Crime
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Kane, Lake county courts announce limited closings due to coronavirusMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - Courthouses in Kane and Lake counties will have temporary closures of branch courts and other cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced this wee...
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Cook County criminal, civil cases postponed 30 daysMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - Many criminal and civil cases pending in Cook County circuit court will be postponed for 30 days per Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans' order issued late Friday. The 30-day ...
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Teen charged in fatal shooting of Aurora girlMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - Nearly four months after 15-year-old Jasmine Noble was fatally shot in Aurora, police have arrested another teenager with her death. The 17-year-old Rockford boy, whose ...
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Man charged with driving SUV into Woodfield Mall found unfit for trialMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - The Palatine man accused of crashing his SUV through the glass windows of a Sears store and driving into Woodfield Mall was found unfit for trial Friday. Javier Garcia,...
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Authorities: Harvest Bible Chapel employee stole $262,000 from Elgin campusMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - A 38-year-old Elgin man has been charged with stealing $262,000 over 15 months from the Harvest Bible Chapel in Elgin, prosecutors said Friday. Jeffery L. Parham, of the...
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Rapper Kodak Black pleads guilty to weapons charge in NY
Mar 12, 2020 7:00 am - LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) - Rapper Kodak Black pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge stemming from a stop at the Canadian border crossing near Niagara Falls last April. ...
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Book critics give fiction prize to Edwidge Danticat
Mar 12, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Edwidge Danticat's story collection 'œEverything Inside'ť has won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction. Chanel Miller was awarded in autobi...
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Finland jails Sierra Leone man in Liberia war crimes case
Mar 12, 2020 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - A Finnish court has jailed in a custody hearing a 50-year-old Sierra Leone man suspected of committing serious war crimes and crimes against humanity fro...
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US surveillance powers set to temporarily expire
Mar 12, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Three surveillance powers available to the U.S. government are set to temporarily expire Sunday after a trio of senators opposed a bipartisan House bil...
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GOP Rep. Hunter's son pens letter to keep dad out of jail
Mar 12, 2020 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - The teenage son of convicted California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter has penned a letter asking the court to not send his dad to jail for misspending h...