Crime
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Cops fired over photos of chokehold used on Elijah McClain
Jul 03, 2020 7:00 am - AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Three officers were fired Friday over photos showing police reenact a chokehold used on Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died last year a...
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Turkey: pilots on trial over Ghosn escape released from jail
Jul 03, 2020 7:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - A Turkish court on Friday released four pilots and a private airline official from jail, pending the outcome of their trial on charges of smuggling forme...
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The Latest: Calif gov warns local officials on enforcement
Jul 03, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning local elected officials that they risk losing state funding if they don't enforce health orders as the coronavirus ...
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2 men charged in 1993 killing of Bridgeport diner custodian
Jul 03, 2020 7:00 am - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut police have arrested two men in connection with the fatal shooting of a 77-year-old restaurant custodian whose killing had gone unso...
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Wheeling police giving social media followers 'inside' look at the departmentJul 03, 2020 5:30 am - One suburban department is trying to answer those questions with the launch of a new social media program called “Inside the Wheeling Police Department.” Every week, Whe...
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Limited, in-person operations resume Monday at Cook County courtsJul 03, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County courts in Rolling Meadows, Skokie and other suburban and city districts resume limited in-person operations and services beginning Monday, July 6, even as mo...
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House judiciary panel to interview ousted NY prosecutor
Jul 02, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The ousted former U.S. attorney for Manhattan will sit down with the House Judiciary Committee next week for a closed-door interview as the panel inves...
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French-Dutch police bust encrypted criminal communications
Jul 02, 2020 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch and French police cracked an encrypted communications network used by organized crime gangs, allowing them to covertly watch "over th...
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Over 80 killed in Ethiopia unrest after singer shot dead
Jul 02, 2020 7:00 am - ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - More than 80 people have been killed in unrest in Ethiopia after a popular singer was shot dead this week, the state-run Ethiopian Broadcast...
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LAPD funding slashed by $150M, reducing number of officers
Jul 02, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen fo...