployed to the city after some detained peo...
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Iowa meth kingpin is 3rd executed by US government this week
Jul 17, 2020 7:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - The U.S. government on Friday put to death an Iowa chemistry student-turned-meth kingpin convicted of killing five people, capping a week in whi...
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The Latest: Atlanta mayor questions timing of Gov. Kemp suit
Jul 17, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued the city of Atlanta over its face-mask requirement just after President Donald Trump arrived in the city without wearing a mask, ...
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Attorney who worked at DuPage courthouse while awaiting COVID-19 test result causes a stirJul 17, 2020 5:28 am - An attorney who continued to attend to criminal cases at the main DuPage County courthouse while awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test prompted a lengthy letter to all...
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Pritzker 'furious'; Madigan denies wrongdoing as feds unfurl bribery caseJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - In a move with seismic repercussions for the state, utility giant ComEd pleaded guilty to bribery in a public corruption case linked to House Speaker Michael Madigan and...
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Parolee charged with taking $250 from Streamwood homeJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - A Streamwood man on parole for two 2014 residential burglary convictions, was ordered held on $100,000 bail Friday on charges he took $250 from a Streamwood resident. Ga...
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Elgin man charged with kidnapping, head-butting girlfriendJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - A 38-year-old Elgin man was charged with felony kidnapping after, police said, he forcefully took control of his girlfriend's car during an argument, head-butted her and...
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35-year sentence 'isn't justice for AJ,' boy's family, supporters sayJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - JoAnn Cunningham's 35-year sentence Friday for beating her 5-year old son, AJ Freund, to death in their Crystal Lake home disappointed those who have closely followed th...
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Authorities say Des Plaines, Glenview teens intended to sell LSDJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - A teenage girl from Des Plaines and a teenage boy from Glenview were ordered held on $5,000 and $10,000 bail, respectively, on charges they attempted to sell LSD Thursda...
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'Must now be responsible for his death': Cunningham gets 35 years for murdering AJ Freund, her son
Jul 17, 2020 1:00 am - After months of denying beating and killing her 5-year-old son, JoAnn Cunningham sat motionless as a judge sentenced her to 35 years in prison for AJ Freund's murder. Th...